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On The Brink with Castle Island

Jan 17, 2025

Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode:

  • Lummis instructs FDIC staff to not destroy evidence of Chokepoint
  • Did the FDIC call Nic poor?
  • Coinbase wins a partial victory against the SEC
  • Canary Capital files for a Litecoin ETF
  • Tether is moving to El Salvador and building an HQ there
  • Atlanta Fed gets...


Jan 10, 2025

Matt and Nic are back after a week off. In this episode:

  • Southern District of New York grants Coinbase’s appeal in their case against the SEC
  • The Governor of the Czech national bank is considering Bitcoin in their reserves
  • Do Kwon is extradited to the US
  • E-trade is launching crypto trading
  • The FDIC is forced by a...


Jan 9, 2025

Dana Syracuse and Josh Boehm of Paul Hastings LLP join the show. In this episode we discuss:

  • The common legal and regulatory considerations that are encountered by companies in the digital asset industry.
  • Common pitfalls that entrepreneurs in this ecosystem should avoid.
  • The state of the stablecoin industry and the...


Dec 27, 2024

Matt and Nic are back for an end of year episode. In this episode: 

  • Tether invests $775m in Rumble 
  • Who are the Rumble shareholders in Trump's admin? 
  • Microstrategy seeks approval for more Bitcoin buying
  • We review the quantum risk to Bitcoin
  • Matt and Nic's predictions for 2025 

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Dec 25, 2024

Janusz and Red from Bitcoin Layers join the show. In this episode: 

  • Innovation on Bitcoin, previously and now
  • Technology vs consumer adoption
  • The future of BTC use cases

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