Sep 23, 2022
Nic and Matt sit down for a special live recording of OTB in front of an audience at the Boston Blockchain Week. In this episode:
- Ian Balina is dinged by the SEC for Sparkster
- The SEC’s weird argument for standing over all of Ethereum
- Is XRP a prediction market on Ripple’s case against the SEC
- Wintermute is hacked...
Sep 16, 2022
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- The Merge takes place without incident
- Will the Merge silence Ethereum critics on the left?
- Will the ESG narrative around crypto get louder?
- FTX takes a stake in Skybridge
- Castle Island is not an island
- If you make an NFT of a diamond and destroy...
Sep 9, 2022
Matt and Nic return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:
- Nic's shoe problem
- Web3 merch for OTB?
- The White House releases a report on crypto asset energy usage
- Why the US should encourage mining within its borders
- Coinbase is funding a lawsuit against OFAC
- Binance is converting USDC into BUSD on...
Sep 2, 2022
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- What happens to the GPUs post merge?
- Will the gamers finally get cheap GPUs back?
- Is the merge like superbowl sunday or Y2K?
- Does the success of the merge undo a long-term Bitcoin talking point?
- Are NFTs going to cc0 screwing over their users?
- DC...
Weekly Roundup 08/26/22 (Emmer's OFAC letter, Stables resist TC blacklists, Gensler's OpEd) (EP.343)
Aug 26, 2022
Matt and Nic return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:
- Matt’s prior radio career
- The boys consider reinvesting in the podcast
- How to avoid audience capture
- We puzzle over metaverse advertising
- How do you value metaverse real estate?
- Rep. Tom Emmer writes a letter to OFAC questioning their sanctioning...