Weekly Roundup 08/08/25 (Debanking EO, Storm Verdict, RMB stables) (EP.653)

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

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