Weekly Roundup 06/18/21 (Bukele’s Bitcoin ambitions, the World Bank spurns El Salvador, DeFi risks) (EP. 223)

Nic and Matt return for deals and news of the week. In this episode: 

  • What’s the biggest story with Bukele that isn’t being covered?
  • Is Bukele motivated by a sanctions threat from the US?
  • Will Salvadorians use the Lightning Network?
  • How Bitcoin elevates heads of state in the popular consciousness
  • Nic’s paper on DeFi protocol risks
  • The SEC’s year-ahead agenda has no mention of Bitcoin
  • The NY anti-mining bill fails
  • The World Bank joins the IMF in spurning El Salvador
  • Is the Salvadorian law a ‘forced tender law’?

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