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On The Brink with Castle Island

Aug 29, 2025

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

  • Nic reviews the stablecoin conference in Mexico City
  • Will the banks obsolete stablecoins?
  • Some DATs are having trouble
  • The government is putting GDP on the blockchain
  • The CFTC opens the door to US customers trading on non-US exchanges
  • Trump fires...


Aug 25, 2025

Wyatt sits down with Sandy Kaul, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton, to cover Sandy's work with the CFTC and DTCC and creating sandboxes for onchain financial markets. In this episode:

  • How wallets stand to become the hub of asset management
  • Lasting policy for crypto
  • Protecting consumers in an open...


Aug 22, 2025

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

  • Wyoming releases a stabletoken “FRNT”
  • Matt’s bear encounter
  • Bowman and Waller’s speeches at Jackson Hole
  • Eric Trump’s Bitcoin prediction
  • Is there an example of a DAT that makes sense?
  • Should DATs trade at a persistent premium?
  • Figure...


Aug 21, 2025

Wyatt sits down with the founders of Groom Lake. In this episode: 

  • How social engineering attacks are being used to exploit companies in crypto and beyond
  • How companies can better protect themselves and be vigilant of these exploit attempts
  • The future of cybersecurity software for...


Aug 18, 2025

Wyatt sits down with Luke Xie, cofounder of SatLayer for a conversation about Bitcoin yield. In this episode: 

  • What makes financial markets for BTC unique
  • How BTC DeFi will evolve, in the backdrop of the broader macro environment
  • DeFi vs CeFi financial systems for BTC