Mar 6, 2026
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- What Dario Amodei and SBF have in common
- Trump wades in to the market structure debate and asks the banks to come to the table
- Why stablecoins are not like banks
- Kraken Financial gets a skinny Fed master account
- Visa and Bridge are rolling out...
Mar 4, 2026
Alex Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO of Cyclops, joins the show. In this episode:
- Alex’s background running The Giving Block and the company’s acquisition by Shift4
- Difficulty in enabling stablecoin solutions when utilizing existing providers while inside of Shift4
- Backgrounds of the founding team at Cyclops
- Regulatory...
Mar 3, 2026
Dana Syracuse and Josh Boehm of Paul Hastings join the show. In this episode we discuss:
- The OCC Charter process how digital asset companies are pursuing the federal path
- The aftermath of the Genius Act passage and the rulemaking process for this law
- Considerations for Federal vs. State charter pathways
- The market...
Feb 27, 2026
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Kalshi has detected and banned two accounts for insider trading
- Is Polymarket going to have to add KYC?
- Is there a tradeoff between informational efficiency and market fairness
- The OCC de facto bans stablecoin yield in its rulemaking...
Feb 20, 2026
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Crypto VC funds have some dry powder
- CFTC chair Mike Selig asserts jurisdiction over prediction markets relative to the States
- Is Kalshi more reliable than interest rate futures?
- The CLARITY Act inches closer to passing
- Shake up at...