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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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2023-08-25

Weekly Roundup 08/25/23 (Coinbase v Circle, Tornado Cash indictment, chat app tokens) (EP.446)

Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode:  The Bitcoin halving is coming up W…
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2023-08-21

Darshan Vaidya (Credora) on Risk Management and Credit Markets (EP.445)

Darshan Vaidya, the founder of Credora joins the show. In this episode we discuss: The crypto credi…
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2023-08-18

Weekly Roundup 08/18/23 (Stablecoins offshoring, Better Markets oddity, more Prometheum) (EP.444)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Geographic distribution f…
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2023-08-11

Weekly Roundup 08/11/23 (PayPal's stablecoin, the Fed's oversight program, Ryan Salame emerg…

Matt and Nic are back with more news and deals. In this episode:  Matt's op-ed in Coindesk SAB121 i…
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2023-08-04

Weekly Roundup 08/04/23 (SEC vs HEX, Base and BALD, Curve hacked) (EP.442)

Matt and Nic are back for more deals and news. In this episode:  Nic's early Do Kwon experience Ref…
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2023-07-28

Weekly Roundup 07/28/23 (Market Structure bill advances, stablecoin catch-22, debanking in the UK) (…

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Nic's issues editing t…
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2023-07-26

Richard Meissner (Safe) on Account Abstraction Adoption and Barriers (EP.440)

In this episode, we hosted Richard Meissner, CTO of Safe, to illuminate the state of adoption of sma…
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2023-07-21

Weekly Roundup 07/21/23 (Nasdaq reconsiders custody, the Torres doctrine) (EP.439)

Matt and Nic are back with more deals and news. In this episode:  Was XRP discovered or created? Th…
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2023-07-14

Weekly Roundup 07/14/23 (Ripple gets a W, Machinsky arrested, PoR in federal legislation) (EP.438)

Matt and Nic are back with a huge week in the markets. In this episode:  Ripple gets a key win in t…
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2023-07-10

Amir Haleem (Nova Labs) on Helium, DEPIN, and DeWi (EP.437)

Amir Haleem, the founder of Nova Labs (formerly named Helium, Inc) joins the show. In this episode w…
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2023-07-07

Weekly Roundup 07/07/23 (Taylor Swift’s FTX secret, XRP vs glazed donuts, ETF seeding) (EP.436)

Matt and Nic are back for more deals and news. In this episode:  Matt’s plover rivalry Matt’s strug…
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2023-07-03

Jose Lemus (IBEX Mercado) on Lightning adoption in Emerging Markets (EP.435)

Jose Lemus, CEO and cofounder at IBEX Mercado, joins the show to talk Lightning and its growing usag…
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2023-06-30

Weekly Roundup 06/30/23 (ETF frenzy continues, Prime Trust insolvency, how Stablecoins are like Euro…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  The problem with SEC SAB …
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2023-06-23

Weekly Roundup 06/23/23 (FTX and K5 clawbacks, Prime Trust chaos, ETF frenzy) (EP.433)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Bitcoin hits 30k Wyomin…
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2023-06-19

Chris Rothfuss on Wyoming’s Blockchain Strategy & the WY Stable Token (EP.432)

Wyoming state senator and Minority Floor Leader in the Wyoming Senate, Chris Rothfuss joins the show…
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2023-06-16

Weekly Roundup 06/16/23 (Prometheum madness, the Hinman emails, HK’s crypto banking play) (EP.431)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Coin Metrics derives ne…
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2023-06-10

Weekly Roundup 06/09/23 (SEC v Coinbase and Binance, Market Structure bill, the curious case of Prom…

Matt and Nic return for another week of deals and news. In this episode: Token disclosure practices…
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2023-06-05

Lili Infante (CAT Labs) on Combating and Preventing Crypto Crime (EP.429)

In this episode, we sat down with Lili Infante, Founder and CEO of CAT Labs. Lili shared: Her exper…
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2023-06-02

Weekly Roundup 06/02/23 (Crypto-eurodollars, SBF's defense, debt ceiling debate) (EP.428)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  The debt ceiling debate…
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2023-05-26

Weekly Roundup 05/26/23 (The real Greenidge story, MEV on Bitcoin, Fed data on adoption) (EP.427)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Validators sign up to sta…
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2023-05-19

Weekly Roundup 05/19/23 (Texas PoR bill, the Hinman test revisited, what's up with Worldcoin?) (…

Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Nic and Matt reminisce on…
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2023-05-17

FactSet + CoinMetrics on Institutional Crypto Data (EP.425)

Chris Ellis, Head of Strategic Initiatives at FactSet and Tim Rice, founder of Coin Metrics join the…
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2023-05-12

Weekly Roundup 05/12/23 (BRC20 mania, are high fees good for Bitcoin, the Wyoming stable token) (EP.…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  BRC20 PEPE versus ERC20 P…
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2023-05-08

Steven Walbroehl (Halborn) on Blockchain Cybersecurity (EP.423)

Steven Walbroehl, the co-founder and CTO of Halborn joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Ste…