Aug 8, 2025
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- What’s wrong with NYC?
- China bans Bitcoin for the 15th time
- Is China really lauching an RMB stablecoin?
- We dissect the Trump debanking EO
- OpenAI releases GPT5
- SEC: Liquid staking tokens are not securities
- Roman Storm is found guilty on one of three counts
- Hester Peirce’s speech on financial privacy
- How should we solve debanking?
- Will stablecoins replace bank wires?
- Is AI going to reveal the identity of Satoshi
Further reading:
- Hester Peirce, Peanut Butter & Watermelon: Financial Privacy in the Digital Age
- Nic on Substack, The Last Word on Stablecoins and Free Banking