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On The Brink with Castle Island

Jan 31, 2020

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: 

- Nic's Presidential Endorsement

- Proof of Stake Tax Policy

- Popper's NYT Article

- Ripple IPO?

- Super Bowl Picks

and much more news of the week


Jan 27, 2020

Mike Moro, the CEO of Genesis Capital/Genesis Trading joins the show. In this episode we discuss: 

- Mike's pre-Bitcoin career and his path to Second Market and then Genesis

- POV on Bitcoin ETF viability 

- The state of play for cryptoasset market infrastructure

- Cryptoasset lending 

...and much more


Jan 24, 2020

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: 

- new SPAC for Blockchain Co's

- DigixDAO treasury liquidation

- Bitcoin Investment Trust is now an SEC reporting company

- Bcash dev funding proposal

and much more news of the week


Jan 20, 2020

Hunter Merghart, the Head of USA Operations for Bitstamp joins the show. In this episode we discuss: 

- Bitstamp's history and USA roadmap

- Hunter's career path in trading and how he came to enter the cryptoasset market

- Market infrastructure: where we are as an industry, and what needs to be built in order to support...


Jan 17, 2020

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: 

- SEC Actions

- Bitwise RIA report

- Canada's Guidance on Exchanges

- GBTC Q4 Report

- Digital Dollar Think Tank

and much more news of the week