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Podcast: Unchained
Episode: The Chopping Block: Trumpâs $22B âGold Paperâ DeFi Launch, Buybacks & Garbage Coins
Description: Altcoin froth meets political theater. The team dissects World Liberty Financialâs explosive debut: a $22B token backed by the Trump family, a disputed Aave partnership, insider buybacks, and a âgold paperâ instead of a whitepaper. We break down Justin Sunâs role, why critics call it cryptoâs âgarbage moat,â and how WLFi could become the Thanksgiving dinner debate of 2025. Plus: Gavin Newsomâs meme coin tease, GDP data going on-chain, and the CFTC reopening U.S. markets to global exchanges.
Welcome to The Chopping Block â where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner cho...