Weekly Roundup 12/05/25 (The trouble with Taproot, a prediction market paradox, HFSC OCP.2 report) (EP.689)

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

  • Quantum risk again
  • Are banks filled with spooks?
  • The trouble with Taproot addresses
  • Microstrategy’s dollar reserve
  • Kalshi is going on chain
  • Prediction market predicaments
  • Are insiders monetizing Google search information on Polymarket?
  • Are prediction markets insider trading machines by definition?
  • DAT activist fights
  • Vanguard adds Bitcoin ETFs
  • House Financial Services Committee releases their final report on OCP2.0
  • What’s going on with leverage in crypto?
  • Are AI agents going to start stealing crypto?
  • Is Eliezer Yudkowski to be trusted?
  • AI is going to usher in the golden age of fraud

Check out this episode!