Matt and Nic are back to cover a dramatic week in crypto. Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn also joins to provide market color. In this episode:
- Bitcoin’s price action in response to the bank runs
- USDC recovers its peg
- FTX crime family news
- Signature bank is shut down somewhat arbitrarily
- What happened with Silvergate?
- Is Operation Choke Point 2.0 real?
- Blockchain Association FOIA’s federal banking regulators
- Are macro funds dipping their toes back into Bitcoin?
- Crypto Banks are gutted
- Was Signature solvent when it was shut down?
- Will Signet be sold off in the Signature auction?
- What was the importance of SEN and Signet?
- First Republic secures $30b in deposits
- What happened with Silvergate and the FHLB?
- Galaxy Digital’s head of research Alex Thorn joins the show
- Arbitrum announces their airdrop