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On The Brink with Castle Island

Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore the political, ethical, and economic significance of Bitcoin and other public blockchains and talk to some of the leading experts in the industry. Learn more and stay up to date at CastleIsland.vc and follow on twitter @CastleIslandVC
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2022-10-31

Brian Venturo and Brannin McBee (CoreWeave) on Building an Industrial Scale GPU Cloud (EP.366)

CoreWeave's Brian Venturo (CTO) and Brannin McBee (CSO) return to On The Brink for a discussion of t…
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2022-10-28

Roundup 10/28/22 (Bitcoin’s hashrate spike, Miner insolvencies, Lightning v Rollups) (EP.365)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of deals and news. In this episode:  Full time crypto haters…
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2022-10-24

Mike Cahill (Pyth) on Solving the Oracle Problem (EP.364)

Mike Cahill, Director of the Pyth Data Association joins the show. In this episode we discuss: The …
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2022-10-21

Weekly Roundup 10/21/22 (Aptos launch, crypto vigilantes, FTX’s regulatory draft) (EP.363)

Matt and Nic return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  Why USDC is suffering redempti…
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2022-10-17

Blake King (Galaxy Digital) on Mining, Transmission, and Curtailment (EP.362)

For another episode of the mining miniseries, Nic sits down with Blake King, power markets engineer …
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2022-10-14

Weekly Roundup 10/13/22 (FASB accounting rules update, Warren’s letter to Texas, Howey’s orange grov…

Matt and Nic are back for another week of deals and news. In this episode:  What is XEN and why is …
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2022-10-12

Rob Behnke (Halborn) on Public Blockchain Cybersecurity (EP.360)

Rob Behnke, co-founder and CEO of Halborn joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Rob’s career …
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2022-10-10

Jon Charbonneau (Delphi Digital) on Building for Censorship Resistance (EP.359)

In this episode, Ria sits down with Jon Charbonneau from Delphi Digital to discuss layers of potenti…
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2022-10-07

Weekly Roundup 10/07/22 (Gensler’s theatrics, tokenization picks up, MKR buys Treasuries) (EP.358)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Kim Kardashian settles …
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2022-10-05

Vivek Raman (BitOoda) on Second Order Effects of the Merge (EP.357)

Vivek Raman, Head of Proof of Stake at BitOoda joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Vivek’s …
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2022-10-03

Alexandra DaCosta and David Yi (Aspen Creek) on a New Model for Renewable Mining (EP.356)

Alexandra DaCosta (CEO) and David Yi (Chief Commercial Officer) join the show to talk about Aspen Cr…
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2022-09-30

Weekly Roundup 09/30/22 (CFTC comes after Ooki/bZX, the Fed abandons CFTC ambitions, the convenience…

Matt and Nic return for news and deals of the week. In this episode: What caused the Pound Sterling…
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2022-09-28

Sergey Gorbunov (Axelar) on Blockchain Interoperability (EP.354)

Sergey Gorbunov, co-founder of Axelar joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Sergey’s path to …
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2022-09-26

Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) on the merge and what comes next (EP.353)

In this episode, Christine Kim from Galaxy Research joins us to discuss the Ethereum Merge and prosp…
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2022-09-23

OTB Live! Weekly Roundup 09/23/22 (EU's MiCA regulation finalized, XRP lawsuit, SEC dings Balina, Au…

Nic and Matt sit down for a special live recording of OTB in front of an audience at the Boston Bloc…
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2022-09-23

OTB Live! Weekly Roundup 09/23/22 (EU's MiCA regulation finalized, XRP lawsuit, SEC dings Balina…

Nic and Matt sit down for a special live recording of OTB in front of an audience at the Boston Bloc…
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2022-09-19

Steven Goldfeder (Offchain Labs) on Building Arbitrum (EP.351)

Steven Goldfeder is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Offchain Labs, the team building Arbit…
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2022-09-16

Weekly Roundup 09/16/22 (Merge makes it, Chainalysis crypto adoption report, Starbucks NFTs, Coinbas…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  The Merge takes place wit…
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2022-09-14

David Hoffman (Bankless) on Everything About the Merge (EP.349)

Bankless' David Hoffman joins Matt and Nic for a special episode to cover Ethereum's highly-anticipa…
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2022-09-12

Dan Mottice (Ansible Labs) on Building the Offramp for Web3 (EP.348)

Dan Mottice, CEO and Co-Founder of Ansible Labs, joins the show to talk about a new payment gateway …
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2022-09-09

Weekly Roundup 09/09/22 (Stablecoin wars, White House energy report, Gensler attacks) (EP.347)

Matt and Nic return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  Nic's shoe problem Web3 merch…
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2022-09-06

Bennett Collen and Stephanie Howard (Endstate) on building a web3-native fashion brand (EP.346)

Ria and Nic from Castle Island sit down with Stephanie Howard and Bennett Collen, cofounders of Ends…
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2022-09-02

Weekly Roundup 09/02/22 feat. Kyle Waters (Merge priced in, Roche and Ava Labs, Will Dai float freel…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  What happens to the GPUs …
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2022-08-29

Obi Nwosu (Fedi) on Second-Party Custody with Fedimint (EP.344)

Obi Nwosu, CEO and Founder of Fedi joins the show to cover a new model for shared Bitcoin custody in…