Hello, everybody. Welcome to the chopping block. Every couple of weeks, the four of us get together and give an industry insider's perspective on the crypto topics of the day.

So quick intros. First, we got Tom, the DeFi Maven and Master of Needs. Next up, we have Robert, crypto connoisseur and captain of compound.

Third, we've got Taroon, the Gigabrain and Grandpa Bob Connet. And then we have myself and receive a head height man, a dragonfly.

And today we have joining us a special guest from her from Airbnb in a non-descript location. We've got Laura Shin.

So the four of us, not including Laura, are early stage investors in crypto, but I want to caveat that nothing we say here is investment advice or legal advice or even life advice.

So Laura, first of all, congratulations on your book. I think last time we were able to say here, but you weren't able to join us at that time. Congratulations. I know it's been a huge effort in the undertaking.

And you're now on the road show, like going around giving talks or something.

Yeah, I went to London right after the book came out, like literally the day after and I went to a channelist's conference. And then after that, I went to a conference at Oxford.

And that was actually really meaningful because I had done study abroad at Oxford. And all I can say is like, when you go to a place that that's so close to your heart and that was so formative for you, like after a major milestone in your life, like I was very emotional, just walk you on Oxford.

I'm sure people were like, why does this lady keep crying everywhere?

But anyway, so yeah, I, like, and obviously just going to the channelist's conference was really wonderful because, you know, they helped me with so much in the book, but obviously they had done that de-mexing portion for the down investigation, which was great.

And actually, I will step away at a certain point and get you a really cool thing that somebody gave me, which was this FBI challenge coin. And it's like a coin that I guess these FBI special agents have and it like says nice things on it.

Yeah, and then I had my book signing in New York last week and it was totally sold out, which is awesome because apparently that's not a common thing. So it was great. And so many people came up and said hello. And then yeah, now I'm in San Francisco.

I have a reading tonight at the Commonwealth Club. And then I'll be in Seattle tomorrow. And there's more events coming up. But yeah, it's, it's a very fun time for me.

How does it feel?

Oh, my God, like, amazing. Honestly, I mean, I just can't even begin to tell you, first of all, you know, announcing the news about the Dow attacker on the day my book came out.

That was just incredible. And obviously it was a huge boost for the book. And, you know, just kind of, I think, really got people talking about the book. And, and it's just great because, you know, I poured so much of myself into this book over the last few years.

And so to be able to launch it in that way. And, and frankly, also, I had spent so much time trying to figure out who had done it.

So that was, that was really nice. And then, yeah, I mean, you know, just like people have been saying such nice things like the day that I revealed that news.

People were tweeting at me that I was the goat, which was just great. You know, people obviously aren't usually very complimentary toward.

Oh, yes. Thank you. That's the book. I do have a copy somewhere. Oh, here. I've got one here. Yes. I have friends who were visiting me. So this is one of their copies.

I have to say, it is a very long book. I have not made a lot of progress in the book so far. It has been a busy week in crypto land. As we're going to talk about today. But I am incredibly proud of you. This is so awesome.

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