Mar 28, 2025
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- We reflect on our podcast with Paolo Ardoino
- The EU’s MiCA rules make launching a stablecoin virtually impossible
- We explain the Ghiblification crazy
- OCC removes Reputation risk from bank supervision
- World Liberty Fi launches a...
Mar 26, 2025
Paolo Ardoino, the CEO of Tether, rejoins the show for a timely discussion. In this episode:
- How is Paolo feeling about political trends in the US today?
- Tether is the 7th-largest buyer of USTs at the sovereign level
- Paolo’s decision to spend more time in the US
- What does Paolo make of the stablecoin bills in...
Mar 24, 2025
Brian Foster, the Global Head of Wholesale at Coinbase joins the show for his second appearance. In this episode we discuss:
- A catch-up on the Wholesale business at Coinbase and the types of customers that are active in this market
- How banks and broker-dealers are accelerating their efforts post-election
- Perspectives...
Mar 21, 2025
Nic and Matt are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Trump speaks at DAS
- Is anyone in Washington talking about abolishing capital gains tax for crypto?
- Trump denounces OCP2.0
- TON raises a huge round
- Remember IOTA?
- We reminisce about Slock it and the DAO
- What happened to Ethereum Classic?
- Can you...
Mar 14, 2025
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve exists
- Will the government buy additional Bitcoin?
- What does “cost neutral” mean?
- What’s the deal with our cheese reserve
- Have Bitcoiners lost their libertarian origins?
- The OCC reverses their anti-crypto...