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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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2023-05-05

Weekly Roundup 05/05/23 (Bank apocalypse, Biden’s miner tax, Bhutan’s crypto ambitions) (EP.422)

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Updates on South Shore…
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2023-05-02

Simon Forster and Duncan Trenholme (TP ICAP) on Crypto Market Structure (EP.421)

Simon Forster and Duncan Trenholme of TP ICAP join the show. In this episode we discuss:  - TP ICAP'…
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2023-04-28

Weekly Roundup 04/28/23 (First Republic in trouble, Hong Kong embraces crypto, did crypto cause the …

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  What’s the deal with south…
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2023-04-21

Weekly Roundup 04/21/23 (Harberger taxes, SEC v Bittrex, stablecoin hearing) (EP.419)

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:  We debate some curious…
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2023-04-19

Dan Tapiero on Growth Investing in 2023 (EP.418)

Dan Tapiero, the founder of 10T Holdings and 1 Round Table Partners joins the show. In this episode …
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2023-04-17

Eric Wall on Eric's Orb (EP.417)

Eric Wall is a cryptocurrency researcher, analyst, critic, and investor. In this episode we sit down…
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2023-04-14

Weekly Roundup 04/14/23 (ETH unstaking, FedNow vs CBDCs, NYT on mining, FTX 2.0 gets closer) (EP.416…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Is Ethereum going through…
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2023-04-12

Dennison Bertram (Tally) on the Future of DAOs (EP.415)

Dennison Bertram, the co-founder and CEO of Tally, returns to the show. In this episode we discuss: …
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2023-04-07

Weekly Roundup 04/07/23 (OCP2.0 remedies, Treasury on DeFi, FTX.com relaunch?) (EP.414)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  What are the prospects fo…
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2023-04-05

Lorien Gabel and Benjamin Thalman (Figment) on Staking and the Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade (EP.413)

Lorien Gabel and Benjamin Thalman of Figment join the show. In this episode we discuss: The foundin…
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2023-04-03

David Thompson (Cooper & Kirk) on What Can be Done about Operation Choke Point 2.0 (EP.412)

In this episode I sit down with David Thompson, managing partner at Cooper & Kirk. We cover the emer…
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2023-03-31

Weekly Roundup 03/31/23 (CFTC v Binance, McHenry’s stablecoin bill, Gruenberg’s questionable testimo…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals.  Cooper and Kirk’s white paper on Operation…
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2023-03-28

Matt Hougan (Bitwise) on Crypto Market Narratives and the Launch of BITC (EP.410)

Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management joins the show. In this episod…
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2023-03-24

Weekly Roundup 03/24/23 (Do Kwon apprehended, SEC v Coinbase, bank crisis retrospective) (EP.409)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Matt’s turkey trouble con…
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2023-03-20

Jamil Dhanani & Nick Sainato (Gamma) on Building a Trustless Ordinals Marketplace (EP.308)

Jamil and Nick, co-founders of Gamma.io, join us on the show to discuss: Lowering the barrier to …
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2023-03-20

Jamil Dhanani & Nick Sainato (Gamma) on Building a Trustless Ordinals Marketplace (EP.408)

Jamil and Nick, co-founders of Gamma.io, join us on the show to discuss: Lowering the barrier to …
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2023-03-20

Nick Hansen (Luxor) on Ordinals, Blockspace, and Mining Pools (EP.407)

Nick Hansen is the cofounder and CEO of Luxor, a Bitcoin mining pool. He joins to talk to us about h…
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2023-03-17

Weekly Roundup 03/17/23 feat. Alex Thorn (Bank crisis, Fed makes $2T available, Signature mysteries)…

Matt and Nic are back to cover a dramatic week in crypto. Galaxy Digital's Alex Thorn also joins to …
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2023-03-10

Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Silvergate wind-down, NYAG comes after ETH, more bank runs) (EP.405)

Matt and Nic are back for another tumultuous week of news and deals. In this episode:  Nic’s Vespa …
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2023-03-08

Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on Ordinals and Miniscript (EP.404)

Rob Hamilton, the founder and CEO of AnchorWatch joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Rob’s …
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2023-03-06

Michael Gronager (Chainalysis) on Building a Blockchain Analytics Juggernaut (EP.403)

Chainalysis CEO and co-founder Michael Gronager joins us for an episode chronicling the rise of the …
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2023-03-03

Weekly Roundup 03/03/23 (Silvergate in trouble, Oasis hacks back, Regulation by Blog Post) (EP.402)

Matt and Nic are back for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  Is Yuga Labs’ NFT collectio…
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2023-02-27

Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on block building and the economics of MEV (EP.401)

We host Matt Cutler, CEO and co-founder of Blocknative, in this episode to discuss the intricacies o…
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2023-02-24

Weekly Roundup 02/24/23 (SEC vs Terra, Stables as Securities, the CoinBASE L2) (Ep.400)

Matt and Nic are back for the 400th episode of OTB! In this roundup:  Nic’s Vespa story More on Ord…