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On The Brink with Castle Island

Feb 13, 2026

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

  • Matt reflects on the Patriots season
  • We review the Superbowl Ads
  • Looking forward to the OpenAI wearable
  • Is “something big happening” in AI?
  • Does crypto accelerate the rise of malicious AI?
  • Are all communications networks going to break...


Feb 6, 2026

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

  • Bitcoin grapples with the fallout of the Epstein Emails
  • Did Jeffrey Epstein influence Bitcoin development?
  • Is Bhutan selling their Bitcoin?
  • Do Bitcoin devs care about quantum?
  • Is Bitcoin Core under the influence with sophons
  • Kyle Samani steps...


Jan 30, 2026

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

  • Matt is heated about the Belichick HoF vote
  • Fidelity launches a stablecoin FIDD on Ethereum
  • Market structure passes Senate Ag Cmte
  • The White House crypto council is being revived to find a compromise on stablecoin yield
  • Fairshake has another...


Jan 23, 2026

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

  • There’s a big storm coming
  • Matt’s playoff picks
  • Farcaster sells to Neynar
  • Is this the nail in the coffin for Web3Social?
  • Where Farcaster went wrong
  • BitGo goes public
  • NYSE is building a tokenized security trading platform
  • Are we looping back...


Jan 16, 2026

Matt and Nic are back after a week off. In this episode:

  • The Clarity market structure bill markup is delayed for now
  • Coinbase backs out of supporting Clarity
  • The bank lobby is trying to torpedo Clarity
  • Kontigo is accused of ignoring sanctions
  • X changes its API to block InfoFi
  • California’s wealth tax has backfired...