Aug 28, 2026
Matt and Nic return for another week of deals and news. In this episode:
- Matt and Nic consider candidates for the new bad boys intro music
- 39 state banking associations form the BankChain alliance
- Blockstream researchers proposed SHRINCS, a PQ signature scheme for Bitcoin
- How much should depositors care about bank credit risk?
- Kalshi hosts a prediction market on goat grazing regulation
- Are trading bot agents getting good?
- Blockstream proposes SHRINCS for Bitcoin
- Zcash hits an 8-year high
- Treasury designates anyone helping Iran’s crypto sector
- AI watermarking
Bad boys theme song submissions:
Content mentioned:
- Omid Malekan, The banking lobby’s bad faith campaign to kill the Clarity Act will backfire
- Nic Carter, A Second and Final Eulogy for Bitcoin Maximalism