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On The Brink with Castle Island

Apr 26, 2024

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

  • CIV's new stablecoin survey
  • What happened with Runes?
  • Lawsuit against the SEC’s dealer rule
  • New capital gains tax proposal
  • How would taxing unrealized gains work?
  • Two SEC lawyers leave in connection with the DEBT Box scandal
  • The founders of...


Apr 19, 2024

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

  • Dubai is underwater
  • The Lummis Gillebrand stablecoin bill and its prospects
  • Do stablecoins affect the US’ ability to make sanctions?
  • Avraham Eisenberg has been found guilty for the Mango markets hack
  • Stablecoins as proto CBDCs
  • Do stablecoins...


Apr 12, 2024

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

  • Our reactions to the CPI print
  • The SEC announces its intention to sue Uniswap
  • Sen Warren doesn’t like the stablecoin bill
  • Howard Lutnick weighs in on stablecoins again
  • Saylor’s core dev funding controversy

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Apr 5, 2024

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

  • How risky is Eigenlayer?
  • The SEC is asking for public comment on ETH ETFs
  • Is the US government about to liquidate $2b worth of Silk Road Bitcoin?
  • Goldman wealth management CIO doesn’t like Bitcoin
  • WSJ is back with a Tether hitpiece
  • Fed...


Mar 29, 2024

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

  • Was SBF’s 25-year sentence too lenient?
  • Beba vs SEC
  • Coinbase motion to dismiss is dismissed
  • Coinbase notches a win vs the SEC over their Wallet product
  • SDNY v Kucoin
  • Ripple vs SEC
  • Will MSTR ever converge to the fair value of...