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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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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-04

Travis Schwab (Eventus) on trade surveillance, Bitcoin ETFs and 2021 predictions (EP.165)

Travis Schwab, the founder and CEO of Eventus Systems, a company specializing in trade surveillance,…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-01

Weekly Roundup 01/01/21 (XRP delistings, OFAC fines BitGo, 2021 ETF prospects) (EP.164)

Matt and Nic return for the first roundup of 2021. In this episode:  Why some funds might be buying…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-30

Brian Venturo (CoreWeave) on the journey from mining crypto to the cloud (EP.163)

Brian Venturo is the CTO of CoreWeave, the largest North American GPU miner, which also doubles as a…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-28

Craig Warmke (N. Illinois University) on what Bitcoin is, and other philosophical questions (EP.162)

Craig Warmke is an assistant professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University. He has written…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-25

Weekly Roundup 12/25/20 (FinCEN's proposed rules, the SEC takes aim at Ripple, predictions for 2021)…

Nic and Matt return for a special Christmas episode of OTB. In this episode:  Jay Clayton steps dow…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-25

Weekly Roundup 12/25/20 (FinCEN's proposed rules, the SEC takes aim at Ripple, predictions for 2…

Nic and Matt return for a special Christmas episode of OTB. In this episode:  Jay Clayton steps dow…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-21

Matt Hougan (Bitwise) on the prospects for a Bitcoin ETF in 2021 (EP.160)

Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset management joins the show. In this episod…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-18

Weekly Roundup 12/18/20 feat. a pseudonymous fixed income trader (Our MSTR mea culpa, are CME futs c…

Matt and Nic return to cover a blockbuster week of ATHs. We invite a pseudonymous bond trader to giv…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-18

Weekly Roundup 12/18/20 feat. a pseudonymous fixed income trader (Our MSTR mea culpa, are CME futs c…

Matt and Nic return to cover a blockbuster week of ATHs. We invite a pseudonymous bond trader to giv…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-14

Amber Scott (Outlier Canada) on crypto-bank relationships in Canada (EP.158)

Compliance expert Amber Scott joins the show to explain why crypto-firms are systematically excluded…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-11

Weekly Roundup 12/11/20 (What's Treasury up to?, MSTR's bond offering, would the STABLE act kill Dun…

Nic and Matt return to cover an avalanche of news and deals. In this episode:  Blockstack's transmu…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-11

Weekly Roundup 12/11/20 (What's Treasury up to?, MSTR's bond offering, would the STABLE act …

Nic and Matt return to cover an avalanche of news and deals. In this episode:  Blockstack's transmu…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-09

Muneeb Ali (Blockstack) on Bitcoin-based Smart Contracts (EP.156)

Muneeb Ali, cofounder of Blockstack, joins the show to talk about the launch of Stacks 2.0 and its e…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-07

Mustafa Yilham (Bixin) on the industrial Bitcoin miner perspective (EP.155)

Mustafa Yilham, VP of global business development at Bixin, joins the show. Bixin is an early Asia-b…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-04

Weekly Roundup 12/04/20 (The Dastardly STABLE Act, USDC partners with Visa, Larry Fink evolves on Bi…

In this week's episode, Nic and Matt torch the STABLE Act cosponsored by their local representative …
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-02

Mathias Imbach (Sygnum Bank) on the importance of crypto banking (EP.153)

Mathias Imbach, cofounder and CEO of Sygnum Singapore, joins the show. In this episode:  How Mathia…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-11-30

Pelle Brændgaard (Notabene) on how crypto service providers are dealing with the Travel Rule (EP.152…

Pelle Brændgaard, the cofounder and CEO of Notabene, an enterprise software company building complia…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-11-27

Weekly Roundup 11/27/20 (What we are thankful for, USDC in Venezuela, is GBTC behind the rally?) (EP…

Nic and Matt return with a special Thanksgiving issue of OTB. In this episode:  How Castle Island V…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-11-24

John Newbery (Brink) on funding Bitcoin development (EP.150)

John Newbery, Bitcoin Core developer and founder of Bitcoin Optech, announces an independent nonprof…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-11-20

Weekly Roundup 11/20/20 (Claytons leave the SEC, the not so quiet Quiet Rally, Bitcoin interest rate…

Nic and Matt return for deals and news of the week. In this episode: Nic's appearance on Bloomberg …
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-11-16

Parker Lewis (Unchained Capital) on unlocking Bitcoin's potential with multisig (EP.148)

Parker Lewis, head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, and author of the Gradually then Su…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-11-16

Parker Lewis (Unchained Capital) on unlocking Bitcoin's potential with multisig (EP.148)

Parker Lewis, head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, and author of the Gradually then Su…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-11-13

Weekly Roundup 11/13/20 (Cred insolvency, Zelleification in Venezuela, Can Bitcoin be 6102'ed?) (Ep.…

Nic and Matt return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  Cred files for bankruptcy Why…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-11-13

Weekly Roundup 11/13/20 (Cred insolvency, Zelleification in Venezuela, Can Bitcoin be 6102'ed?) …

Nic and Matt return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  Cred files for bankruptcy Why…