Weekly Roundup 08/13/21 (More Infra Bill Chaos, an emerging Bitcoin Bloc, the crypto lobby shows up) (EP.236)

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

  • Where we stand on the Senate infrastructure bill
  • Is Bitcoin a bipartisan issue?
  • What the prospects for the House to change the language in the infrastructure bill?
  • The crypto lobby shows its teeth
  • Why is Bitcoin rallying in the presence of this bill?
  • What is Gensler cooking up for the crypto industry?
  • The Economist publishes a pair of critical articles on Bitcoin
  • Should stablecoins be regulated like banks
  • What’s Tether’s leverage ratio?
  • Is there a political Bitcoin bloc being formed?

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