Weekly Roundup 06/02/23 (Crypto-eurodollars, SBF’s defense, debt ceiling debate) (EP.428)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

  • The debt ceiling debate is resolved
  • What happened to Paxos’ / Paypal’s stablecoin?
  • Offshore dollar stablecoins are growing while onshore stablecoins are shrinking
  • Stablecoin policy in the US is backfiring
  • USD stables issued out of Hong Kong
  • Tether reaches a new all time high
  • The bad boys are back
  • SBF’s defense will reportedly claim he got bad advice from Fenwick
  • Farenheit wins the bid for the Celcius assets
  • Why Celcius’ mining operation was a big red flag
  • What does CZ mean by 4?

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  • Coin Metrics STATE OF THE NETWORK – Zooming Out: A datonomy update
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