Weekly Roundup 10/29/21 (FATF publishes guidance, More Tungsten, Facebook is Meta) (EP.255)

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

• The SEC wants to regulate stablecoins
• El Salvador buys 420 BTC
• River launches a mining product
• Direxion wants to launch a short BTC ETF
• The FATF guidance isn't as bad as we thought it might be
• Facebook is now Meta
• Is 'the metaverse' going to stick around?
• We unretire China FUD

Content mentioned: 

• The NFT Tax Guide
• Coin Center, The long-awaited FATF crypto guidance is not as bad as it could have been, but still flawed
• Nic in Bitcoin Magazine with Shaun Connell, Miners Are the Optimal Buyers

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