Weekly Roundup 06/06/25 (Circle IPO, Singapore rules, Trump wallet?) (EP.632)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Circle goes public and has an explosive first day The IPO window is open Circle’s vision for CPN Pump.fun is launching a token Will pump.fun cannibalize Solana? JPM will let clients use Bitcoin ETFs as collateral Strategy introduces new offerings […]
Isha Varshney (Celo) on Stablecoin Adoption Across Markets (EP.631)
Wyatt sits down with Isha Varshney from the Celo Foundation to talk stablecoins. Covered in this episode: Payments in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa Stablecoin usage and USDT The future of non-stable tokens Check out this episode!
Weekly Roundup 05/30/25 (Bitcoin Access Vehicles, GME buys BTC, Pangea Fund) (EP.630)
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Warning signs for the Bitcoin access vehicles? Has Bitcoin lost the MoE battle? Is OCP 2.0 over? The Dept of Labor rescinds their anti-crypto 401k guidance Cantor Fitzgerald is launching a bitcoin/gold fund Is it mathematically possible to give Bitcoin […]
Anthony Yim (Artemis) on Stablecoin Payments from the Ground Up (EP.629)
We sit down with Anthony Yim, Artemis cofounder, to talk about the latest report from Artemis, CIV, and Dragonfly, providing brand new estimates of stablecoin payments volume. In this episode: Why we decided to work on the new report How we obtained the estimates Why we decided to put together a bottom-up estimate Stablecoin b2b […]
Markus Franke and Denney Kwok (Mento Labs) on Stablecoins for FX (EP.628)
Markus Franke and Denney Kwok from Mento Labs join the show. In this episode: Non-USD stablecoins On-chain FX Microlending and financing for emerging markets Check out this episode!
Weekly Roundup 05/23/25 (Genius Cloture, Sui hack, $Trump dinner) (EP.627)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Trump’s crypto dinner reviewed Bitcoin access vehicles NYT stablecoin coverage Sui is hacked and censors the blockchain Kraken is launching tokenized stocks Circle in acquisition talks The GENIUS Act passes Cloture in the Senate Hong Kong passes stablecoin legislation Check […]
Andrew MacKenzie (Agant) on British Pound Stablecoins (EP.626)
Wyatt sits down with Andrew MacKenzie, founder of Agant, the issuer of GBPA, a pound sterling stablecoin. In this episode: The potential emergence of non-USD stablecoins The prospect of a GBP-backed stablecoin The British crypto regulatory environment How global financial institutions are positioning around stablecoins Check out this episode!
Weekly Roundup 05/16/25 (GENIUS is back, Coinbase data breach, Big Tech stables) (EP.625)
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Why is Boston such a good sports city? Price inflation in dinosaur skeletons Cryptopunks IP is sold Machinsky is sentenced Nakamoto Holdings launches Meta wants to add stablecoins to its platforms Exchanges are honeypots for KYC data Coinbase suffers a […]
Alex Cutler (Aerodrome) on DeFi’s Next Steps (EP.624)
Wyatt sits down with Alex Cutler, founder of Aerodrome for another episode in our stablefi series. In this episode: DEX trading advantages Building on-chain FX DeFi as a backbone Check out this episode!
TN (Pendle) on Stable Yield (EP.623)
Wyatt sits down with TN, cofounder of Pendle. Covered in this episode: How Pendle works The evolution from alt yield to stable yield DeFi’s future core assets Check out this episode!