On The Brink with Castle Island

Feb 28, 2025

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

• Figure Markets announced the launch of their YLDS stablecoin, which is the first yield-bearing stablecoin to be approved by and registered with the SEC
• Crypto exchange Bybit was hacked on Friday for an estimated $1.48 billion worth of ETH in...

Feb 21, 2025

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

• Milei launches and immediately abandons the Libra memecoin
• Is the memecoin sector dead?
• What is the future of Solana post memecoin fallout?
• Hagerty’s GENIUS act gains bipartisan support
• Why securities laws exist
• What laws apply to...

Feb 14, 2025

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

• Our episode with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
• The SEC and Binance are pausing their litigation
• Brian Quintenz nominated for CFTC
• Jonathan Gould nominated for OCC
• Central African Republic launches a memecoin
• Is Vitalik crashing out?
• CBOE wants...

Feb 13, 2025

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

• The past several years of digital asset policy at the SEC
• Different ways that regulators have the potential to stymie technical innovation through policy
• SAB 121
• The impact on the SEC’s policies on capital formation in the digital asset...

Feb 11, 2025

Nathan McCauley, the co-founder and CEO of Anchorage joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

• The history of Anchorage and the evolution of the company from a product and regulatory perspective.
• Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and the debanking of digital asset startups.
• How banks are approaching the digital asset custody...