Weekly Roundup 08/19/22 (Treasury Activated Soft Fork, Coinbase vs Vitalik, do BTC miners censor?) (EP.341)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

• NYMag writes a long piece on 3AC
• Is OTB a ‘crypto fanboy podcast’?
• Are we up against the nation state ‘final boss’?
• 3AC boat name reveal
• The Toyota Century rumors are true
• Revelations about 3ACs FX days
• Did 3AC actually owe the Mafia money?
• The 3AC Deribit deal
• A new 3AC supporter dials in to the show
• Machinsky was trading Celsius customer deposits
• The Galaxy BitGo acquisition falls through
• Dragonchain settles with the SEC
• Hodlnaut files for creditor protection
• Genesis reorganization
• Tornado cash developer arrested in Amsterdam
• Are Bitcoin miners filtering transactions for OFAC?
• Will Coinbase censor Ethereum at the protocol level?
• Vitalik suggests slashing Ethereum if they comply with OFAC at the protocol level
• Would Coinbase ever abandon their staking business?
• The effect of MEV on the centralization of PoS vs PoW
• End of the merge rally?

Content mentioned in this episode: 

• NYMag, Inside the Crash of Three Arrows Capital

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