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On The Brink with Castle Island

Jun 30, 2023

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

  • The problem with SEC SAB 121
  • Pickleball is driving up American healthcare costs
  • Microstrategy buys some more Bitcoin
  • Fidelity refiles their Wise Origin Bitcoin ETF
  • Why the Prime Trust insolvency is so bad
  • Will there be Prime Trust clawbacks?
  • The...


Jun 23, 2023

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

  • Bitcoin hits 30k
  • Wyoming’s stable token developments
  • The story behind FTX’s mammoth $500m outflow to K5 global
  • Why was SBF spending hundreds of millions cozying up to talent agents?
  • Do Kwon will spend 4 months in jail in Montenegro
  • The...


Jun 19, 2023

Wyoming state senator and Minority Floor Leader in the Wyoming Senate, Chris Rothfuss joins the show. We cover Wyoming’s crypto efforts to date to create a stable and secure digital asset ecosystem. In this episode:

  • Senator’s Rothfuss’ pre-politics career and how he came to grapple with the crypto space
  • Why...


Jun 16, 2023

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

  • Coin Metrics derives new estimates of Bitcoin’s electricity consumption
  • Nic reviews his Lasik experience 
  • Matt takes Prometheum to task
  • Is Prometheum a patsy for the SEC?
  • Why is vaporware being elevated by the SEC and major exchanges being...


Jun 10, 2023

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

  • Token disclosure practices
  • Matt tries pickleball
  • Sequoia is breaking up into parts
  • Will Chinese and American capital markets be severed?
  • What’s in the proposed House market structure bill?
  • Coinbase sues Coinbase and Binance
  • How does the SEC...