Jan 21, 2022
Matt and Nic return for a busy week of deals and news. In this episode:
- We cover the witness selection for the House energy hearing on Bitcoin mining
- The SEC goes to war with its employee union
- The SEC rejects the Skybridge Bitcoin ETF proposal
- GBTC is trading at a 30% discount
- Walmart is building its own...
Jan 20, 2022
In this latest installment of the mining miniseries, Iris Energy cofounder and co-CEO Daniel Roberts joins us to talk through their approach to mining. In this episode:
- How Dan came to work in mining
- Backgrounds of the Iris executive team
- Which thinkers influenced Dan in his Bitcoin journey
- Why Iris focuses on...
Jan 14, 2022
Matt and Nic return for more deals and news of the week. In this episode:
- Matt loses the podcast audio
- New Turkey drama
- Rep Emmer introduces a bill banning a retail focused CBDC
- Nic releases a song with Gramatik
- The story behind the Scribbler song
- We investigate Fan Controlled Football
- Paypal looks to build a...
Jan 10, 2022
House Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) joins the show to share thoughts on his crypto policy agenda for 2022, as well as his views on inflation, MMT, stablecoins, and CBDCs. In this episode:
- How Rep. Emmer came to be interested in public blockchains
- Rep. Emmer’s interest in Austrian economics
- How Rep. Emmer stays up...
Jan 7, 2022
Matt and Nic return for more news and deals of the week. In this episode:
- Everything is selling off
- Is the US losing its status as global reserve?
- We announce our policy miniseries
- Sen. Lummis will reportedly propose a crypto bill
- Opensea raising $300m at a $13b valuation
- Illicit activity in 2021 was only 0.15% of...