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On The Brink with Castle Island


Oct 31, 2025

Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode: 

  • Mastercard buys Zerohash for around $2b
  • Fiserv has a catastrophic day
  • Bitwise launches a Solana staking ETF
  • Is there another regional banking crisis?
  • EthZilla sold some ETH to buy back shares
  • Will there be activists with the DATs?
  • Are prediction markets structurally doomed?
  • Sen Tillis introduces the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking act
  • Could you go back and time and trade effectively?
  • Bessent’s great peso trade
  • What’s going to happen with Venezuela?
  • We review the Iran-Contra scandal

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