Weekly Roundup 04/18/25 (Signature Postmortem, Mantra collapse, Powell on stablecoins) (EP.615)

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:

  • We recap Nic’s article on why Signature collapsed
  • Crypto exchange OKX announced their plans to expand to the US
  • Kraken announced that US equities are now supported on the exchange
  • MANTRA, a layer 1 network focused on RWAs, saw the price of its native token crash 90% in a matter of hours
  • Global Payments agreed to acquire Worldpay, a payments processor, for $24 billion from FIS and private equity firm GTCR
  • The US Department of Homeland Security has launched a probe into Anchorage, the digital asset custodian, related to the company’s AML polices
  • Jerome Powell reiterates his support for stablecoin legislation
  • Strategy (and others) buy more Bitcoin

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