Oct 4, 2024
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Monad Madness
- CZ is released from jail
- Roman Storm’s motion to dismiss is denied
- Mango settles with the SEC
- Swift is piloting digital asset transactions
- Bitwise submits and S-1 for a Ripple ETF
- Visa announces their Tokenized Assets...
Oct 3, 2024
Stephen Novenstern, the founder of Kintsu joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
- Stephen’s path to the cryptocurrency industry and the vision for Kintsu, a liquid staking project in the Monad ecosystem.
- The history of DeFi and the LST category.
- Why Monad and views on the net new primitives that are enabled by...
Sep 27, 2024
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Gensler denies knowledge of Operation Choke Point 2.0
- We recap the Silvergate collapse
- Why did the MSM ignore the new Silvergate revelations?
- Trump’s fair banking access rule
- Looking back at the Signature closure
- Gensler appears in front of...
Sep 20, 2024
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Nic’s Singapore Zyn problem
- Nic’s Token 2049 keynote
- The Iggy Azalea Eric Wall debate
- Trump make an appearance at Pubkey in NYC
- World Liberty Financial continues to be insane
- SEC versus Flyfish club
- Are airdrops done for?
- Is JPM really the...
Sep 19, 2024
Alex Leishman, founder and CEO of River, joins us to talk about River's Proof of Reserve initiative. In this episode:
- River business update
- Building their own custodian
- Why Alex decided to do PoR now?
- River’s PoR mechanics
- Proof of Reserve versus traditional audit
- What kind of assurances PoR gives users
- How does...