Tarun Chitra
Tarun Chitra is the co-founder and CEO of Gauntlet, a simulation and risk management platform for crypto networks and DeFi protocols that he founded in 2018 and has since grown into a leading onchain vault curator. He is also co-founder and partner at Robot Ventures, an early-stage crypto venture firm, and a regular co-host on The Chopping Block roundtable and the Zero Knowledge Podcast. Before crypto he worked at D. E. Shaw Research and in high-frequency trading at Vatic Labs, after studying mathematics and applied engineering physics at Cornell University. He has co-authored more than 25 peer-reviewed papers on crypto and DeFi economics, including influential research on the security of Uniswap and Compound.
270 talks by Tarun Chitra
- The AI Agent Revolution Crypto Isn't Talking About - The Chopping Block
- Why Crypto Is Having a Mass Exodus - The Chopping Block
- Epstein's Crypto Ties Revealed + Why Everyone Hates CZ - Chopping Block
- Crypto Is Boring… So Everyone’s Levering Silver Now - The Chopping Block
- Venezuela's Crypto Chaos & Zcash Exodus - The Chopping Block
- Biggest Crypto Winners & Losers of 2025 - The Chopping Block
- Aave Civil War + Flow Hack + Coinbase Everything Exchange - The Chopping Block
- Lighter vs Hyperliquid: Fees, Fairness, and ADLs - The Chopping Block
- Web3 Just Died… Crypto Returned to Its Roots (Money) - The Chopping Block
- Steal Satoshi’s Wallet? DAT Meltdown Meets Quantum Chaos - The Chopping Block
- Why Crypto Teams Are DONE With “Free Money” Airdrops - The Chopping Block
- Episode 384 - The Quest for Practical iO with Machina iO
- Balancer Hack: Reminder That Nothing Is Risk-Free - The Chopping Block
- Episode 381 - Payy and Payy Card, the Undoxable Credit Card
- Over $19B Rekt: Perps Break, ADL Triggers, Pegs Snap - The Chopping Block
- Arthur Hayes & Tom Lee: Perps, Stablecoins, Prediction Markets - The Chopping Block
- AI, Crypto, and the Rise of Autonomous Capital
- How Do Vaults Go From $10b To $100b?
- Hyperliquid Under Fire, Tether Aims for $500B: Perp & Stablecoin Showdown - The Chopping Block
- Why Every Chain Suddenly Wants Its OWN Stablecoin - The Chopping Block
- Hyperliquid’s USDH: Vibes, Validators & Stablecoins - The Chopping Block
- Garbage Moat or Next Big Thing? WLFI Breakdown – The Chopping Block
- Episode 375 - Indistinguishability Obfuscation (iO) with Huijia (Rachel) Lin
- Circle’s Arc & Stripe’s Tempo Chains; Monero 51% Attacked – The Chopping Block