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On The Brink with Castle Island

Aug 30, 2024

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

  • Has cryptodollarization occured?
  • Tigran Gambaryan is still detained in Nigeria
  • Durov of Telegram was detained in France
  • Should major tech companies leave the EU?
  • The SEC settles with Abra
  • Sony is launching an ETH L2
  • The mythical Harris reset
  • VCs...


Aug 28, 2024

Scott Fletcher, founder of Intersection Growth Partners joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

  • Scott’s professional background and the events that led him to launching Intersection Growth Partners.
  • The Intersection Growth Partners business model and how they also became investors in a number of their clients’...


Aug 23, 2024

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

  • SALT Wyoming review
  • Nic’s next fight 
  • How Bitcoin miners have a procyclical effect on the Bitcoin price
  • Hunting Hill is launching a credit fund seeded by Kraken
  • Wyoming is launching a stable token in Q1 of 2025
  • The SEC rejects CBOE’s filings...


Aug 16, 2024

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

  • Fairshake is getting active in Senate Races
  • What’s going on with the Harris pivot?
  • Chuck Schumer promises crypto legislation by end of year
  • What’s happening with WBTC?
  • The SEC is subpoenaing VC funds over Uniswap
  • Don Jr is launching a crypto...


Aug 15, 2024

Michael Bentley, Co-Founder & CEO of Euler joins the show to talk about crypto lending and the launch of Euler v2. In this episode: 

  • The evolution of lending/borrowing in crypto/defi
  • Euler's history and the upcoming launch of Euler v2
  • How crypto allows for market discovery of financial primitives
  • Building programmable...