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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
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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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On The Brink with Castle Island
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…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-02-22

Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals, Inscriptions, and Digital Property Rights (EP.399)

Bitcoin developer Casey Rodarmor joins us to talk ordinals, inscriptions, and digital collectibles o…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-02-20

Ray Hindi & Jake Lynch (L1 Digital) on Crypto Funds, RWAs and DAOs (EP.398)

Ray Hindi and Jake Lynch of L1 Digital join the show. In this episode we discuss: L1 Digital’s orig…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-02-17

Weekly Roundup 02/17/23 (BUSD Wells notice, Howey vs Reves, the SEC’s custody guidance) (EP.397)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Is peak FUD in? Is this t…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-02-10

Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Choke Point 2.0, staking in the crosshairs, ordinals take off) (EP.396)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Kraken winds down their s…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-02-06

Josh Benaron (Bundlr) on the Importance of Permanent Storage and Provenance (EP.395)

In this episode, we were joined by Josh Benaron, founder of Bundlr, a scaling protocol built on top …
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-02-03

Weekly Roundup 02/03/23 (Ordinals frenzy, Charlie Munger, Tether truthers are back) (EP.394)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Nic’s Proof of Reserves f…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-01-30

Julien Niset (Argent) on Improving Self Custody with Account Abstraction (EP.393)

We host Julien Niset, co-founder of Argent in this episode on account abstract and smart contract wa…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-01-27

Weekly Roundup 01/27/23 (Modulo Capital, PoR legislation, Tungsten mounts a comeback ) (EP.392)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Is there a socially optim…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-01-25

Maneesh Gandhi & Michael Liddy (Evanston Capital) on The Institutional Allocator Landscape (EP.391)

Maneesh Gandhi and Michael Liddy of Evanston Capital join the show. In this episode we discuss: Eva…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-01-23

Dhruv Patel and Himanshu Sahay (Arch) on Building a New Alternative Lender (EP.390)

Arch cofounders Dhruv Patel and Himanshu Sahay  Arch coming out of stealth Key lessons learned from…