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 the Once-Taboo MEV Is Now a Core Part of Ethereum - Ep. 449
• The Chopping Block: Will Genesis Creditors Be Made Whole? - Ep. 447
• The Chopping Block: Why Gemini Users Are Mad at Genesis and DCG - Ep. 443
• The Chopping Block Recaps 2022: Crypto's Biggest Winners and Losers and Best Memes - Ep. 437
• The Chopping Block: SBF Wants to Win in the Court of Public Opinion. Will He? - Ep. 428
• The Chopping Block on FTX/Alameda: Is Sam Bankman-Fried 'Crypto Kanye'? - Ep. 424
• The Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn't Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater - Ep. 421
• The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto? – Ep. 418
• The Chopping Block: Can Exchange CEOs Like SBF Be Crypto True Believers? - Ep. 416
• The Chopping Block: 'Code Is Law' Is 'Obviously Not How Anything Works Ever' - Ep. 411
• The Chopping Block: Was This Gary Gensler's Most Liked Tweet? Ep. 405
• The Chopping Block: Why ETH Dumped So Hard After the Merge - Ep. 400
• The Chopping Block: Why DeFi May Be Over-Complying With Tornado Cash Sanctions - Ep. 392
• The Chopping Block: OFAC Overstep Sanctioned Tornado Cash? - Ep. 386
• The Chopping Block: How to Manage MakerDAO, With Hasu and Rune - Ep. 383
• The Chopping Block: A Network State in 10 Years? Balaji Srinivasan Says Yes - Ep. 379
• The Chopping Block: Anatoly Yakovenko on Why Solana Is Building the SAGA Phone - Ep. 373
• The Chopping Block: Here’s What Was So Bad About Three Arrows Capital - Ep. 368
• Can Crypto Find a New Narrative? | Haseeb Qureshi & Tom Schmidt
• The Chopping Block: Does the New Terra Have Any Chance? - Ep.358
• The Chopping Block: Kevin Zhou on Why He Knew Terra Would Crash - Ep.353
• The Chopping Block: Did Andre Cronje Pull an Epic Crypto Rug Pull? - Ep.348
• The Chopping Block: How to Improve DeFi and Cross-Chain Bridge Security - Ep.343
• The Chopping Block: Why ‘One Man’s Bug Is Another Man’s Bounty’ - Ep.338