Tom Schmidt

Tom Schmidt is a general partner at Dragonfly, one of crypto's largest venture firms, and a co-host of The Chopping Block, Unchained's weekly insider roundtable. On the show he debates market structure, token launches, and the week's crypto news alongside Haseeb Qureshi, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner, and he has also appeared as a guest co-host on Bankless's Weekly Rollup.

175 talks by Tom Schmidt

• The Chopping Block: Why You Should Care About PayPal’s PYUSD - Ep. 529
• The Chopping Block: Who’s to Blame for the Curve Hack? - Ep. 526
• The Chopping Block: Why Worldcoin Could Be ‘FTT for Eyeballs’ - Ep 523
• The Chopping Block: Should XRP Holders Really Be Rejoicing? - Ep. 519
• The Chopping Block: Why It’s Suddenly RWA Szn
• The Chopping Block: Why the Azuki Elementals Drop Was a Big Flop - Ep. 512
• The Chopping Block: Bitcoin’s BlackRock Bounce
• The Chopping Block: Why Uniswap V4 Has a Bigger Attack Surface Area
• The Chopping Block: Has the SEC Lost Credibility?
• The Chopping Block: Explain Rollups to Me Like I’m 5
• The Chopping Block: Why Everyone Is Talking About EigenLayer - Ep. 497
• The Chopping Block: Wizards vs. Laser Eyes for the Future of Bitcoin
• The Chopping Block: Why Aragon Association Members Have 'Fat Salaries'
• The Chopping Block: Why Are We Still Building Layer 1s? - Ep. 487
• The Chopping Block: Are L2s Stealing ETH’s Thunder? - Ep. 484
• The Chopping Block: Are VCs Bad for Crypto? - Ep. 481
• The Chopping Block: Is Ether the Only ‘Organic Yield’ in Crypto? - Ep. 477
• The Chopping Block: Is This the Beginning of the End for Binance? - Ep. 474
• The Chopping Block: Why AI Will Change the Course of History in Crypto
• The Chopping Block: Was Crypto Just Debanked? - Ep. 468
• The Chopping Block: Is Coinbase’s Base ‘the Binance Smart Chain for White People’? - Ep. 463
• The Chopping Block: The Inside Story of How Blur Toppled NFT Giant OpenSea - Ep. 459
• The Chopping Block: The SEC Is Attacking Crypto – Will Gary Gensler Succeed?
• The Chopping Block: Why Canto, Up Nearly 500% This Month, Has Its Haters - Ep. 452