Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Patrick Witt, the White House's executive director for digital assets policy, calls in mid-episode to give the Chopping Block crew a live read on the CLARITY market structure bill!
Show highlights
🔹 Patrick Witt dials in mid-episode after literally chasing bill language, laying out the CLARITY market structure bill and its August 7th recess deadline.
🔹 Polymarket puts CLARITY at roughly 46%, a coin flip, after passing the House 294-134 last July and stalling in the Senate.
🔹 The first-of-its-kind ethics provision bars officials and spouses from issuing digital assets, forcing existing holdings into blind trusts or divestment.
🔹 The live fight: White House wants DOJ enforcement, Democrats want 50 state attorneys general, which Patrick warns invites politically motivated lawsuits.
🔹 Tarun breaks down Gauntlet's $125M raise from SBI Holdings, his biggest ever, closed after seven straight days of suits and staying shaved in Japan.
🔹 SBI, the crypto OGs of Japan and early Ripple Labs backers, bets on capital shifting from syndicated VC toward TradFi giants funding DeFi liquidity.
🔹 Balaji's Network School goes from a Forest City ghost town in Malaysia to an immigration raid, a revoked license, and an MOU-fueled pivot to Kazakhstan.
🔹 Robert says Balaji 'picked the wrong dance partner' building a network state on foreign soil; Tom warns of the dreaded 'turkey chart.'
Hosts
⭐️ Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly
⭐️ Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly
⭐️ Tarun Chitra, Managing Partner at Robot Ventures
⭐️ Robert Leshner, Founder & CEO of Superstate
Guest
⭐️ Patrick Witt, Executive Director, President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:59 Tarun's $125M Gauntlet Raise from SBI Holdings
06:32 Balaji's Network School: Malaysia Raid to Kazakhstan Exit
13:57 Patrick Witt Joins: CLARITY Bill State of Play
16:14 The First-of-Its-Kind Presidential Ethics Provision
19:53 DOJ vs State Attorneys General Enforcement Fight
23:36 The Big Three: Ethics, Law Enforcement, and the Ag Title
30:54 Patrick's National Guard Deferral and Short-Handed Crypto Bench
33:11 Polymarket's Coin Flip and Post-Midterm Odds
39:04 After CLARITY: SBR Bill, Tax Provisions, and What's Next
42:44 Wrap: Hosts React to Robert's Hopium
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Patrick Witt, the White House's executive director for digital assets policy, calls in mid-episode to give the Chopping Block crew a live read on the CLARITY market structure bill!
Show highlights
🔹 Patrick Witt dials in mid-episode after literally chasing bill language, laying out the CLARITY market structure bill and its August 7th recess deadline.
🔹 Polymarket puts CLARITY at roughly 46%, a coin flip, after passing the House 294-134 last July and stalling in the Senate.
🔹 The first-of-its-kind ethics provision bars officials and spouses from issuing digital assets, forcing existing holdings into blind trusts or divestment.
🔹 The live fight: White House wants DOJ enforcement, Democrats want 50 state attorneys general, which Patrick warns invites politically motivated lawsuits.
🔹 Tarun breaks down Gauntlet's $125M raise from SBI Holdings, his biggest ever, closed after seven straight days of suits and staying shaved in Japan.
🔹 SBI, the crypto OGs of Japan and early Ripple Labs backers, bets on capital shifting from syndicated VC toward TradFi giants funding DeFi liquidity.
🔹 Balaji's Network School goes from a Forest City ghost town in Malaysia to an immigration raid, a revoked license, and an MOU-fueled pivot to Kazakhstan.
🔹 Robert says Balaji 'picked the wrong dance partner' building a network state on foreign soil; Tom warns of the dreaded 'turkey chart.'
Hosts
⭐️ Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly
⭐️ Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly
⭐️ Tarun Chitra, Managing Partner at Robot Ventures
⭐️ Robert Leshner, Founder & CEO of Superstate
Guest
⭐️ Patrick Witt, Executive Director, President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:59 Tarun's $125M Gauntlet Raise from SBI Holdings
06:32 Balaji's Network School: Malaysia Raid to Kazakhstan Exit
13:57 Patrick Witt Joins: CLARITY Bill State of Play
16:14 The First-of-Its-Kind Presidential Ethics Provision
19:53 DOJ vs State Attorneys General Enforcement Fight
23:36 The Big Three: Ethics, Law Enforcement, and the Ag Title
30:54 Patrick's National Guard Deferral and Short-Handed Crypto Bench
33:11 Polymarket's Coin Flip and Post-Midterm Odds
39:04 After CLARITY: SBR Bill, Tax Provisions, and What's Next
42:44 Wrap: Hosts React to Robert's Hopium
_______________________________________________________
#bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Subscribe to our channel!
Website → unchainedcrypto.com
Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod
Apple → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1
Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w
RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757
Unchained: Your no-hype resource for all things crypto!
