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On The Brink with Castle Island

May 26, 2023

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

  • Validators sign up to stake ETH post merge
  • Will there be MEV on Bitcoin? 
  • What's the deal with Worldcoin? 
  • Is the wash sale tax loophole stalling the debt ceiling negotiations? 
  • Have ordinals changed Bitcoin culture? 
  • The Fed releases new data on...


May 12, 2023

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

  • BRC20 PEPE versus ERC20 PEPE
  • Is PEPE an alt right coin?
  • What’s driving up fees on Bitcoin?
  • The relationship between HEX, XEN, and VPMX
  • Bitcoin’s circular firing squad
  • The upside of high fees in Bitcoin
  • Why the White House’s DAME mining tax...


May 5, 2023

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

  • Updates on South Shore Bar Pie
  • The CIV boys consider new sponsors
  • Regional banks keep failing
  • Is the turmoil in the bank sector deflationary or inflationary?
  • How does the Fed end the banking crisis?
  • McHenry’s stablecoin bill
  • Biden proposes a...


Apr 28, 2023

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

What’s the deal with south shore bar pie?

  • We review Consensus in Austin
  • Nic’s 2022 Coin Center dinner incident
  • Nic’s gas siphoning incident
  • First Republic appears heading for collapse
  • Why was First Republic given time to save itself but...


Apr 21, 2023

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

  • We debate some curious new sponsors
  • The Miami gas shortage
  • Nic’s impressions of NFT NYC
  • We review Eric’s Orb
  • When do Harberger taxes work?
  • CIV is hiring
  • The SEC is suing Bittrex and alleges that Algorand and Dash are unregistered...