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On The Brink with Castle Island


Feb 25, 2022

Matt and Nic return for another insane week of news and deals. 

  • Russia invades Ukraine
  • Will Russia get kicked off SWIFT?
  • Are there alternatives to SWIFT?
  • Laura Shin identifies  the alleged DAO hacker
  • Is Bitcoin’s privacy fundamentally broken?
  • Chainalysis demixes Wasabi transactions
  • Was the DAO hacker even guilty of a crime?
  • Should blockchains be private at the base layer?
  • Wyoming introduces a state stablecoin
  • Miami grapples with the fallout of Miamicoin
  • Do turkeys hibernate?

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