Weekly Roundup 04/21/23 (Harberger taxes, SEC v Bittrex, stablecoin hearing) (EP.419)
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: We debate some curious new sponsors The Miami gas shortage Nic’s impressions of NFT NYC We review Eric’s Orb When do Harberger taxes work? CIV is hiring The SEC is suing Bittrex and alleges that Algorand and Dash are unregistered […]
Weekly Roundup 04/28/23 (First Republic in trouble, Hong Kong embraces crypto, did crypto cause the banking crisis?) (EP.420)
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: What’s the deal with south shore bar pie? We review Consensus in Austin Nic’s 2022 Coin Center dinner incident Nic’s gas siphoning incident First Republic appears heading for collapse Why was First Republic given time to save itself but not Signature? […]
Weekly Roundup 05/05/23 (Bank apocalypse, Biden’s miner tax, Bhutan’s crypto ambitions) (EP.422)
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Updates on South Shore Bar Pie The CIV boys consider new sponsors Regional banks keep failing Is the turmoil in the bank sector deflationary or inflationary? How does the Fed end the banking crisis? McHenry’s stablecoin bill Biden proposes a […]
Simon Forster and Duncan Trenholme (TP ICAP) on Crypto Market Structure (EP.421)
Simon Forster and Duncan Trenholme of TP ICAP join the show. In this episode we discuss: – TP ICAP’s journey in the crypto / blockchain space. – The market structure for institutional cryptoasset trading. – The future of tokenization and the types of assets that are likely to be represented on chain. – The regulatory landscape and how […]
Weekly Roundup 05/12/23 (BRC20 mania, are high fees good for Bitcoin, the Wyoming stable token) (EP.424)
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: BRC20 PEPE versus ERC20 PEPE Is PEPE an alt right coin? What’s driving up fees on Bitcoin? The relationship between HEX, XEN, and VPMX Bitcoin’s circular firing squad The upside of high fees in Bitcoin Why the White House’s DAME mining […]
Steven Walbroehl (Halborn) on Blockchain Cybersecurity (EP.423)
Steven Walbroehl, the co-founder and CTO of Halborn joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Steven’s crypto origin story and how he began tinkering with public blockchains. How Halborn’s work differs across traditional financial services customers versus decentralized organization customers. Basic recommendations for companies entering the public blockchain ecosystem. Halborn’s recent discovery of a […]
FactSet + CoinMetrics on Institutional Crypto Data (EP.425)
Chris Ellis, Head of Strategic Initiatives at FactSet and Tim Rice, founder of Coin Metrics join the show. In this episode we discuss: The partnership between FactSet and Coin Metrics how the companies are jointly going to market. How FactSet thinks about partnerships and how digital assets has evolved as an area of focus at […]
Weekly Roundup 05/19/23 (Texas PoR bill, the Hinman test revisited, what’s up with Worldcoin?) (EP.426)
Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Nic and Matt reminisce on the Bitcoin Miami conference Ripple wins a key victory over the SEC in the Hinman test Texas passes a proof of reserve bill The SEC alleges that Filecoin is a security What’s the deal with Worldcoin? […]
Weekly Roundup 05/26/23 (The real Greenidge story, MEV on Bitcoin, Fed data on adoption) (EP.427)
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Validators sign up to stake ETH post merge Will there be MEV on Bitcoin? What’s the deal with Worldcoin? Is the wash sale tax loophole stalling the debt ceiling negotiations? Have ordinals changed Bitcoin culture? The Fed releases new data on […]
Lili Infante (CAT Labs) on Combating and Preventing Crypto Crime (EP.429)
In this episode, we sat down with Lili Infante, Founder and CEO of CAT Labs. Lili shared: Her experience spearheading the formation of the crypto taskforce at the DOJ How the crypto-enabled crime landscape has evolved and become more sophisticated Investigating cases where crypto is used and the unique challenges in establishing a chain of […]