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On The Brink with Castle Island

Jan 31, 2025

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

  • Should we revisit Basel rules on Bitcoin? 
  • Jay Powell evolves on banks serving crypto 
  • Are banks going to offer crypto custody post SAB121? 
  • Gensler joins MIT Sloan
  • Should crypto firms boycott MIT? 
  • The Senate will hold a hearing on debanking...


Jan 24, 2025

The episode where we logged on and won forever. Probably the biggest week in crypto history... 

In this episode: 

  • Ross Ulbricht is granted a full pardon 
  • Did Ross Ulbricht deserve a life sentence?
  • SAB121 is finally gone 
  • Why SAB121 was bad
  • Crypto ball review
  • Trump launches a memecoin
  • Trump is inaugurated
  • OCP2.0 is...


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...