Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- We react to Trump’s speech on Bitcoin in Nashville
- Is Bitcoin a proxy for Trump’s electoral chances?
- Will there be a “crypto reset” from the Harris campaign?
- Lummis’ Bitcoin Act
- The US government moves some Bitcoin
- Should the US government hold on to the coins from the Bitfinex hack?
- Is the new Bitcoin law civil asset forfeiture?
- Tether’s big Q2
- Where are the Tether Truthers?
- Howard Lutnick’s claim about SBF and Tether
- Bitclout founder Nader Al Naji is charged by the SEC and SDNY
- California DMV partners up with the Avalanche network
Content mentioned:
- Adams, Ibert, and Liao, What Drives Crypto Asset Prices?
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- The Story of Ethereum Staking So Far: In Coin Metrics State of the Network Issue 270, we uncover Ethereum's staking ecosystem, from "The Merge" to "Shapella", the rise of LSTs and beyond.