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On The Brink with Castle Island

Jul 29, 2022

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

  • Damien Hirst's physical NFT project 
  • Why you need a bridge between the physical and the digital world for certain NFTs 
  • Why physical NFTs provide advantages to collectors and brands
  • Libra/Diem spawns Aptos and Sui
  • Coinbase is under SEC...


Jul 28, 2022

Itai Turbahn and Yoni Goldberg, the founders of Dynamic join the show. In this episode we discuss:

  • Itai and Yoni’s professional journey to starting Dynamic
  • How Dynamic is addressing wallet based authentication
  • Views on how standards will evolve in the blockchain ID category
  • The evolution of decentralized...


Jul 22, 2022

(Reuploaded, fixed audio)

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

  • Inert ETH from the crowdsale?
  • Why the credit crunch is like the European panic of 1772
  • Should we bring back full-liability banks?
  • Are Bitcoiners wrong to reject fractional reserve banking?
  • 1000 pages of 3AC intrigue 
  • Genesis...


Jul 15, 2022

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

  • Stablecoin actives outpace blue chip crypto
  • Why is Tether on Tron so popular?
  • Is H E Justin Sun willing to deploy $5b in acquisitions
  • Celsius files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
  • KeyFi is suing Celsius
  • Are DeFi business models going to have...


Jul 8, 2022

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

  • USDC gains ground on USDT
  • Stable liquidity is sticky
  • Why fiat-backed stables are still more censor resistant than bank deposits
  • Do stablecoins make L1s unforkable
  • Will the emergence of crypto prime brokers pressure crypto yields?
  • Voyager files...