Weekly News Roundup 12/6 (North Korea, Crypto War Games, Huobi) (EP.23)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – Deals – North Korea Case – War Gaming Event at Harvard Kennedy School – Personnel Moves – Huobi PlusToken Dumping Check out this episode!
Dan Matuszewski (CMS Holdings) (EP.22)
Dan Matuszewski, Principal and Co-Founder of CMS Holdings joins the pod this week to discuss a range of topics. Dan was previously the Head of Circle Trade, one of the largest OTC desks in the cryptoasset industry. In this episode we discuss: – The secretive origins of Circle – Why banking was a big hindrance […]
John Pfeffer (EP.21)
Investor and Entrepreneur John Pfeffer joined the pod this week to discuss his views on a range of topics, including: – Why he doesn’t consider crypto to be an asset class – How he thinks about position sizing for Bitcoin – Why he doesn’t believe in diversification within crypto – Why he thinks forks might […]
Weekly News Roundup 11/22 (Field Goals, Fidelity approval, Binance and more) (EP.20)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – Deals – Fidelity NYDFS approval – impact on ETF applications? – Binance – Ethereum Block Times Check out this episode!
Ash Egan (Accomplice) (EP.19)
Ash Egan, a Partner at Accomplice joins the show to discuss cryptoasset investing approaches, DeFi, smart contract platforms, and the categories that he is the most excited about in 2020. Check out this episode!
Weekly News Roundup 11/15 (SIM Swaps, Deals, China News, Gods Unchained) (EP.18)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – Deals – SIM Swaps – China Blockchain News – New Front Doors to Financial Services – Gods Unchained Check out this episode!
Urbit (Christian Langalis and Logan Allen) (EP.17)
Christian Langalis and Logan Allen from Tlon join the show to discuss Urbit, the ambitious and somewhat mysterious computing project that they work on. We discuss how Bitcoin and Urbit could be mutually beneficial, how Urbit might free us from the tyrannical tech oligopolies, and why a from-scratch rewrite of Unix and the computing stack […]
Weekly News Roundup 11/8 (Tether Fud, Deals and More) (EP.16)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – Deals – News of the week – Tether Fud – Stablecoins Check out this episode!
Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures) (EP.15)
Nick Grossman is a Partner at Union Square Ventures, a firm that has been at the forefront of the public blockchain industry. We discuss Nick’s thesis on public blockchains, the state of the regulatory landscape, the evolving competitive landscape in the smart contract platform category (i.e., Ethereum Killers), and much more. Learn more about Union […]
Weekly News Roundup 11/1 (Bakkt, R3, Exchange Errors, SEC Actions, Coin Metrics Nonce Analysis) (EP.14)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – Deals – Bakkt – R3 – Paxos no action letter – Derebit and Bitmex issues this week – SEC actions – Nic’s Talk at Blockchain Week – Coin Metrics Nonce Analysis Check […]