Tarun Chitra
Tarun Chitra is the co-founder and CEO of Gauntlet, a simulation and risk management platform for crypto networks and DeFi protocols that he founded in 2018 and has since grown into a leading onchain vault curator. He is also co-founder and partner at Robot Ventures, an early-stage crypto venture firm, and a regular co-host on The Chopping Block roundtable and the Zero Knowledge Podcast. Before crypto he worked at D. E. Shaw Research and in high-frequency trading at Vatic Labs, after studying mathematics and applied engineering physics at Cornell University. He has co-authored more than 25 peer-reviewed papers on crypto and DeFi economics, including influential research on the security of Uniswap and Compound.
270 talks by Tarun Chitra
- The Ethereum Civil War: Is It Time for a Leadership Overhaul? – The Chopping Block
- Crypto as a Public Good: The Case for Open and Free Blockchain Tech – The Chopping Block
- Trump’s $70 Billion Crypto Bombshell: $TRUMP Coin That Changed Everything - The Chopping Block
- Hard Truth About DeFi: Lessons from USD0: The Chopping Block
- Tarun Chitra vs. DeSci Debate with Benji Leibowitz
- FDIC’s Secret War on DeFi Uncovered - The Chopping Block
- Episode 346 - ZK in Review: Decoding 2024 & Predicting 2025
- 2025 Crypto Predictions & BTC to $180K? – The Chopping Block
- ICOs Are Back?! Inside the Resurgence of Token Presales – The Chopping Block
- DeSci’s Ugly Truth, Jailbreaking AI, & Hyperliquid - The Chopping Block
- Tarun Chitra and Jon Charbonneau on Solana vs. Ethereum Valuation Outlook
- How much security does your restaking protocol really need? by Tarun Chitra | Devcon SEA
- DeFi Security Summit 2024: Day 2, 9 November
- Dynamic Restaking Security
- AI Memecoins Take Over While Ethereum Faces a Crisis! - The Chopping Block
- How To Think About Restaking Economics with Tarun Chitra
- Unichain: The Ethereum Killer? - The Chopping Block
- Celestia vs. EigenLayer: The Token Wars – The Chopping Block
- $10 Billion FDV for WLFI? feat. Arthur Hayes & Mo Shaikh - The Chopping Block
- SVM’s Rise to Power & Network Extensions - The Chopping Block
- Countdown to Mainnet: Exploring New Emerging Ecosystems
- Decentralized AI: The Power of Permissionless Intelligence
- VC vs. Liquid Fund & Inside Friend.Tech's Exit - The Chopping Block
- Episode 339 - TEEs with Andrew Miller