Weekly News Roundup 09/04/20 (Armageddon II, Activist token investors, emergent effects of high fees) (EP.121)
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Release Date: 09/04/2020
Weekly Roundup 05/23/25 (Genius Cloture, Sui hack, $Trump dinner) (EP.627)
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Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Trump’s crypto dinner reviewed Bitcoin access vehicles NYT stablecoin coverage Sui is hacked and censors the blockchain Kraken is launching tokenized stocks Circle in acquisition talks The GENIUS Act passes Cloture in the Senate Hong Kong passes stablecoin legislation
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Andrew MacKenzie (Agant) on British Pound Stablecoins (EP.626)
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Wyatt sits down with , founder of the issuer of GBPA, a pound sterling stablecoin. In this episode: The potential emergence of non-USD stablecoins The prospect of a GBP-backed stablecoin The British crypto regulatory environment How global financial institutions are positioning around stablecoins
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Weekly Roundup 05/16/25 (GENIUS is back, Coinbase data breach, Big Tech stables) (EP.625)
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Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Why is Boston such a good sports city? Price inflation in dinosaur skeletons Cryptopunks IP is sold Machinsky is sentenced Nakamoto Holdings launches Meta wants to add stablecoins to its platforms Exchanges are honeypots for KYC data Coinbase suffers a data breach The GENIUS act is going to a vote next week GENIUS act new provisions More Movement shenanigans Thailand is launching a $150m crypto token Content mentioned in this episode: Tuongvy Le and Austin Campbell published a paper, "", which...
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Alex Cutler (Aerodrome) on DeFi’s Next Steps (EP.624)
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Wyatt sits down with Alex Cutler, founder of for another episode in our stablefi series. In this episode: DEX trading advantages Building on-chain FX DeFi as a backbone
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TN (Pendle) on Stable Yield (EP.623)
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Wyatt sits down with TN, cofounder of . Covered in this episode: How Pendle works The evolution from alt yield to stable yield DeFi's future core assets
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Weekly Roundup 05/09/25 (GENIUS stalls, Coinbase buys Deribit, Bessent on stables) (EP.622)
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Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: We have a new Pope The etymology of ampersand The GENIUS act collapses spectacularly Coinbase consummates its acquisition of Deribit Did World Liberty Financial’s USD1 torpedo the GENIUS act? Did “pro crypto” democrats snake on the industry Scott Bessent thinks stablecoins could reach $2T The OCC says banks can provide crypto custody and execution Stripe is launching stablecoin financial accounts The SEC explores a sandbox for tokenized securities Tariff the L2s
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Adam Healy (Station 70) and Josh Schwartz (Fordefi) on failover MPC wallets (EP.621)
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Adam Healy, co-founder of and Josh Schwartz, co-founder of join the show. In this episode we discuss: The collaboration between Station 70 and Fordefi on failover MPC wallets. Announcement . The state of the wallet category Best practices for blockchain cybersecurity The future of bank custody for digital assets Station 70’s product Station 70 and Fordefi are holding a joint webinar to showcase this product collaboration. You can register . Learn more about Learn more about
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David Taylor (Etherfuse) on Non-USD Stablecoins (EP.620)
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Wyatt sits down with of . In this episode: MXN stablecoins and other currencies Shaping regulatory frameworks Who wins out: innovators vs financial incumbents
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Justin and Hannah (Asymmetry Finance) on Stablecoins, Yield, & Risk in DeFi (EP.619)
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Wyatt sits down with and of In this episode, we cover: The evolution of yield in DeFi Primitives users want Crypto risk assessment Learn more about
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Weekly Roundup 05/02/25 (OP_RETURN wars, Mastercard and Visa push stables, quantum revisited) (EP.618)
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Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Will stablecoins disrupt credit cards? The US Treasury Advisory Committee drops a report on stablecoins Mastercard and Visa launch stablecoin integrations Movement labs has more scandals Are quantum timelines accelerating? The real risk of quantum to Bitcoin Could a quantum break fix Bitcoin’s security budget? Are any Bitcoin purists left? Circle turns down Ripple’s acquisition offer Machinsky is facing a 20-year sentence Arizona passes an SBR bill Cambridge releases a new report on bitcoin mining...
info_outlineNic and Matt return with deals and news of the weak. In this episode:
- Nic and Matt happen to buy the same book
- Nic's article on why the US should embrace stablecoins and credibly neutral crypto-financial infrastructure
- Our theory on why NYDFS went after Tether
- Can the US successfully disrupt itself as the administrator of financial infrastructure?
- Coinbase IPO prospects
- Coinshares adds transparency to their Bitcoin ETN and the prospects for Proofs of Reserves
- How Proofs of Reserves can ward off regulation
- Arca takes an activist stance towards Gnosis
- What recourse do jilted tokenholders have?
- Publicly traded energy companies are mining Bitcoin with stranded natural gas
- Matt's suggestion for a Bitcoin-themed sequel to Armageddon
- The single most impactful way you can help Bitcoin
- Nic's theory about the effect of a fee-transaction count oscillation on Ethereum
- How fees are a regressive tax on users
Content mentioned in this episode:
- Nic in Coindesk, The Crypto-dollar Surge and the American Opportunity
- Larry White in Alt-M, Should the US Government Create a Token-based Digital Dollar?
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, It's Past Time for Coinbase to Issue Transparency Reports
- Nic in Coindesk, The Last Word on Bitcoin's Energy Consumption
- Coin Center, Are Regulators Poised to Demand Cryptocurrency Address Whitelisting? Probably Not
- Tyler Winklevoss, The Case for $500k Bitcoin