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On The Brink with Castle Island

May 15, 2026

Matt and Nic are aback with another week of news and deals, today joined by Gus Coldebella to cover the CLARITY Act. In this episode: 

  • The Clarity Act advances resoundingly from committee
  • Sen. Warren doesn’t like the Clarity Act
  • Will there be an ethics provision inserted into Clarity?
  • The next fight in DC
  • What’s up...


May 8, 2026

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

  • Will Hantavirus become another global pandemic?
  • Kraken buys Reap for $600m
  • Bullish buys Equiniti for $4.2b
  • Reflections on 10 years of attending Consensus
  • Is it acceptable to wear a backpack with a suit
  • a16z crypto announces a $2.2b...


May 1, 2026

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

  • DeFi had its worth month of hacks ever
  • How are people falling for the fake Zoom link hack
  • The KelpDAO Aave bailout is happening
  • Is Bitcoin’s security degrading because miners are pivoting to AI?
  • Litecoin suffers a 51% attack
  • Is Bitcoin PoW at...


Apr 27, 2026

Pluto is a veteran of DeFi and cross chain systems, with prior stints at Thorchain and Airswap, now building Harbor, a native asset DEX. In this episode, we talk about the KelpDAO exploit and how DeFi can regain people’s trust. Nic sits down with him to discuss:

  • What exactly happened with the KelpDAO/ Aave hack?
  • Will...


Apr 24, 2026

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals:

  • The Finding Satoshi documentary has a new guess
  • Was it Hal or Len?
  • Could Satoshi have been a team?
  • Why Stylometry might not reveal Satoshi
  • Why the cypherpunks were interested in resurrection
  • What happened with KelpDAO?
  • Is DeFi cooked?
  • Is Arbitrum...