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On The Brink with Castle Island


Mar 28, 2025

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

  • We reflect on our podcast with Paolo Ardoino
  • The EU’s MiCA rules make launching a stablecoin virtually impossible
  • We explain the Ghiblification crazy
  • OCC removes Reputation risk from bank supervision
  • World Liberty Fi launches a stablecoin
  • Hyperliquid suffers an exploit - are they decentralized?
  • Fidelity is exploring the launch of a stablecoin
  • ICE is looking to use USDC
  • Coinbase is reportedly looking to acquire Deribit
  • US Treasury lifts sanctions on Tornado Cash
  • Sei is looking to buy 23andme