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On The Brink with Castle Island

Nov 13, 2024

David Low, CEO and cofounder of Hata joins the show. In this episode, 

In this episode, Wyatt and David discuss:

  • Crypto adoption in Southeast Asia
  • Regulatory attitudes
  • Operating a centralized exchange
  • Bitcoin interest vs other cryptoassets in...


Nov 4, 2024

Hadley Stern, the Chief Commercial Officer of Marinade joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

  • Hadley’s career in the blockchain industry.
  • The early days of researching and building blockchain products at Fidelity.  
  • The landscape for banks in the United States as it relates to digital asset product development.


Oct 29, 2024

Pat Larsen, the founder and CEO of Zenledger joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

  • The latest developments in the tax and compliance categories within digital assets.
  • How asset managers and large financial institutions are increasingly adopting digital assets.
  • The compliance obligations of financial services...


Oct 3, 2024

Stephen Novenstern, the founder of Kintsu joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

  • Stephen’s path to the cryptocurrency industry and the vision for Kintsu, a liquid staking project in the Monad ecosystem.
  • The history of DeFi and the LST category.
  • Why Monad and views on the net new primitives that are enabled by...


Sep 19, 2024

Alex Leishman, founder and CEO of River, joins us to talk about River's Proof of Reserve initiative. In this episode: 

  • River business update
  • Building their own custodian
  • Why Alex decided to do PoR now?
  • River’s PoR mechanics
  • Proof of Reserve versus traditional audit
  • What kind of assurances PoR gives users
  • How does...