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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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2021-07-26

Michel Rauchs (Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance) on quantifying Bitcoin's energy use (EP…

We welcome Michel Rauchs, research affiliate and longtime contributor to the Cambridge Center for A…
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2021-07-23

Weekly Roundup 07/22/21 (The B Word, SpaceX owns Bitcoin, Stablecoins and Wildcats) (EP.231)

Nic and Matt are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  We debate the merits of…
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2021-07-16

Weekly Roundup 07/16/21 (New mining data, Shapeshift decentralizes, are clay tablets proto blockchai…

Nic and Matt are back for a sideways week. In this episode:  BlockFi's credit card comes out How me…
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2021-07-09

Weekly Roundup 07/09/21 (Circle is going public, SEC targets exchanges, the Bullish SPAC, good takes…

Nic and Matt are back. In this episode:  Circle's SPAC filing Circle's evolution over the year The …
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2021-07-05

Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman on Trading Infrastructure in Cryptoassets (EP.228)

Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman, the cofounders of Talos join the show. In this episode we discuss: An…
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2021-07-02

Weekly Roundup 07/02/21 (Eyeball based coins, why airdrops don't work, the Mining Council shares dat…

Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  A new twist in the turkey…
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2021-07-02

Weekly Roundup 07/02/21 (Eyeball based coins, why airdrops don't work, the Mining Council shares…

Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  A new twist in the turkey…
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2021-06-28

Kinjal Shah (Blockchain Capital) and Manasi Vora (Skynet Labs) on DAOs as a New Investing Paradigm (…

Kinjal Shah of Blockchain Capital and Manasi Vora of Skynet Labs join us to discuss their recently l…
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2021-06-25

Weekly Roundup 06/25/21 (China's Hashrate Migration, holding BTC in your bank, Taleb's bitcoin paper…

Matt and Nic are back for another rocky week in the markets. In this episode:  Our thoughts on the …
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2021-06-25

Weekly Roundup 06/25/21 (China's Hashrate Migration, holding BTC in your bank, Taleb's bitco…

Matt and Nic are back for another rocky week in the markets. In this episode:  Our thoughts on the …
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2021-06-21

Hunter Horsley (Bitwise) on the State of Crypto Asset Management (EP.224)

Hunter Horsley, the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Asset Management joins the show. In this episode w…
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2021-06-18

Weekly Roundup 06/18/21 (Bukele's Bitcoin ambitions, the World Bank spurns El Salvador, DeFi risks) …

Nic and Matt return for deals and news of the week. In this episode:  What's the biggest story with…
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2021-06-18

Weekly Roundup 06/18/21 (Bukele's Bitcoin ambitions, the World Bank spurns El Salvador, DeFi ris…

Nic and Matt return for deals and news of the week. In this episode:  What's the biggest story with…
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2021-06-14

Ask Me Anything 2.0 with Matt, Nic, and Ria (EP.222)

In our second OTB AMA, we field questions from Brink Nation. In this episode:  What other countries…
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2021-06-11

Weekly Roundup 06/11/21 (Bitcoinización in LatAm, volcano mining, El Salvador turns orange) (EP.221)

Nic and Matt are back and recovered from an insane Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami. In this episode…
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2021-06-07

Chris Blec (DeFi Watch) on the Pursuit of Transparency in DeFi (EP.220)

Chris Blec is a researcher and the founder of DeFi Watch, a project dedicated to identifying points …
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2021-06-02

Jeff Kirt and Ted Rogers on the Story Behind the Greenidge Plant (EP.219)

Jeff Kirt and Ted Rogers, CEO and board director of Greenidge Generation LLC respectively, join the …
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2021-05-31

Matteo Leibowitz and Eric Stone on Uniswap V3 (EP.218)

Matteo Leibowitz of Uniswap and Eric Stone of Flipside Crypto join the show. In this episode we disc…
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2021-05-27

Weekly Roundup 05/26/21 (The Mining Council, Lael Brainard's Free Banking mistake, Kazakh FUD) (EP.2…

Matt and Nic are back for another roundup. In this episode:  Elon is back Our take on the mining co…
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2021-05-27

Weekly Roundup 05/26/21 (The Mining Council, Lael Brainard's Free Banking mistake, Kazakh FUD) (…

Matt and Nic are back for another roundup. In this episode:  Elon is back Our take on the mining co…
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2021-05-24

Hass McCook on Bitcoin's energy use in context (EP.216)

Hass McCook is a civil engineer who has been delivering estimates of Bitcoin's energy use and CO2 e…
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2021-05-24

Hass McCook on Bitcoin's energy use in context (EP.216)

Hass McCook is a civil engineer who has been delivering estimates of Bitcoin's energy use and CO2 e…
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2021-05-21

Weekly Roundup 05/21/21(Taproot edges closer to activation, IRS demands reports for $10k txns, OCC r…

Matt and Nic are back for another volatile week. In this episode:  Nic's 72h fast Nic explains the …
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2021-05-17

Alex Thorn (Galaxy Digital) on Dogecoin and Monetizing Memes (EP.214)

Alex Thorn, the head of research at Galaxy Digital joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Alex…