On The Brink with Castle Island

By Castle Island Ventures

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 Feb 19, 2021

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 Nov 7, 2020
One of the few crypto podcasts worth listening to.

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Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore the political, ethical, and economic significance of Bitcoin and other public blockchains and talk to some of the leading experts in the industry. Learn more and stay up to date at CastleIsland.vc and follow on twitter @CastleIslandVC

Episode Date
Weekly Roundup 04/19/24 (Stablecoin bill, Halving, Code is not law) (EP.520)
Apr 19, 2024
Cynthia Lo Bessette and Matt Horne on Digital Asset Management at Fidelity (EP.519)
Apr 15, 2024
Weekly Roundup 04/12/24 (SEC sues Uniswap, Core dev funding controversy, CPI print) (EP.518)
Apr 12, 2024
Quinn Thompson (Lekker Capital) on why the Macro matters for Crypto (EP.517)
Apr 08, 2024
Weekly Roundup 04/05/24 (WSJ attacks Tether, Chris Waller on Stables, Nic’s fight announced) (EP.516)
Apr 05, 2024
David Hoffman (Bankless) on Eigenlayer (EP.515)
Apr 03, 2024
DeFi Education Fund and Beba sue the SEC (EP.514)
Apr 02, 2024
Weekly Roundup 03/29/24 (SBF sentenced, Blast and Munchables, the MSTR convergence trade) (EP.513)
Mar 29, 2024
Weekly Roundup 03/22/24 (SEC v Debtbox, ETH security drama, Blackrock’s BUIDL token) (EP.512)
Mar 22, 2024
Jeff Lunglhofer on Cybersecurity at Coinbase (EP.511)
Mar 18, 2024
Weekly Roundup 03/15/24 (CSW is not Satoshi, Nigeria v Binance, Traeger and Bitcoin) (EP.510)
Mar 15, 2024
Weekly Roundup 03/08/24 (New ATH, Katie Porter out, ETH Denver reflections) (EP.509)
Mar 08, 2024
Weekly Roundup 03/01/24 (DOE order stayed, Bitcoin renaissance, SBFs autism plea) (EP.508)
Mar 01, 2024
Guy Young (Ethena) on the Past and Future of Crypto Interest Rates (EP.507)
Feb 28, 2024
Chase Lochmiller (Crusoe) on Powering the AI Revolution (EP.506)
Feb 26, 2024
Weekly Roundup 02/23/24 (ECB's very bad blog, more bad boys, 3ac boys latest) (EP.505)
Feb 23, 2024
Weekly Roundup 02/16/24 (Treasury rebukes WSJ, BitVM, Ethereum ETF prospects) (EP.504)
Feb 16, 2024
Weekly Roundup 02/08/24 (OPNX closes, COPA case, more SAB121) (EP503)
Feb 09, 2024
Weekly Roundup 02/02/24 (FTX recovery, Bitcoin Season 2, Tether’s Q4) (EP.502)
Feb 02, 2024
Weekly Roundup 01/26/24 (GBTC chaos, BBerg’s stable coverage, Listener questions) (EP.501)
Jan 26, 2024
Zach Abrams (Bridge) on Moving Money (EP.500)
Jan 22, 2024
Weekly Roundup 01/19/24 (ETF winners, Dimon's Satoshi theory, Lutnick on Tether) (EP.499)
Jan 19, 2024
Weekly Roundup 01/12/24 (BTC ETFs launch, more ETF, even more ETF) (EP.498)
Jan 12, 2024
Matt Hougan (Bitwise) on the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs (EP.497)
Jan 11, 2024
Matthew Le Merle and Mitch Mechigian (Blockchain Coinvestors) on 2024 Predictions (EP.496)
Jan 08, 2024
Weekly Roundup 01/05/24 (ETF looming, DoJ drops SBF charges, TNG DDY) (EP.495)
Jan 05, 2024
Nitya Subramanian (Capsule) on Leveraging Crypto's Superpower (EP.494)
Jan 03, 2024
Weekly Roundup 12/29/23 (2024 predictions, BSA unconstitutional, ETH ETF prospects) (EP.493)
Dec 29, 2023
Jill Gunter (Espresso) on Helping Rollups Decentralize (EP.492)
Dec 27, 2023
Ryan Selkis (Messari) on Crypto Theses for 2024 (EP.491)
Dec 25, 2023
Weekly Roundup 12/22/23 (Inscriptions mania, Fairshake PAC) (EP.490)
Dec 22, 2023
Dan Tapiero (1RT Partners) 2023 Market Recap (EP.489)
Dec 21, 2023
Andreas Tsamados (Fileverse) on Decentralized File Sharing (EP.488)
Dec 20, 2023
Nick Neuman (Casa) on Adding Support for Stablecoins (EP.487)
Dec 18, 2023
Weekly Roundup 12/15/23 (Cantor and Tether, cash vs in-kind ETFs) (EP.486)
Dec 15, 2023
Itai Turbahn (Dynamic) on Web3 logins and announcing Dynamic’s Series A (EP.485)
Dec 13, 2023
Brian Foster on The Evolution of Coinbase (EP.484)
Dec 12, 2023
Rowan Stone (Coinbase) on Bringing Offchain Users Onchain (EP.483)
Dec 11, 2023
Weekly Roundup 12/08/23 (JPM vs crypto, Do Kwon extradited, Nubank) (EP.482)
Dec 08, 2023
Kim Grauer (Chainalysis) on the Geography of Crypto Adoption (EP. 481)
Dec 06, 2023
Ruud Smets and Marc de Kloe (Theta Capital) on Blockchain Fund of Funds (EP.480)
Dec 04, 2023
Weekly Roundup 12/01/23 (SEC v Binance, Treasury letter to Congress) (EP.479)
Dec 01, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy on his crypto platform, stablecoins, and Choke Point 2.0 (EP.478)
Nov 27, 2023
Weekly Roundup 11/23/23 (OpenAI drama, Binance settlement, Milei wins) (EP.477)
Nov 23, 2023
Mike Cahill (Douro Labs) on the Evolving Oracle Landscape (EP.476)
Nov 20, 2023
Weekly Roundup 11/17/23 (FDIC scandal breaks, Vivek’s crypto policy, SBF parents in focus) (EP.475)
Nov 17, 2023
*LIVE* On the Brink x Galaxy Brains @ Pubkey NYC 11/9/23 (EP.474)
Nov 15, 2023
Anthony DeMartino (Trident) on Lending Markets and the Banking Industry (EP.473)
Nov 13, 2023
Weekly roundup 11/10/23 (ETF chatter, FTX 2.0 again, Euro stables) (EP.472)
Nov 10, 2023
Adam Guren (Hunting Hill) on Active Management in the Digital Asset Markets (EP.471)
Nov 09, 2023
Devin Walsh on Operating the Uniswap Foundation (EP.470)
Nov 06, 2023
Weekly Roundup 11/03/23 (SEC v Paypal, WSJ bounty update, SAB121 drama) (EP.469)
Nov 03, 2023
Brandon Mulvihill (Crossover Markets) on Digital Asset ECNs (EP.468)
Nov 02, 2023
Hong Fang (OKX) on Refining Proof of Reserves (EP.467)
Nov 01, 2023
Seth Priebatsch (Groma) on On-Chain Real-Estate (EP.466)
Oct 30, 2023
Weekly Roundup 10/27/23 (PROOF Act, WSJ/Warren Hamas scandal, ETF chatter) (EP.465)
Oct 27, 2023
Mike Higgins (Hidden Road) on Digital Asset Prime Brokerage (EP.464)
Oct 25, 2023
Amanda Tuminelli on the DeFi Education Fund (EP.463)
Oct 23, 2023
Weekly Roundup 10/20/23 (ETF race heats up, NYAG v Genesis/Gemini, Crypto illicit finance fake news) (EP.462)
Oct 20, 2023
Premier David Burt on Bermuda’s Emerging Role in the Digital Asset Ecosystem (EP.461)
Oct 18, 2023
Weekly Roundup 10/13/23 (FTX trial continues, ditching 'stablecoin', TARP 2.0) (EP.460)
Oct 13, 2023
Guy Young (Ethena) on a New Model for a Crypto-Backed Stablecoin (EP.459)
Oct 09, 2023
Weekly Roundup 10/06/23 (Reviewing Going Infinite, SBF’s tungsten obsession, the Bitcoin lab leak) (EP.458)
Oct 06, 2023
Matt Hougan on Bitwise's launch of Ethereum Futures ETFs (EP.457)
Oct 02, 2023
David Phelps (Jokerace) on Incentivizing Participation and Co-creation (EP.456)
Oct 02, 2023
Weekly Roundup 09/29/23 (Gensler HFSC hearing, Vespa problems, SBF trial starts) (EP.455)
Sep 29, 2023
Weekly Roundup 09/22/23 (SBF family in focus, Tether is lending again, BTC security budget) (EP.454)
Sep 22, 2023
Henri Stern (Privy) on Wallet Experiences for Mainstream Users (EP.453)
Sep 21, 2023
Weekly Roundup 09/15/23 (Token 2049 reviewed, Stables are the killer app) (EP.452)
Sep 15, 2023
Peter Johnson (BH Digital) on the Relentless rise of Stablecoins (EP.451)
Sep 13, 2023
Martin Carrica (Mountain Protocol) on creating an interest-bearing stablecoin (EP. 450)
Sep 11, 2023
Weekly Roundup 09/08/23 (The Bitcoin security budget, Visa onboards stables, 2 years of El Salvador law) (EP.449)
Sep 08, 2023
Lee Bratcher (Texas Blockchain Council) on PoR legislation in TX (EP.448)
Sep 05, 2023
Weekly Roundup 09/01/23 (SEC loses vs Grayscale, Impact Theory implications) (EP.447)
Aug 31, 2023
Weekly Roundup 08/25/23 (Coinbase v Circle, Tornado Cash indictment, chat app tokens) (EP.446)
Aug 25, 2023
Darshan Vaidya (Credora) on Risk Management and Credit Markets (EP.445)
Aug 21, 2023
Weekly Roundup 08/18/23 (Stablecoins offshoring, Better Markets oddity, more Prometheum) (EP.444)
Aug 18, 2023
Weekly Roundup 08/11/23 (PayPal's stablecoin, the Fed's oversight program, Ryan Salame emerges) (EP.443)
Aug 11, 2023
Weekly Roundup 08/04/23 (SEC vs HEX, Base and BALD, Curve hacked) (EP.442)
Aug 04, 2023
Weekly Roundup 07/28/23 (Market Structure bill advances, stablecoin catch-22, debanking in the UK) (EP.441)
Jul 28, 2023
Richard Meissner (Safe) on Account Abstraction Adoption and Barriers (EP.440)
Jul 26, 2023
Weekly Roundup 07/21/23 (Nasdaq reconsiders custody, the Torres doctrine) (EP.439)
Jul 21, 2023
Weekly Roundup 07/14/23 (Ripple gets a W, Machinsky arrested, PoR in federal legislation) (EP.438)
Jul 14, 2023
Amir Haleem (Nova Labs) on Helium, DEPIN, and DeWi (EP.437)
Jul 10, 2023
Weekly Roundup 07/07/23 (Taylor Swift’s FTX secret, XRP vs glazed donuts, ETF seeding) (EP.436)
Jul 07, 2023
Jose Lemus (IBEX Mercado) on Lightning adoption in Emerging Markets (EP.435)
Jul 03, 2023
Weekly Roundup 06/30/23 (ETF frenzy continues, Prime Trust insolvency, how Stablecoins are like Eurodollars) (EP.434)
Jun 30, 2023
Weekly Roundup 06/23/23 (FTX and K5 clawbacks, Prime Trust chaos, ETF frenzy) (EP.433)
Jun 23, 2023
Chris Rothfuss on Wyoming’s Blockchain Strategy & the WY Stable Token (EP.432)
Jun 19, 2023
Weekly Roundup 06/16/23 (Prometheum madness, the Hinman emails, HK’s crypto banking play) (EP.431)
Jun 16, 2023
Weekly Roundup 06/09/23 (SEC v Coinbase and Binance, Market Structure bill, the curious case of Prometheum) (EP.430)
Jun 10, 2023
Lili Infante (CAT Labs) on Combating and Preventing Crypto Crime (EP.429)
Jun 05, 2023
Weekly Roundup 06/02/23 (Crypto-eurodollars, SBF's defense, debt ceiling debate) (EP.428)
Jun 02, 2023
Weekly Roundup 05/26/23 (The real Greenidge story, MEV on Bitcoin, Fed data on adoption) (EP.427)
May 26, 2023
Weekly Roundup 05/19/23 (Texas PoR bill, the Hinman test revisited, what's up with Worldcoin?) (EP.426)
May 19, 2023
FactSet + CoinMetrics on Institutional Crypto Data (EP.425)
May 17, 2023
Weekly Roundup 05/12/23 (BRC20 mania, are high fees good for Bitcoin, the Wyoming stable token) (EP.424)
May 12, 2023
Steven Walbroehl (Halborn) on Blockchain Cybersecurity (EP.423)
May 08, 2023
Weekly Roundup 05/05/23 (Bank apocalypse, Biden’s miner tax, Bhutan’s crypto ambitions) (EP.422)
May 05, 2023
Simon Forster and Duncan Trenholme (TP ICAP) on Crypto Market Structure (EP.421)
May 02, 2023
Weekly Roundup 04/28/23 (First Republic in trouble, Hong Kong embraces crypto, did crypto cause the banking crisis?) (EP.420)
Apr 28, 2023
Weekly Roundup 04/21/23 (Harberger taxes, SEC v Bittrex, stablecoin hearing) (EP.419)
Apr 21, 2023
Dan Tapiero on Growth Investing in 2023 (EP.418)
Apr 19, 2023
Eric Wall on Eric's Orb (EP.417)
Apr 17, 2023
Weekly Roundup 04/14/23 (ETH unstaking, FedNow vs CBDCs, NYT on mining, FTX 2.0 gets closer) (EP.416)
Apr 14, 2023
Dennison Bertram (Tally) on the Future of DAOs (EP.415)
Apr 12, 2023
Weekly Roundup 04/07/23 (OCP2.0 remedies, Treasury on DeFi, FTX.com relaunch?) (EP.414)
Apr 07, 2023
Lorien Gabel and Benjamin Thalman (Figment) on Staking and the Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade (EP.413)
Apr 05, 2023
David Thompson (Cooper & Kirk) on What Can be Done about Operation Choke Point 2.0 (EP.412)
Apr 03, 2023
Weekly Roundup 03/31/23 (CFTC v Binance, McHenry’s stablecoin bill, Gruenberg’s questionable testimony) (EP.411)
Mar 31, 2023
Matt Hougan (Bitwise) on Crypto Market Narratives and the Launch of BITC (EP.410)
Mar 28, 2023
Weekly Roundup 03/24/23 (Do Kwon apprehended, SEC v Coinbase, bank crisis retrospective) (EP.409)
Mar 24, 2023
Jamil Dhanani & Nick Sainato (Gamma) on Building a Trustless Ordinals Marketplace (EP.408)
Mar 20, 2023
Nick Hansen (Luxor) on Ordinals, Blockspace, and Mining Pools (EP.407)
Mar 20, 2023
Weekly Roundup 03/17/23 feat. Alex Thorn (Bank crisis, Fed makes $2T available, Signature mysteries) (EP.406)
Mar 17, 2023
Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Silvergate wind-down, NYAG comes after ETH, more bank runs) (EP.405)
Mar 10, 2023
Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Silvergate wind-down, NYAG comes after ETH, more bank runs) (EP.405)
Mar 10, 2023
Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on Ordinals and Miniscript (EP.404)
Mar 08, 2023
Michael Gronager (Chainalysis) on Building a Blockchain Analytics Juggernaut (EP.403)
Mar 06, 2023
Weekly Roundup 03/03/23 (Silvergate in trouble, Oasis hacks back, Regulation by Blog Post) (EP.402)
Mar 03, 2023
Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on block building and the economics of MEV (EP.401)
Feb 27, 2023
Weekly Roundup 02/24/23 (SEC vs Terra, Stables as Securities, the CoinBASE L2) (Ep.400)
Feb 24, 2023
Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals, Inscriptions, and Digital Property Rights (EP.399)
Feb 22, 2023
Ray Hindi & Jake Lynch (L1 Digital) on Crypto Funds, RWAs and DAOs (EP.398)
Feb 20, 2023
Weekly Roundup 02/17/23 (BUSD Wells notice, Howey vs Reves, the SEC’s custody guidance) (EP.397)
Feb 17, 2023
Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Choke Point 2.0, staking in the crosshairs, ordinals take off) (EP.396)
Feb 10, 2023
Josh Benaron (Bundlr) on the Importance of Permanent Storage and Provenance (EP.395)
Feb 06, 2023
Weekly Roundup 02/03/23 (Ordinals frenzy, Charlie Munger, Tether truthers are back) (EP.394)
Feb 03, 2023
Julien Niset (Argent) on Improving Self Custody with Account Abstraction (EP.393)
Jan 30, 2023
Weekly Roundup 01/27/23 (Modulo Capital, PoR legislation, Tungsten mounts a comeback ) (EP.392)
Jan 27, 2023
Maneesh Gandhi & Michael Liddy (Evanston Capital) on The Institutional Allocator Landscape (EP.391)
Jan 25, 2023
Dhruv Patel and Himanshu Sahay (Arch) on Building a New Alternative Lender (EP.390)
Jan 23, 2023
Weekly Roundup 01/20/23 (DOJ takes down Bitzlato, loyalty point inflation, FTX US still solvent?) (EP.389)
Jan 20, 2023
Tony Scuderi (Imperii) on Crypto Banking and Advisory (EP.388)
Jan 18, 2023
Luuk Strijers (Deribit) on a New Model for Proof of Reserves (EP.387)
Jan 17, 2023
Weekly Roundup 01/13/23 (Nexo raided, crypto charity boxing, DCG vs Gemini II) (EP.386)
Jan 13, 2023
Weekly Roundup 01/06/23 (DCG vs Gemini, SBF's plea, India's crypto framework) (EP.385)
Jan 06, 2023
Weekly Roundup 12/30/22 (Avi Eisenberg arrest, weather affects the hashrate, our predictions for 2023) (EP.384)
Dec 30, 2022
Weekly Roundup 12/23/22 (Caroline pleads, SBF is extradited, Visa’s autopayments) (EP.383)
Dec 23, 2022
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) on FTX, the SEC, and the House Crypto Agenda for 2023 (EP.382)
Dec 20, 2022
Weekly Roundup 12/16/22 (SBF Arrest, Binance’s ‘Bank run’, Gensler, FTX, and IEX) (EP.381)
Dec 16, 2022
Weekly Roundup 12/08/22 (FTX’s Venture Portfolio, SBF’s mining investment, BlockFi retrospective) (EP.380)
Dec 09, 2022
John Palmer (CBOE Digital) on Regulated Digital Asset Derivatives (EP.379)
Dec 07, 2022
Robert Miller (Flashbots) on Decentralizing Block Building with SUAVE (EP.378)
Dec 05, 2022
Weekly Roundup 12/01/22 (Is SBF playing the media, more Bad Boys, Binance’s Proof of Reserve) (EP.377)
Dec 01, 2022
Mahesh Ramakrishnan (Escape Velocity) on Decentralized Wireless (EP.376)
Nov 30, 2022
Mike Belshe (BitGo) on FTX and the impact on crypto market structure (EP.375)
Nov 28, 2022
Weekly Roundup 11/24/22 (SBF is at large, DCG’s fate, what we are thankful for) (EP.374)
Nov 24, 2022
Travis Scher on the FTX impact on Crypto VC (EP.373)
Nov 21, 2022
Weekly Roundup 11/17/22 (John Ray’s FTX filing, will FTX political contributions be repaid, what’s wrong with effective altruism?) (EP.372)
Nov 18, 2022
Garrett Weaver (Juke) on Digital Collectibles (EP.371)
Nov 17, 2022
Weekly Roundup 11/10/22 (FTX fiasco, Su Zhu and Do attempt comebacks, Proof of Reserves redemption) (EP.370)
Nov 10, 2022
Josh Schwartz and Dima Kogan (FORDEFI) on Building Institutional Custody for DeFi (EP.369)
Nov 08, 2022
Weekly Roundup 11/04/22 (Fidelity Crypto Launches, Alameda’s balance sheet, SDNY looks at Tether) (EP.368)
Nov 04, 2022
Jeff Park (Bitwise) on Active Management in Crypto (EP.367)
Nov 01, 2022
Brian Venturo and Brannin McBee (CoreWeave) on Building an Industrial Scale GPU Cloud (EP.366)
Oct 31, 2022
Roundup 10/28/22 (Bitcoin’s hashrate spike, Miner insolvencies, Lightning v Rollups) (EP.365)
Oct 28, 2022
Mike Cahill (Pyth) on Solving the Oracle Problem (EP.364)
Oct 24, 2022
Weekly Roundup 10/21/22 (Aptos launch, crypto vigilantes, FTX’s regulatory draft) (EP.363)
Oct 21, 2022
Blake King (Galaxy Digital) on Mining, Transmission, and Curtailment (EP.362)
Oct 17, 2022
Weekly Roundup 10/13/22 (FASB accounting rules update, Warren’s letter to Texas, Howey’s orange groves) (EP.361)
Oct 14, 2022
Rob Behnke (Halborn) on Public Blockchain Cybersecurity (EP.360)
Oct 12, 2022
Jon Charbonneau (Delphi Digital) on Building for Censorship Resistance (EP.359)
Oct 10, 2022
Weekly Roundup 10/07/22 (Gensler’s theatrics, tokenization picks up, MKR buys Treasuries) (EP.358)
Oct 07, 2022
Vivek Raman (BitOoda) on Second Order Effects of the Merge (EP.357)
Oct 05, 2022
Alexandra DaCosta and David Yi (Aspen Creek) on a New Model for Renewable Mining (EP.356)
Oct 03, 2022
Weekly Roundup 09/30/22 (CFTC comes after Ooki/bZX, the Fed abandons CFTC ambitions, the convenience yield of stables) (EP.355)
Sep 30, 2022
Sergey Gorbunov (Axelar) on Blockchain Interoperability (EP.354)
Sep 28, 2022
Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) on the merge and what comes next (EP.353)
Sep 26, 2022
OTB Live! Weekly Roundup 09/23/22 (EU's MiCA regulation finalized, XRP lawsuit, SEC dings Balina, Audience Q&A) (EP.352)
Sep 23, 2022
Steven Goldfeder (Offchain Labs) on Building Arbitrum (EP.351)
Sep 19, 2022
Weekly Roundup 09/16/22 (Merge makes it, Chainalysis crypto adoption report, Starbucks NFTs, Coinbase grades Congress) (EP.350)
Sep 16, 2022
Dan Mottice (Ansible Labs) on Building the Offramp for Web3 (EP.348)
Sep 14, 2022
David Hoffman (Bankless) on Everything About the Merge (EP.349)
Sep 14, 2022
Weekly Roundup 09/09/22 (Stablecoin wars, White House energy report, Gensler attacks) (EP.347)
Sep 09, 2022
Bennett Collen and Stephanie Howard (Endstate) on building a web3-native fashion brand (EP.346)
Sep 06, 2022
Weekly Roundup 09/02/22 feat. Kyle Waters (Merge priced in, Roche and Ava Labs, Will Dai float freely?) (EP.345)
Sep 02, 2022
Obi Nwosu (Fedi) on Second-Party Custody with Fedimint (EP.344)
Aug 29, 2022
Weekly Roundup 08/26/22 (Emmer's OFAC letter, Stables resist TC blacklists, Gensler's OpEd) (EP.343)
Aug 26, 2022
Brooke Pollack (Hutt Capital) on the Blockchain Fund of Funds Landscape (EP.342)
Aug 22, 2022
Weekly Roundup 08/19/22 (Treasury Activated Soft Fork, Coinbase vs Vitalik, do BTC miners censor?) (EP.341)
Aug 19, 2022
Uddhav Marwaha (Friktion Labs) on Building Durable Portfolios through DeFi (EP.340)
Aug 15, 2022
Weekly Roundup 08/12/22 (Tornado Cash OFAC'd, Dai reconsiders USDC, Merge scheduled) (EP.339)
Aug 12, 2022
Weekly Roundup 08/05/22 (BlackRock jumps in, CFTC oversight bill, ETH PoW forks?) (EP.338)
Aug 05, 2022
Weekly Roundup 07/29/22 (Physical NFTs, SEC investigates Coinbase, Stablecoin Legislation) (EP.337)
Jul 29, 2022
Itai Turbahn and Yoni Goldberg (Dynamic) on wallet-based logins (EP.336)
Jul 28, 2022
Weekly Roundup 07/22/22 (More insider trading, SEC regulates via enforcement, more 3AC shenanigans) (EP. 335)
Jul 22, 2022
Weekly Roundup 07/15/22 (Celsius files Chapter 11, 3AC not cooperating, Circle clarifies USDC reserves) (EP.334)
Jul 15, 2022
Weekly Roundup 07/08/22 (Voyager files for Chap. 11, 3AC files Chap. 15, EU agrees on MiCA regulation) (EP.333)
Jul 08, 2022
Dave Balter and Jim Myers (Flipside Crypto) on NFTs and on-chain data (EP.332)
Jul 07, 2022
Weekly Roundup 07/01/22 (GBTC ETF denied, Bitcoin rationalism, CoinFLEX) (EP.331)
Jul 01, 2022
Blake King on How Grids can Accommodate Bitcoin Mining (EP.330)
Jun 27, 2022
Zac Prince (BlockFi) on Navigating Through the Storm (EP.329)
Jun 24, 2022
Weekly Roundup 06/24/22 (FTX steps in, 3AC postmortem, fraying DeFi governance) (EP.328)
Jun 24, 2022
Eli Ben-Sasson and Uri Kolodny (Starkware) on Scalability with STARKs (EP.327)
Jun 20, 2022
Weekly Roundup 06/17/22 (Celsius chaos, Market contagion, the Fed's Quandary) (EP.326)
Jun 17, 2022
Weekly Roundup 06/10/22 (What's in the Lummis bill, NY State mining ban, Custodia sues the Fed) (EP.325)
Jun 10, 2022
Weekly Roundup 06/03/22 (Insider trading in NFTs, takeaways from Oslo, Biden wants to lower BTC emissions) (EP.324)
Jun 03, 2022
Andrew Cahill and Saurabh Deshpande (The Block) on Ethereum L2 Scaling (EP.323)
May 31, 2022
Weekly Roundup 05/27/22 feat. Dan Matuszewski (VC dry powder, FTX' CFTC proposal, more Tether concerns) (EP.322)
May 27, 2022
Ric Edelman on The Truth About Crypto (EP.321)
May 23, 2022
Weekly Roundup 05/20/22 (Terra aftershocks, El Salvador’s Bitcoin summit, Tether's redemption crisis) (EP.320)
May 20, 2022
Jon Kol and Asa Oines (Abacus) on the Third Era of Interoperability (EP.319)
May 16, 2022
Weekly Roundup 05/13/22 (Terra collapses, FASB reconsiders Bitcoin accounting, the Fed's third mandate) (EP.318)
May 13, 2022
Mark Lamb (CoinFLEX) on crypto derivatives and stablecoins (EP.317)
May 09, 2022
Weekly Roundup 05/06/22 (Metaverse NIMBYism, the BMC EPA letter, the SEC doubles the Cyber Unit) (EP.316)
May 06, 2022
Paul Prager (TeraWulf) Building a Zero Carbon Bitcoin Miner (EP.315)
May 02, 2022
Weekly Roundup 04/29/22 (Elon buys Twitter, CAF Legalizes Bitcoin, Fidelity adds Bitcoin support for 401(k)s) feat. Dave Gray of Fidelity (EP.314)
Apr 29, 2022
Bruce Fenton on running for Senate in New Hampshire (EP.313)
Apr 27, 2022
Pat Larsen (ZenLedger) on the State of Crypto Taxes (EP.312)
Apr 25, 2022
Weekly Roundup 04/22/22 (Elon's Twitter purchase, the US sanctions BitRiver, Australia gets an ETF) (EP.311)
Apr 22, 2022
Adam Jackson (Braintrust) on Building a Web3 Talent Network (EP.310)
Apr 20, 2022
Josh Mandel on Running on a Pro Bitcoin Platform (EP.309)
Apr 18, 2022
Weekly Roundup 04/14/22 (FDIC stalls bank crypto activity, Bitcoin 2022 recap, Elon's Twitter campaign) (EP.308)
Apr 15, 2022
John Adler (Fuel Labs, Celestia) on building the fastest modular execution layer (EP.307)
Apr 14, 2022
Paolo Fragomeni (Socket Supply Co) on the Definition of web3 (EP.306)
Apr 13, 2022
Andrew Myers and Brock Peterson (Satoshi Energy) on Monetizing Renewables with Bitcoin (EP.305)
Apr 11, 2022
Weekly Roundup (04/01/22) (Greenpeace and Chris Larsen attack Bitcoin, Axie sidechain hacked, the ECASH Act, SEC goes after AMMs) (EP.304)
Apr 01, 2022
Ben Gagnon (Bitfarms) on Separating Fact from Fiction in Bitcoin Mining (EP. 303)
Mar 30, 2022
Michael Sonnenshein and Craig Salm (Grayscale) on the GBTC ETF Application and Market Commentary (EP.302)
Mar 28, 2022
Weekly Roundup 03/25/22 (Terra buying BTC, a new ETF timeline, Russia accepting BTC for energy?) (EP. 301)
Mar 25, 2022
Jon Birnbaum (Domain Money) on Increasing Access for Retail Investors (EP.300)
Mar 23, 2022
Nick White (Celestia) on building the first modular blockchain network (EP.299)
Mar 21, 2022
Weekly Roundup 03/18/22 (EU PoW ban defeated, Lummis bill details, Ukraine legalizes crypto) (EP.298)
Mar 18, 2022
Brett Harrison (FTX.US) on Crypto Market Structure (EP.298)
Mar 17, 2022
Izabella Kaminska (The Blind Spot) on Reconsidering Bitcoin Skepticism (EP.297)
Mar 14, 2022
Weekly Roundup 03/11/22 (Biden’s executive order, Korea’s pro-crypto President, Is Bretton Woods over?) (EP.296)
Mar 11, 2022
VÉRITÉ and Vanessa on empowering artists to be CEOs of their own world (EP.295)
Mar 10, 2022
Sohrob Farudi on Fan Controlled Football (EP.294)
Mar 07, 2022
Weekly Roundup 03/04/22 (Sanctions chaos, Ukraine's crypto fundraiser, remonetizing gold, web3 geofencing) (EP.293)
Mar 04, 2022
Blake Masters on Inflation, CBDCs, and Setting a Pro-Crypto Agenda (EP.292)
Mar 02, 2022
Brandon Arvanaghi and Bryce Crawford (Meow) on Bringing DeFi yields to Institutions (EP.291)
Feb 28, 2022
Weekly Roundup 02/24/22 (Russia and SWIFT, DAO hacker identified, Trudeau backs down) (EP.290)
Feb 25, 2022
Leo Lucisano (Decentral Park Capital) on Regulatory Predictions for 2022 (EP.289)
Feb 23, 2022
Bill Spence and Gregory Beard on The Real Story Behind Stronghold (EP.288)
Feb 21, 2022
Weekly Roundup 02/18/22 (Canadian Truckers, BlockFi settles with SEC, CIV III) (EP.287)
Feb 18, 2022
Matthew Chaim (Songcamp) on collective creation with music NFTs (EP.286)
Feb 16, 2022
Jared Nusinoff (Mash) on Remonetizing the Internet with Lightning (EP.285)
Feb 14, 2022
Weekly Roundup 02/11/22 (Bitfinex hacked coins recovered, NY Fed attacks Stablecoins, Gofundme bans truckers) (EP.284)
Feb 11, 2022
Jeremy Welch (Kraken) on Contemporary Proofs of Reserve (EP.283)
Feb 07, 2022
Weekly Roundup 02/04/22 (Wormhole hack, PoR is back, Boston Fed pilots a CBDC, TX miners shut down) (EP.282)
Feb 04, 2022
Cherie Hu (Water & Music) on the evolving role of web3 in music (EP.281)
Feb 02, 2022
Paul Sztorc (Drivechain) on Bitcoin Security Budget and the Importance Merge Mining (EP.280)
Jan 31, 2022
Weekly Roundup 01/28/22 (Putin warms to Bitcoin mining, Wonderland’s Quadriga connection, Libra/Diem shutters) (EP.279)
Jan 28, 2022
Chris King (Eaglebrook Advisors) on Digital Assets and the RIA Industry (EP.278)
Jan 25, 2022
Will Peck (WisdomTree) on Crypto Asset Management (EP.280)
Jan 24, 2022
Weekly Roundup 01/21/22 (Congressional PoW hearing, Walmart's Metaverse, Twitter NFTs) (EP.279)
Jan 21, 2022
Daniel Roberts (Iris Energy) on Sustainable Bitcoin Mining (EP.278)
Jan 20, 2022
Weekly Roundup 01/14/22 (Crypto-dollarization in Turkey, Dorsey's Bitcoin Legal Defense fund, Banning CBDCs) (EP.277)
Jan 14, 2022
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) on MMT, CBDCs, and crypto policy for 2022 (EP.276)
Jan 10, 2022
Weekly Roundup 01/07/22 (Kazakhstan mining stutters, Chainalysis 2022 illicit volume report, Washington is interested in PoW) (EP.274)
Jan 07, 2022
Ethan Vera and Guzman Pintos (Luxor) on Mining Data and Analytics (EP.274)
Jan 03, 2022
Weekly Roundup 12/31/21 (Year in review, why gamers hate NFTs, 2021 predictions evaluated) (EP.273)
Dec 31, 2021
Gabe Frank and Robert Masiello (Arcade) on the financialization of NFTs (EP.272)
Dec 27, 2021
Weekly Roundup 12/24/21 (Bitcoin ownership concentration, Jack Dorsey's web3 beef, Corporate Greed causing Inflation?) (EP.271)
Dec 24, 2021
Anders Larson (U.S. Bitcoin Corp) on strategic miner decision making (EP.270)
Dec 20, 2021
Weekly Roundup 12/17/21 (Crypto-dollarization in Myanmar, CMC glitches, Bitwise's NFT index fund) (EP.269)
Dec 17, 2021
Alex Wilson (The Giving Block) on crypto philanthropy (EP.268)
Dec 13, 2021
Weekly Roundup 12/10/21 (Congressional Hearing takeaways, 26% of Americans own BTC?) (EP.267)
Dec 10, 2021
Matt Cutler (Blocknative) On Making Sense of Blockchain Mempools (EP.266)
Dec 06, 2021
Weekly Roundup 12/03/21 (Square is now Block, Crypto Basel, Cowen's Regulatory Projections) (EP.265)
Dec 03, 2021
Karim Helmy and Brandon Bailey (Galaxy Digital) on Standardizing Miner Accounting (EP.264)
Nov 29, 2021
Weekly Roundup 11/26/21 (El Salvador's Bitcoin Bond, who we are thankful for, Big Poultry causing inflation?) (EP.263)
Nov 26, 2021
James McGinniss (David Energy) on Mining as a Load Resource (EP.262)
Nov 22, 2021
Weekly Roundup 19/11/21 (Keep Innovation in America, ConstitutionDAO, Chaum's Quantum FUD) (EP.261)
Nov 19, 2021
Kevin Anetsberger (Midwest Tungsten) on the Midwest Tungsten Story (EP.260)
Nov 15, 2021
Weekly Roundup 11/12/21 (Inflation hits 6.2%, Discord dithers on Web3, Is is really about the supply chain?) (EP.259)
Nov 12, 2021
Brannin McBee (Core Weave) on moving from GPU mining to specialized compute (EP.258)
Nov 10, 2021
Weekly Roundup 11/05/21 (Do stablecoins need bank charters, Mayors taking salaries in Bitcoin) (EP.257)
Nov 05, 2021
Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos (Metrika) on blockchain reliability (EP.256)
Nov 01, 2021
Weekly Roundup 10/29/21 (FATF publishes guidance, More Tungsten, Facebook is Meta) (EP.255)
Oct 29, 2021
Ray Cline and Shaun Connell (Lancium) on Stabilizing the Grid with Bitcoin Mining (EP.254)
Oct 25, 2021
Weekly Roundup 10/22/21 (Proshares ETF launches, CBOE acquires ErisX, FB's Metaverse ambitions, Tungsten takes over) (EP.253)
Oct 22, 2021
Tom Chippas (ErisX) and Chris Isaacson (CBOE) on CBOE's Acquisition of ErisX (EP.252)
Oct 20, 2021
NFTs as the gateway to mainstream adoption with Gmoney (EP.251)
Oct 18, 2021
Weekly Roundup (ETF chatter, Tungsten cubes, USA #1 in mining, insider airdropping) (EP.250)
Oct 15, 2021
Mark Coe (Intrinsic Edge) on Blockchain Public Equity Investing (EP.249)
Oct 11, 2021
Weekly Roundup 10/08/21 (How to offset emissions, SocGen's Maker play, Tether revelations) (EP.248)
Oct 08, 2021
Esteban Castaño (TRM Labs) on Blockchain Forensics (EP.247)
Oct 04, 2021
Weekly Roundup 10/01/21 (Flare mining in WY, nuclear BTC mines, Compound exploited) (EP.246)
Oct 01, 2021
Chris Maurice (Yellow Card) on driving fundamental crypto adoption in Africa (EP.245)
Sep 29, 2021
Christian Dittmeier on NFT analytics (EP.244)
Sep 27, 2021
Weekly Roundup 09/24/21 (Regulators keep talking about Free Banking, Twitter rolls out LN support, Biden's new OCC nominee) (EP.243)
Sep 24, 2021
Weekly Roundup 09/17/21 (Fidelity's spot ETF plea, Solana goes down, Are Bitcoiners cosplayers?) (EP.242)
Sep 17, 2021
Weekly Roundup 09/10/21 (Bukele buys the dip, oil majors are mining, SEC v Coinbase) (EP.241)
Sep 10, 2021
Alex Svanevik (Nansen) on extracting signal from on-chain noise (EP.240)
Sep 06, 2021
Weekly Roundup 09/03/21 (Two years of OTB, Matt's NFT strategy, Square's Bitcoin DEX) (EP.239)
Sep 03, 2021
Weekly Roundup 08/27/21 (Celeb NFT buys, Visa's cryptopunk, Choke Point 2.0?) (EP.238)
Aug 27, 2021
Weekly Roundup 08/20/21 (Uniswap governance wars, Bitcoin adoption in EM, OnlyFans gets Choke Pointed) (EP.237)
Aug 20, 2021
Weekly Roundup 08/13/21 (More Infra Bill Chaos, an emerging Bitcoin Bloc, the crypto lobby shows up) (EP.236)
Aug 13, 2021
Weekly Roundup 08/06/21 (Infra Bill Chaos, Gensler's Speech, BSV 51% attack) (EP.235)
Aug 06, 2021
George Selgin (Cato Institute) on Stablecoins, Bitcoin, and Free Banking (EP.234)
Aug 02, 2021
Weekly Roundup 07/30/21 (Shadowy super coders, Goldman's DeFi ETF, is TVL overrated?) (EP.233)
Jul 30, 2021
Michel Rauchs (Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance) on quantifying Bitcoin's energy use (EP.232)
Jul 26, 2021
Weekly Roundup 07/22/21 (The B Word, SpaceX owns Bitcoin, Stablecoins and Wildcats) (EP.231)
Jul 23, 2021
Weekly Roundup 07/16/21 (New mining data, Shapeshift decentralizes, are clay tablets proto blockchains?) (EP.230)
Jul 16, 2021
Weekly Roundup 07/09/21 (Circle is going public, SEC targets exchanges, the Bullish SPAC, good takes on stables from the Fed) (EP.229)
Jul 09, 2021
Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman on Trading Infrastructure in Cryptoassets (EP.228)
Jul 05, 2021
Weekly Roundup 07/02/21 (Eyeball based coins, why airdrops don't work, the Mining Council shares data) (EP.227)
Jul 02, 2021
Kinjal Shah (Blockchain Capital) and Manasi Vora (Skynet Labs) on DAOs as a New Investing Paradigm (EP.226)
Jun 28, 2021
Weekly Roundup 06/25/21 (China's Hashrate Migration, holding BTC in your bank, Taleb's bitcoin paper) (EP.225)
Jun 25, 2021
Hunter Horsley (Bitwise) on the State of Crypto Asset Management (EP.224)
Jun 21, 2021
Weekly Roundup 06/18/21 (Bukele's Bitcoin ambitions, the World Bank spurns El Salvador, DeFi risks) (EP. 223)
Jun 18, 2021
Ask Me Anything 2.0 with Matt, Nic, and Ria (EP.222)
Jun 14, 2021
Weekly Roundup 06/11/21 (Bitcoinización in LatAm, volcano mining, El Salvador turns orange) (EP.221)
Jun 11, 2021
Chris Blec (DeFi Watch) on the Pursuit of Transparency in DeFi (EP.220)
Jun 07, 2021
Jeff Kirt and Ted Rogers on the Story Behind the Greenidge Plant (EP.219)
Jun 02, 2021
Matteo Leibowitz and Eric Stone on Uniswap V3 (EP.218)
May 31, 2021
Weekly Roundup 05/26/21 (The Mining Council, Lael Brainard's Free Banking mistake, Kazakh FUD) (EP.217)
May 27, 2021
Hass McCook on Bitcoin's energy use in context (EP.216)
May 24, 2021
Weekly Roundup 05/21/21(Taproot edges closer to activation, IRS demands reports for $10k txns, OCC reversal on Bitcoin?) (EP.215)
May 21, 2021
Alex Thorn (Galaxy Digital) on Dogecoin and Monetizing Memes (EP.214)
May 17, 2021
Weekly Roundup 05/14/21 (Tom Brady is a Bitcoiner, Elon betrays us, Tether's questionable reserves) (EP.213)
May 14, 2021
Katie Chase on the maturation of cryptoasset data (EP.212)
May 10, 2021
Weekly Roundup 05/07/21 (PoR is back, NY considers a mining ban, NYDIG's FIS partnership) (EP.211)
May 07, 2021
Noah Buxton and Jeremy Nau (Armanino LLP) on the Proof of Reserve Restoration (EP.212)
May 04, 2021
Nicholas Gregory (CommerceBlock) on statechains for scalability and privacy (EP.211)
May 03, 2021
Weekly Roundup 04/30/21(Matt's Turkey Jerky, Elon 'proves' Bitcoin liquidity, Nexon's BTC buy) (EP.210)
Apr 30, 2021
Andrew Steinwold on Investing in the Metaverse (EP.210)
Apr 26, 2021
Weekly Roundup 04/23/21 (Estimating hashrate, mining Bitcoin with solar, capital gains hike?) (EP.209)
Apr 23, 2021
Nick Neuman (Casa) on resilient self-custody with multisig (EP.208)
Apr 19, 2021
Weekly Roundup 04/16/21 ($COIN lists, NYT FUD, Hester's Safe Harbor 2.0, Gensler confirmed) (EP.207)
Apr 16, 2021
Dmitry Tokarev (Copper) on building crypto settlement infrastructure (EP.206)
Apr 14, 2021
Larry Cermak and Mike Rogers (The Block) on the Stablecoin Market (EP.205)
Apr 12, 2021
Weekly Roundup 04/09/21 (Coinbase Q1 Earnings, TB12 gets into NFTs, GBTC ETF update) (EP.204)
Apr 09, 2021
Matthew Mežinskis (Crypto Voices) on How to Compare Bitcoin with Fiat (EP.203)
Apr 07, 2021
Jeth Soetoyo (Pintu) on building a cryptoasset brokerage in a frontier market (EP.202)
Apr 05, 2021
Weekly Roundup 04/02/21 (Our Dice Crisis, Paypal opens Bitcoin to Merchants, USA Retail CBDC?) (EP.201)
Apr 02, 2021
Rafael Cosman (TrustToken) on Uncollateralized On-Chain Lending (EP.200)
Mar 31, 2021
James Davolos (Horizon Kinetics) on Betting on Inflation (EP.199)
Mar 29, 2021
Weekly Roundup 03/26/21 (The most violent people on earth, Fidelity's Wise Origin ETF, can GBTC be saved?) (EP.198)
Mar 26, 2021
Dan Tapiero (10T Holdings) on Macro, Crypto and Growth Equity (EP.197)
Mar 24, 2021
Michael Greenwald (Tiedemann Advisors) on the Dollar as a Policy Tool (EP.196)
Mar 22, 2021
Weekly Roundup 03/19/21 (NYDIG's rumor, NFT taxonomies, BoFa's bad Bitcoin report) (EP.195)
Mar 19, 2021
Dennison Bertram and Raf Solari on Reforming DeFi Governance (EP.194)
Mar 18, 2021
Robby Gutmann (NYDIG) on the Institutionalization of Bitcoin (EP.193)
Mar 15, 2021
Weekly Roundup 03/11/21 (GBTC redemption scenarios, Norwegian energy in Bitcoin, the NFT missing link) (EP.192)
Mar 12, 2021
Zac Prince (BlockFi) on the Series D raise and a market update (EP.191)
Mar 11, 2021
Matthew Le Merle on technology trends and the cryptoasset markets (EP.190)
Mar 10, 2021
David Vorick (Nebulous) on the Maturation of Decentralized Cloud Storage (EP.189)
Mar 08, 2021
Weekly Roundup 03/05/21 (GBTC discounted, Private Blockchains are Back, the Last Cycle?) (EP.188)
Mar 05, 2021
Brian Flynn (Rabbit Hole) on NFTs and DeFi Customer Acquisition (EP.187)
Mar 01, 2021
Weekly Roundup 02/26/21 (Bitcoin vs Fedwire, ETF prospects, Is the Tether Saga Over?) (EP.186)
Feb 26, 2021
Tieshun Roquerre (Namebase) on the Prospects for Decentralized DNS (EP.185)
Feb 25, 2021
Andy Edstrom on Bitcoin Adoption in the RIA Channel (EP.184)
Feb 23, 2021
Brannin McBee (Core Weave) on Greening the Grid, the Texas Meltdown, and Bitcoin Mining (EP.183)
Feb 22, 2021
Weekly Roundup 02/19/21 (MSTR's speculative attack, Coinbase trading at $77b, The Tulip Bubble Myth?) (EP.182)
Feb 19, 2021
Teddy Fusaro (Bitwise) on the Bitwise DeFi Index Fund (EP.181)
Feb 17, 2021
Rene Van Kesteren (BlockFi) on how BlockFi handles risk (EP.180)
Feb 17, 2021
Zachary Kelman (Kelman Law) on the lingering effects of Choke Point (EP.179)
Feb 15, 2021
Weekly Roundup 02/12/21 (BNY Mellon supports Bitcoin, the Bitcoin energy debate, Elon Day) (EP.178)
Feb 12, 2021
Edan Yago (Sovryn) on Bitcoin-Native DeFi (EP.177)
Feb 10, 2021
Galen Wolfe-Pauly (Tlon) on Urbit and the Architecture of the Internet (EP.176)
Feb 08, 2021
Weekly Roundup 02/05/21 (Saylor Day reflections, IBM jettisons 'Blockchain', India Bitcoin ban) (EP.175)
Feb 05, 2021
Amanda Fabiano (Galaxy Digital) on the North American Mining Ecosystem (EP.174)
Feb 03, 2021
Boaz Sobrado on Bitcoin adoption trends in Cuba (EP.173)
Feb 01, 2021
Weekly Roundup 01/29/21 (Reflections on the debate, the Robinhood affair, Ray Dalio warms to Bitcoin) (EP.172)
Jan 29, 2021
Prof. Ladislav Krištoufek (Charles University) on the market effects of stablecoin issuance (EP.171)
Jan 25, 2021
Weekly Roundup 01/22/21 (Bitcoin's 'double spend', our Tether perspective, Bitcoin as an escape valve) (EP.170)
Jan 22, 2021
Iain Murray (Competitive Enterprise Institute) on the history of Operation Choke Point (EP.169)
Jan 18, 2021
Weekly Roundup 01/15/21 (Gensler in at SEC, the Spakkt, a new OCC charter) (EP.168)
Jan 15, 2021
Matthew Gould (Unstoppable Domains) on the blockchain domain name opportunity (EP.167)
Jan 11, 2021
Weekly Roundup 01/08/21 (Banks can use blockchains, best FinCEN comment letters) (EP.166)
Jan 08, 2021
Travis Schwab (Eventus) on trade surveillance, Bitcoin ETFs and 2021 predictions (EP.165)
Jan 04, 2021
Weekly Roundup 01/01/21 (XRP delistings, OFAC fines BitGo, 2021 ETF prospects) (EP.164)
Jan 01, 2021
Brian Venturo (CoreWeave) on the journey from mining crypto to the cloud (EP.163)
Dec 30, 2020
Craig Warmke (N. Illinois University) on what Bitcoin is, and other philosophical questions (EP.162)
Dec 28, 2020
Weekly Roundup 12/25/20 (FinCEN's proposed rules, the SEC takes aim at Ripple, predictions for 2021) (EP.161)
Dec 25, 2020
Matt Hougan (Bitwise) on the prospects for a Bitcoin ETF in 2021 (EP.160)
Dec 21, 2020
Weekly Roundup 12/18/20 feat. a pseudonymous fixed income trader (Our MSTR mea culpa, are CME futs cursed, what isn't a commodity?) (EP.159)
Dec 18, 2020
Amber Scott (Outlier Canada) on crypto-bank relationships in Canada (EP.158)
Dec 14, 2020
Weekly Roundup 12/11/20 (What's Treasury up to?, MSTR's bond offering, would the STABLE act kill Dunkin?) EP.157
Dec 11, 2020
Muneeb Ali (Blockstack) on Bitcoin-based Smart Contracts (EP.156)
Dec 09, 2020
Mustafa Yilham (Bixin) on the industrial Bitcoin miner perspective (EP.155)
Dec 07, 2020
Weekly Roundup 12/04/20 (The Dastardly STABLE Act, USDC partners with Visa, Larry Fink evolves on Bitcoin) (EP.154)
Dec 04, 2020
Mathias Imbach (Sygnum Bank) on the importance of crypto banking (EP.153)
Dec 02, 2020
Pelle Brændgaard (Notabene) on how crypto service providers are dealing with the Travel Rule (EP.152)
Nov 30, 2020
Weekly Roundup 11/27/20 (What we are thankful for, USDC in Venezuela, is GBTC behind the rally?) (EP.151)
Nov 27, 2020
John Newbery (Brink) on funding Bitcoin development (EP.150)
Nov 24, 2020
Weekly Roundup 11/20/20 (Claytons leave the SEC, the not so quiet Quiet Rally, Bitcoin interest rates) (EP.149)
Nov 20, 2020
Parker Lewis (Unchained Capital) on unlocking Bitcoin's potential with multisig (EP.148)
Nov 16, 2020
Weekly Roundup 11/13/20 (Cred insolvency, Zelleification in Venezuela, Can Bitcoin be 6102'ed?) (Ep.147)
Nov 13, 2020
Alan Lane (Silvergate) on banking the cryptoasset industry (EP.146)
Nov 09, 2020
Weekly Roundup 11/06/20 (Blockchain voting, a $1B Bitcoin forfeiture, election outcomes and inflation) (EP.145)
Nov 06, 2020
Josh Cincinnati on the challenge of blockchain governance (EP.144)
Nov 02, 2020
Weekly Roundup 10/30/20 (Iran stockpiling Bitcoin?, more bank charters, is Paypal a Bitcoin Sidechain?) (EP.143)
Oct 30, 2020
Yoann Turpin (Wintermute) on launching a cryptoasset market making firm (EP. 142)
Oct 28, 2020
Joel Revill (Two Ocean Trust) on building a Qualified Custodian in Wyoming (EP.141)
Oct 26, 2020
Weekly Roundup 10/23/20 (PayPal jumps in, the banks push back at the SPDI, are CBDCs inflationary?) (EP.140)
Oct 23, 2020
Bruce Fenton (Chainstone Labs) on the paradox of governance tokens (EP.139)
Oct 19, 2020
Weekly Roundup 10/16/20 (Does China control Bitcoin?, Filecoin launches, Heath Tarbert praises Ethereum) (EP.138)
Oct 16, 2020
Kyle Samani (Multicoin Capital) on breakout applications for Web3 (EP.137)
Oct 12, 2020
Weekly Roundup 10/09/20 feat. Zachary Kelman (Square buys Bitcoin, effect of fees on DeFi, FinCEN files retrospective) (EP.136)
Oct 09, 2020
Mitchell Nicholson (DACS Conduit) on leaving central banking for Bitcoin (EP.135)
Oct 07, 2020
Mason Borda (Tokensoft) on the convergence of tokens and capital markets (EP.134)
Oct 05, 2020
Weekly Roundup 10/02/20 feat. Michael Moro (BitMEX goes down, Genesis launches custody, the SEC scores wins) (EP.133)
Oct 02, 2020
Trent and Brock Elmore on Building Yam Finance (EP.132)
Sep 30, 2020
Chase Lochmiller (Crusoe Energy Systems) on turning stranded energy into Bitcoin (EP.131)
Sep 28, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 09/25/20 (Bank custody for stablecoins, two new congressional bills, "stablecoin" vs "cryptodollar") (EP.130)
Sep 25, 2020
Jeff Dorman (Arca) on asserting tokenholder rights (EP.129)
Sep 23, 2020
Tom Lombardi (3iQ) on the Crypto-Asset-Management Opportunity (EP.128)
Sep 21, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 09/18/20 (Why Wyoming's SPDI is so exciting, a shift in tone from the SEC, Microstrategy keeps stacking) (EP.127)
Sep 18, 2020
David Kinitsky and Marco Santori (Kraken) on obtaining the first Wyoming SPDI (EP.126)
Sep 16, 2020
Gabriel Shapiro (BSV Law) on compatibility between blockchains and the law (EP.125)
Sep 14, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 09/11/20 (Crypto penetration by country, DeFi moats and valuations, how DeFi reminds us of PoW launches) (EP.124)
Sep 11, 2020
Ruben Galindo (Airtm) on distributing USD to Venezuelan healthcare workers (EP.123)
Sep 09, 2020
Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital) on developer communities, raising institutional capital and more (EP.122)
Sep 07, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 09/04/20 (Armageddon II, Activist token investors, emergent effects of high fees) (EP.121)
Sep 04, 2020
Kyle Davies (Three Arrows Capital) on finding value in DeFi (EP.120)
Sep 02, 2020
Aditya Palepu and Frédéric Fortier (DerivaDEX) on aspiring to a fully decentralized exchange (EP.119)
Aug 31, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 08/28/20 (Fidelity's Bitcoin fund, is whisky a SoV, do security tokens make sense?) (EP.118)
Aug 28, 2020
Zachary Kelman (Kelman Law) on the FATF, Bitcoin, and the International Order (EP.117)
Aug 26, 2020
Dick Bove (Odeon Capital) on the banking sector and the future of dollar dominance (EP.116)
Aug 24, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 08/21/20 (Another Bitcoiner in the Senate, Kraken pursues the Wyoming SPDI, autoponzis) (EP.115)
Aug 21, 2020
Zac Prince on growing BlockFi through a pandemic (EP. 114)
Aug 20, 2020
Kyle Powers (LibertyPay) on building remittances on Bitcoin (EP.113)
Aug 17, 2020
Weekly News Roundup feat. Lucas Nuzzi 08/14/20 (Asteroid gold mining, Microstrategy, Ethereum's "supplygate") (EP.112)
Aug 14, 2020
James Lovejoy on detecting and mitigating double-spends (EP.111)
Aug 10, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 08/07/20 (Microstrategy's Bitcoin position, Square's big Q2, ETC reorgs) (EP.110)
Aug 07, 2020
Ray Youssef (Paxful) on building the world's largest Bitcoin p2p market (EP.109)
Aug 05, 2020
How Canaccord Genuity is approaching the cryptoasset market (EP.108)
Aug 03, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/31/20 Feat. John Collins of FS Vector (The OCC letter, Plustoken apprehended, Bitcoin's patronage system) (EP.107)
Jul 31, 2020
Jesse Walden (Variant) on the Crypto Ownership Economy (EP.106)
Jul 27, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/24/20 (the bombshell OCC letter, the custodian gold rush, Ampleforth mania) (EP.105)
Jul 24, 2020
Sam Wyner and Sal Ternullo (KPMG) on making blockchain data intelligible for institutions (EP.104)
Jul 22, 2020
Nate Maddrey (Coin Metrics) on the rise of stablecoins (EP.103)
Jul 20, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/17/20 feat. Alex Treece (Twitter is hacked, social media property rights, fintech meets crypto) (EP.102)
Jul 17, 2020
Caitlin Long (Avanti Financial Group) on Bitcoin banks and the Wyoming SPDI (EP. 101)
Jul 13, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/10/20 (More cryptodollars, the FATF explained, Coinbase IPO rumblings) (EP.100)
Jul 10, 2020
Tim Rice and Ben Celermajer (Coin Metrics) on a new measure of cryptoasset supply (EP.99)
Jul 06, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/02/20 (Zimbabwe re-dollarization, Bitcoin's GINI coefficient, more issues with 'market cap') (EP.98)
Jul 03, 2020
Dave Balter on Leadership, Humility and the Startup Journey (EP.97)
Jun 30, 2020
Lyn Alden on debt, the dollar, and Bitcoin (EP.96)
Jun 29, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 6/26/20 (Paypal rumors, Telegram settles with the SEC, the Compound situation demystified) (EP.95)
Jun 26, 2020
Pat Larsen on making taxes easy for cryptoassets (Ep.94)
Jun 24, 2020
Noah Buxton and Jeremy Nau (Armanino LLP) on Proof of Reserves: the view from the auditors (EP.93)
Jun 22, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 6/19/20 (River Financial, Microsoft ION launches, a new Bitcoin ETF approach) (EP.92)
Jun 19, 2020
David Nage (Arca) on how family offices are engaging with cryptoassets (EP.91)
Jun 17, 2020
Ryan Rabaglia (OSL) – Cryptodollars: the view from Hong Kong (EP.90)
Jun 15, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 6/12/20 feat. Christine Sandler (Fidelity's institutional survey, the GBTC premium trade, Coinbase at a crossroads) (EP.89)
Jun 12, 2020
Mark Casady on Financial Advice, Fintech and Cryptoassets
Jun 10, 2020
Paolo Ardoino (Bitfinex/Tether) – Managing the growth of Tether (EP.87)
Jun 08, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 6/05/20 (Avanti Bank, Hester Peirce re-nominated, Section 230 and digital property rights) (EP.86)
Jun 05, 2020
Apolline Blandin (Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance) – Estimating Bitcoin's energy footprint (EP.85)
Jun 01, 2020
Weekly News Roundup feat. Matt Hougan 5/29/20 (Goldman's Bitcoin note, Coinbase acquires Tagomi, the end of the CSW saga) (EP.84)
May 29, 2020
Dan Matuszewski (CMS Holdings) – What explains the growth of Tether? (EP.83)
May 25, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 5/22/20 (Bitcoin Pizza Day, old coins reawaken, the Great Bitcoin Energy Debate) (EP.82)
May 22, 2020
Tim Kelly (BitOoda) on Bitcoin hashrate derivatives (EP.81)
May 18, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 5/15/20 (The end of the SAFT, the rebirth of seigniorage shares, halving recap) (EP.80)
May 15, 2020
Matt Ahlborg (UsefulTulips.org) – Bitcoin as a Bridge Currency (EP.79)
May 13, 2020
Patrick Dugan (Tradelayer) – HyperCryptoDollarization (EP.78)
May 11, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 5/8/20 (Paul Tudor Jones, the stablecoin invasion, Cash App's Q1) (EP.77)
May 08, 2020
Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj (Warwick) – What Keeps Stablecoins Stable? (EP.76)
May 06, 2020
Marcos Veremis (Evanston Capital) on the Institutional Allocators Perspective on Cryptoassets (EP.75)
May 04, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 5/1/20 (SEC vc. SAFTs, Telegram, Ebang IPO) (EP.74)
May 01, 2020
Moiz Kohari (Manetu) on Building Software to Enable Data Privacy (EP.73)
Apr 28, 2020
Peter Johnson (Jump Capital) on Fintech Investing (EP.72)
Apr 27, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 4/24/20 (RenTech trading Bitcoin, It's Time to Build, dForce) (EP.71)
Apr 24, 2020
Michael Sonnenshein on building a Crypto-Asset Management Franchise (EP.70)
Apr 22, 2020
Sal Ternullo (KPMG) on Enterprise Adoption of Cryptoassets
Apr 20, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 4/17/20 (Libra 2.0, MKR lawsuit, and Grayscale's big Q1) (EP.68)
Apr 17, 2020
Bob Davis (Highland Capital Partners) on Investing in Disruptive Technologies (EP.67)
Apr 15, 2020
Brian Klein (Baker Marquart) on High-Stakes Crypto Litigation (EP.66)
Apr 13, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 4/10/20 (Bailouts, asteroid mining, and office plants) (EP.65)
Apr 10, 2020
Tom Jessop (Fidelity) and Tom Chippas (ErisX) on building institutional infrastructure (EP.64)
Apr 09, 2020
Alex Treece (Zabo) on Cryptoasset Value Accrual (EP.63)
Apr 06, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 4/03/20 (CoinMarketCap, Telegram, and bailouts) (EP.62)
Apr 03, 2020
Adam Draper (Boost VC) on Investing in Sci-Fi Technologies (EP.61)
Apr 01, 2020
Lawrence White on Free Banking in the Age of Crypto (EP.60)
Mar 30, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 3/27/20 (Gold market, difficulty adjustments, deals and more) (EP.59)
Mar 27, 2020
Jurrien Timmer (Fidelity) on the global macro landscape (EP.58)
Mar 25, 2020
David Vorick (Nebulous) – Building Decentralized Cloud Storage (EP.57)
Mar 25, 2020
Alejandro Machado (Open Money Initiative) – Contemporary Dollarization in Venezuela (EP.56)
Mar 23, 2020
Patrick South (Chamber of Digital Commerce) on Blockchain Policy (EP.55)
Mar 21, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 3/20/20 (Market Commentary, Deals, Quarantine Tips) (EP.54)
Mar 20, 2020
Nicos Vekiarides (Attestiv) on Commercial Uses for Blockchain Timestamping (EP.53)
Mar 18, 2020
Douglas Jackson - Lessons from E-Gold (EP.52)
Mar 16, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 3/13/20 (Markets in Turmoil, Deals and more) (EP.51)
Mar 13, 2020
Jeremy Allaire (Circle) on Dollarization through Stablecoins (EP.50)
Mar 10, 2020
Matthew Le Merle (Blockchain Coinvestors) on investment opportunities in the blockchain industry (EP.49)
Mar 09, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 3/6/20 (Zabo, India and South Korea positive developments) (EP.48)
Mar 07, 2020
Joseph Jacks (OSS Capital) on the monetization of open source (EP.47)
Mar 02, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 2/28/20 (Steven Seagal's Bitcoin2Gen, Ripple pays Moneygram, Deals and more) (EP.46)
Feb 28, 2020
Sunayna Tuteja (TD Ameritrade) on crafting an institutional digital asset strategy (EP.45)
Feb 24, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 2/21/20 (Enigma SEC action, Fcoin, Tim Draper buy 2.5% of Aragon and more) (EP.44)
Feb 21, 2020
Balaji Srinivasan on building digital commonwealths (EP.43)
Feb 17, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 2/14/20 (BlockFi raise, JPM spinout, Iota is the gift that keeps on giving, and more ) (EP.42)
Feb 15, 2020
Jake Chervinsky (Compound) on straddling crypto-anarchy and regulation (EP.41)
Feb 10, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 2/7/20 (Mastercard backs out of Libra, US Marshall Auction and more) (EP.40)
Feb 07, 2020
Alex Leishman (River Financial) on running a Bitcoin financial institution (EP.39)
Feb 03, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/31/20 (Proof of Stake Tax Policy, Popper on Bitcoin and Nic's Presidential Endorsement) (EP.38)
Jan 31, 2020
Mike Moro (Genesis Capital) on building cryptoasset market infrastructure for institutions (EP.37)
Jan 27, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/24/20 (Ray Dalio, Bcash, DigixDAO and more) (EP.36)
Jan 24, 2020
Hunter Merghart (Bitstamp) (EP.35)
Jan 20, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/17/20 (8% of RIAs think Bitcoin is going to zero!?) (EP.34)
Jan 17, 2020
Ryan Selkis (Messari) (EP.33)
Jan 13, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/10/20 (AMA Fallout, Telegram, Deribit, SEC news and more) (EP.32)
Jan 10, 2020
AMA Episode (thoughts on custody, proof of stake, career choices, bad football picks and more) (EP.31)
Jan 06, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/3/20 (Alternative Launch Ideas, Token-economic flops, Crypto Banks, and more) (EP.30)
Jan 03, 2020
Dave Balter (Flipside Crypto) (EP.29)
Dec 30, 2019
Joe Lallouz (Bison Trails) (EP.28)
Dec 23, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 12/20 (ErisX's one trade day, PlusToken, EMH in Bitcoin, Deals and more) (EP.27)
Dec 20, 2019
Terrence Dempsey (Head of Product at Fidelity Digital Assets) (EP.26)
Dec 16, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 12/13 (Pipe to Crypto, ICO Scammers, Jack Dorsey just gets it, and more) (EP.25)
Dec 13, 2019
Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital) (EP.24)
Dec 09, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 12/6 (North Korea, Crypto War Games, Huobi) (EP.23)
Dec 06, 2019
Dan Matuszewski (CMS Holdings) (EP.22)
Dec 02, 2019
John Pfeffer (EP.21)
Nov 25, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 11/22 (Field Goals, Fidelity approval, Binance and more) (EP.20)
Nov 22, 2019
Ash Egan (Accomplice) (EP.19)
Nov 18, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 11/15 (SIM Swaps, Deals, China News, Gods Unchained) (EP.18)
Nov 15, 2019
Urbit (Christian Langalis and Logan Allen) (EP.17)
Nov 11, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 11/8 (Tether Fud, Deals and More) (EP.16)
Nov 08, 2019
Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures) (EP.15)
Nov 04, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 11/1 (Bakkt, R3, Exchange Errors, SEC Actions, Coin Metrics Nonce Analysis) (EP.14)
Nov 01, 2019
Tom Lee (Fundstrat) (EP.13)
Oct 30, 2019
Tom Chippas and Matt Trudeau (ErisX) (EP.12)
Oct 28, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 10/25 (Deals, Libra, Poloniex, Grayscale, NYDFS) (EP.11)
Oct 25, 2019
Zac Prince (BlockFi) (EP.10)
Oct 21, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 10/18 (Deals, Telegram, Libra, CFTC) (EP.09)
Oct 18, 2019
John Beccia (FS Vector) (EP.08)
Oct 14, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 10/11 (Deals, Bitwise ETF ruling, IRS, Xapo, Ripple) (EP.07)
Oct 11, 2019
Hunter Horsley: Bitwise Asset Management (EP.06)
Oct 07, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 10/4 (Deals, EOS, Sia, Crypto Ratings Council, Hedera, State Street) (EP.05)
Oct 04, 2019
James Prestwich (Summa) (EP.04)
Sep 30, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 9/27 (Deals, Kin, Abra, Hash Rate and more)
Sep 27, 2019
Spencer Bogart (Blockchain Capital) (EP.02)
Sep 24, 2019
Castle Island Ventures Weekly News Roundup 9/20/2019 (EP.01)
Sep 20, 2019
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