Robert Leshner

Robert Leshner is the co-founder and CEO of Superstate, an asset tokenization firm behind tokenized US Treasury funds and Opening Bell, a platform that puts SEC-registered shares of public companies on-chain. He is best known as the founder of Compound, the DeFi lending protocol he launched in 2017 whose COMP token distribution in 2020 is widely credited with kicking off DeFi Summer. He is also a venture investor at Robot Ventures, a member of Nansen's board of directors, and a co-host of The Chopping Block podcast. A CFA charterholder with an economics degree from the University of Pennsylvania, he designed smart contracts including Governor Bravo and the ERC-7246 Encumber standard.

139 talks by Robert Leshner

• Tokenizing Real World Assets
• Memecoin Frenzy & Crypto AI - The Chopping Block Ep 617
• Starknet's Airdrop Unlocks Disappoint - The Chopping Block Ep 611
• Truth About Farcaster's Growth - The Chopping Block Ep 605
• Points vs. Airdrops - Post Jupiter Airdrop - The Chopping Block Ep 603
• Data Availability & Why It’s Important - The Chopping Block Ep.599
• When Will the ETF Hype End? The Chopping Block - Ep. 596
• Why Hack the SEC? - The Chopping Block - Ep.593
• The Best and Worst of Crypto in 2023: The Chopping Block
• Top White Hat Hacker on the State of Crypto Security: The Chopping Block
• How DeFi Hack Negotiators Get the Job Done: The Chopping Block
• The Chopping Block: What Does Binance’s Record $4.3 Billion Settlement Mean for Crypto? - Ep. 573
• Why Vivek Ramaswamy Wants Less Crypto Regulation: The Chopping Block
• Did Blur Cause a Decline in the NFT Market? The Chopping Block - Ep. 567
• Nic Carter on Hamas’ Crypto Funding and SBF’s Pummeling - Ep. 564 [The Chopping Block]
• The Chopping Block: Are We Back? The 'Low IQ' Response to the Potential Spot Bitcoin ETF - Ep. 561
• The Chopping Block: SBF’s Rough Week, DCG Faces a Lawsuit, UniSwap’s Fees
• The Chopping Block: Did Michael Lewis Get Swindled by SBF? - Ep. 552
• The Chopping Block: Which DeFi Metrics Are Useful in a Bear Market?
• Fireside Chat with Tarun Chitra and Robert Leshner
• The Chopping Block: Why Circle’s Jeremy Allaire Is So Optimistic About Stablecoins' Future - Ep. 541
• The Chopping Block: All About That Base With Jesse Pollak
• The Chopping Block: Beware of ‘Zombie’ Crypto Exchanges - Ep. 532
• The Chopping Block: Why You Should Care About PayPal’s PYUSD - Ep. 529