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On The Brink with Castle Island

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...


Apr 19, 2023

Dan Tapiero, the founder of 10T Holdings and 1 Round Table Partners joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

  • The performance of Bitcoin as a macro asset over the past year.
  • The current regulatory environment and how the USA is losing its lead versus other countries in the digital asset ecosystem.
  • The prospect of...


Apr 17, 2023

Eric Wall is a cryptocurrency researcher, analyst, critic, and investor. In this episode we sit down to discuss the creation and premise of his new project, the Orb

  • What is the orb?
  • How did the orb come about?
  • How to bet on the human capital and reputational growth of individuals
  • Why previous social tokens...


Apr 14, 2023

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

  • Is Ethereum going through a ‘bullish unlock’?
  • Did the SEC decicion around staking help decentralize Ethereum?
  • What is a commodity?
  • We pitch futures for restaurant bookings
  • The problem with ‘phygitals’
  • What’s going on with DWF...