Weekly Roundup 09/13/24 (Trump-Harris debate, World Liberty Fi, Stablecoins in EM) (EP.560)
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: We review the Trump-Harris debate Matt’s new wildlife problems Nic’s birthday party Trump doubles down on World Liberty Financial The Castle Island stablecoins whitepaper is out! Our reactions to the emerging markets stablecoin report TZero gets approval to trade tokenized securities […]
Weekly Roundup 09/05/24 (WorldLibertyFinancial, Galois settles with the SEC, XRP’s stablecoin) (EP.559)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: SEC fiscal year ending in September How to get accurate transfer volume figures for stablecoins How much volume do stablecoins really settle? Do SEC rules stop registered venture firms from voting in governance or staking? CFTC settles with Uniswap Robinhood […]
Dan Burke (Nirvana Labs) on Purpose Built Infrastructure for Web3 (EP.558)
Dan Burke, CEO of Nirvana Labs, joins the show.
Mark Eckerle on Digital Assets at Withum (EP.557)
Mark Eckerle, Partner at Withum joins the show.
Weekly Roundup 08/30/24 (Durov arrested, Trump’s DeFi thing, the EU vs Tech Companies) (EP. 556)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Has cryptodollarization occured? Tigran Gambaryan is still detained in Nigeria Durov of Telegram was detained in France Should major tech companies leave the EU? The SEC settles with Abra Sony is launching an ETH L2 The mythical Harris reset VCs […]
Scott Fletcher (Intersection GP) on Executive Search in the Digital Asset Industry (EP.555)
Scott Fletcher, founder of Intersection Growth Partners joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Scott’s professional background and the events that led him to launching Intersection Growth Partners. The Intersection Growth Partners business model and how they also became investors in a number of their clients’ businesses. The current state of the Executive Search […]
Weekly Roundup 08/23/24 (SALT Wyoming, Bozo of the Week, Fairshake drama) (EP.554)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: SALT Wyoming review Nic’s next fight How Bitcoin miners have a procyclical effect on the Bitcoin price Hunting Hill is launching a credit fund seeded by Kraken Wyoming is launching a stable token in Q1 of 2025 The SEC rejects […]
Weekly Roundup 08/16/24 (Crypto4Harris, stablecoins vs CBDCs) (EP.553)
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Fairshake is getting active in Senate Races What’s going on with the Harris pivot? Chuck Schumer promises crypto legislation by end of year What’s happening with WBTC? The SEC is subpoenaing VC funds over Uniswap Don Jr is launching a crypto […]
Michael Bentley (Euler) on Modular Lending (EP.552)
Michael Bentley, Co-Founder & CEO of Euler joins the show to talk about crypto lending and the launch of Euler v2. In this episode: The evolution of lending/borrowing in crypto/defi Euler’s history and the upcoming launch of Euler v2 How crypto allows for market discovery of financial primitives Building programmable finance around blue chip and […]
Weekly Roundup 08/09/24 (Japan chaos, Ripple settles for $125m, Customers bank) (EP.551)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: What happened with the rate-based turmoil in Japan? VP Harris announces Tim Walz as her VP pick Ripple settles with the SEC for $125m Is Jump quitting crypto? (again) Are Plustoken ETH on the move? Does the Harris reset with […]