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On The Brink with Castle Island

May 9, 2025

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

  • We have a new Pope
  • The etymology of ampersand
  • The GENIUS act collapses spectacularly
  • Coinbase consummates its acquisition of Deribit
  • Did World Liberty Financial’s USD1 torpedo the GENIUS act?
  • Did “pro crypto” democrats snake on the...


May 2, 2025

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

  • Will stablecoins disrupt credit cards?
  • The US Treasury Advisory Committee drops a report on stablecoins
  • Mastercard and Visa launch stablecoin integrations
  • Movement labs has more scandals
  • Are quantum timelines accelerating?
  • The real risk of...


Apr 25, 2025

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

  • Is Bitcoin decoupling?
  • The Fed rescinds anti-crypto letters from 2022 and 2023
  • Upexi raises $100m PIPE to invest in Solana
  • Cantor, Tether, Softbank and Bitfinex inject $3.6b into 21 Capital, a Bitcoin acquisition vehicle
  • Bitcoin ETFs versus...


Apr 18, 2025

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

  • We recap Nic’s article on why Signature collapsed
  • Crypto exchange OKX announced their plans to expand to the US
  • Kraken announced that US equities are now supported on the exchange
  • MANTRA, a layer 1 network focused on RWAs, saw the price of...


Apr 11, 2025

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

  • Is dedollarization happening?
  • The SEC's Division of Corporate Finance released a "Statement on Stablecoins"
  • The US Justice Department has disbanded its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement team
  • The SEC releases new guidance on securities...