The Chopping Block: 2025 Predictions, AI's Crypto Play, and U.S. Legislation - Ep. 753

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Laura Shin

Tech News, Business News, News

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. In this special end-of-year episode, they recap 2024's key moments and forecast what's ahead in 2025. The team debates Bitcoin's potential to hit $180K, the impact of AI on crypto security, and upcoming U.S. crypto legislation. They also predict the rise of viral blockchain games. Join the crew as they unpack these predictions and more, offering unique insights into what the new year might bring for crypto enthusiasts. Show highlights 🔹 Bitcoin Hits New Highs: The crew debates Bitcoin's potential to reach $180K, with predictions of a significant rally and subsequent corrections. 🔹 AI Turns Crypto Scammer: A bold prediction that an AI system will become a crypto scammer makes waves, highlighting the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain security concerns. 🔹 Crypto Legislation Breakthroughs: Anticipation grows for groundbreaking crypto-specific legislation in 2025, reflecting a major shift in regulatory landscapes. 🔹 Consolidation in Crypto's Infrastructure: Predictions surface about mergers among AppChains and Layer 2 solutions due to economic pressures, signaling a major consolidation trend. 🔹 Viral Blockchain Games: The panel foresees blockchain-based games going viral, capturing mainstream attention and potentially becoming a cultural phenomenon. 🔹 DeFi's Continued Evolution: Discussions center around DeFi's comeback, its impact on the crypto market, and the evolving challenges it faces as it grows in popularity and complexity. 🔹 Surprising Crypto Predictions for 2025: The episode wraps up with each host sharing their most surprising predictions for the coming year, setting the stage for a dynamic and unpredictable future in crypto. Hosts ⭐️Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly ⭐️Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly ⭐️Robert Leshner, CEO & Co-founder of Superstate ⭐️Tarun Chitra, Managing Partner at Robot Ventures Disclosures Timestamps - 00:00 Intro 03:00 Biggest Winner 8:30 Biggest Loser 14:04 Biggest Surprise 20:50 Best New Mechanism 27:03 Best Meme 31:02 Best/Worst Pivot 38:57 Biggest Flop 44:08 Comeback Story of 2024 48:42 Favorite TCB Guest 51:18 Predictions for 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I predict that an AI-based system will become a crypto-scammer.
0:06.2	A crypto-scammer?
0:07.5	I like that.
0:09.5	Like, what level of scammer are we talking about?
0:11.6	Are you talking about?
0:12.0	How regular scam?
0:13.2	How think does a scam have to be?
0:14.9	No, there would be a news article in the block or Coin Desk or some other somewhat credible
0:19.4	publication about how an AI is scamming people.
0:22.6	That also seems like a very safe bet. That's like kind of a...
0:25.4	How is that a safe bet? That's a fucking safe bet. Not a dividend. It's a tale of two quond.
0:30.3	Now, your losses are on someone else's balance. Generally speaking, air drops are kind of pointless
0:34.8	anyways. I'm named the trading firms who are very involved.
0:38.7	D5.8 is the ultimate.
0:40.8	DFI protocols are the antidote to this problem.
0:44.2	Hello, everybody.
0:44.8	Welcome to the chopping block.
0:46.0	Every couple weeks, the four of us get together and give the industry insider's
0:48.4	respective on the crypto topics of the day.
0:50.8	The quick intro is first you got Tom, the Defy Maven and Master of Memes.
0:54.1	Hello, everyone.
0:55.8	Next, we got Robert, the Cryptoconassur, and Tsar of Super State.
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