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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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2020-12-07

Mustafa Yilham (Bixin) on the industrial Bitcoin miner perspective (EP.155)

Mustafa Yilham, VP of global business development at Bixin, joins the show. Bixin is an early Asia-b…
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2020-12-04

Weekly Roundup 12/04/20 (The Dastardly STABLE Act, USDC partners with Visa, Larry Fink evolves on Bi…

In this week's episode, Nic and Matt torch the STABLE Act cosponsored by their local representative …
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2020-12-02

Mathias Imbach (Sygnum Bank) on the importance of crypto banking (EP.153)

Mathias Imbach, cofounder and CEO of Sygnum Singapore, joins the show. In this episode:  How Mathia…
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2020-11-30

Pelle Brændgaard (Notabene) on how crypto service providers are dealing with the Travel Rule (EP.152…

Pelle Brændgaard, the cofounder and CEO of Notabene, an enterprise software company building complia…
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2020-11-27

Weekly Roundup 11/27/20 (What we are thankful for, USDC in Venezuela, is GBTC behind the rally?) (EP…

Nic and Matt return with a special Thanksgiving issue of OTB. In this episode:  How Castle Island V…
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2020-11-24

John Newbery (Brink) on funding Bitcoin development (EP.150)

John Newbery, Bitcoin Core developer and founder of Bitcoin Optech, announces an independent nonprof…
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2020-11-20

Weekly Roundup 11/20/20 (Claytons leave the SEC, the not so quiet Quiet Rally, Bitcoin interest rate…

Nic and Matt return for deals and news of the week. In this episode: Nic's appearance on Bloomberg …
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2020-11-16

Parker Lewis (Unchained Capital) on unlocking Bitcoin's potential with multisig (EP.148)

Parker Lewis, head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, and author of the Gradually then Su…
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2020-11-16

Parker Lewis (Unchained Capital) on unlocking Bitcoin's potential with multisig (EP.148)

Parker Lewis, head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, and author of the Gradually then Su…
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2020-11-13

Weekly Roundup 11/13/20 (Cred insolvency, Zelleification in Venezuela, Can Bitcoin be 6102'ed?) (Ep.…

Nic and Matt return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  Cred files for bankruptcy Why…
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2020-11-13

Weekly Roundup 11/13/20 (Cred insolvency, Zelleification in Venezuela, Can Bitcoin be 6102'ed?) …

Nic and Matt return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  Cred files for bankruptcy Why…
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2020-11-09

Alan Lane (Silvergate) on banking the cryptoasset industry (EP.146)

Alan Lane, the CEO of Silvergate Financial joins the show. In this episode we discuss: How Silverga…
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2020-11-06

Weekly Roundup 11/06/20 (Blockchain voting, a $1B Bitcoin forfeiture, election outcomes and inflatio…

Matt and Nic cover deals and the news of the week. In this episode: The latest on Matt's bike saga …
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2020-11-02

Josh Cincinnati on the challenge of blockchain governance (EP.144)

Josh Cincinnati, former Executive Director of the Zcash Foundation, joins the show to talk about his…
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2020-10-30

Weekly Roundup 10/30/20 (Iran stockpiling Bitcoin?, more bank charters, is Paypal a Bitcoin Sidechai…

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. In this episode:  Matt's bike is stolen in mysteriou…
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2020-10-28

Yoann Turpin (Wintermute) on launching a cryptoasset market making firm (EP. 142)

Yoann Turpin, cofounder of Wintermute Trading joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Yoann’s b…
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2020-10-26

Joel Revill (Two Ocean Trust) on building a Qualified Custodian in Wyoming (EP.141)

Joel Revill is the cofounder and CEO of Two Ocean Trust, a Wyoming Chartered Trust Company offering …
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2020-10-23

Weekly Roundup 10/23/20 (PayPal jumps in, the banks push back at the SPDI, are CBDCs inflationary?) …

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. In this episode:  PTJ's latest comments on Bitcoin H…
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2020-10-19

Bruce Fenton (Chainstone Labs) on the paradox of governance tokens (EP.139)

Bruce Fenton, founder of the Satoshi Roundtable and Chainstone Labs, joins the show to talk security…
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2020-10-16

Weekly Roundup 10/16/20 (Does China control Bitcoin?, Filecoin launches, Heath Tarbert praises Ether…

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. In this episode:  NYDIG emerges from stealth and ann…
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2020-10-12

Kyle Samani (Multicoin Capital) on breakout applications for Web3 (EP.137)

Kyle Samani, cofounder and managing partner at Multicoin, joins the show to talk his current views o…
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2020-10-09

Weekly Roundup 10/09/20 feat. Zachary Kelman (Square buys Bitcoin, effect of fees on DeFi, FinCEN fi…

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. Repeat guest Zachary Kelman joins the show to give hi…
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2020-10-07

Mitchell Nicholson (DACS Conduit) on leaving central banking for Bitcoin (EP.135)

Mitchell Nicholson is the founder of DACS Conduit and formerly an economist at the Bank of Canada. M…
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2020-10-05

Mason Borda (Tokensoft) on the convergence of tokens and capital markets (EP.134)

Mason Borda, CEO and cofounder of Tokensoft, joins the show. In this episode:  Tokensoft's ERC-1404…