On The Brink with Castle Island

On The Brink with Castle Island

Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore news and deals in the public blockchain space 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

824 episodes On The Brink with Castle Island Updated 2026-05-22
824 episodes in On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-03-24

Weekly Roundup 03/24/23 (Do Kwon apprehended, SEC v Coinbase, bank crisi…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-03-20

Jamil Dhanani & Nick Sainato (Gamma) on Building a Trustless Ordinals Ma…

Jamil and Nick, co-founders of Gamma.io, join us on the show to discuss:…
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…
2023-03-17

Weekly Roundup 02/17/23 (BUSD Wells notice, Howey vs Reves, the SEC's cu…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-03-10

Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Silvergate wind-down, NYAG comes after ETH, mor…

Matt and Nic are back for another tumultuous week of news and deals. In …
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…
2023-03-06

Michael Gronager (Chainalysis) on Building a Blockchain Analytics Jugger…

Chainalysis CEO and co-founder Michael Gronager joins us for an episode …
2023-03-03

Weekly Roundup 03/03/23 (Silvergate in trouble, Oasis hacks back, Regula…

Matt and Nic are back for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  …
2023-02-27

Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on block building and the economics of MEV (EP…

We host Matt Cutler, CEO and co-founder of Blocknative, in this episode …
2023-02-24

Weekly Roundup 02/24/23 (SEC vs Terra, Stables as Securities, the CoinBA…

Matt and Nic are back for the 400th episode of OTB! In this roundup:  N…
2023-02-22

Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals, Inscriptions, and Digital Property Rights (E…

Bitcoin developer Casey Rodarmor joins us to talk ordinals, inscriptions…
2023-02-20

Ray Hindi & Jake Lynch (L1 Digital) on Crypto Funds, RWAs and DAOs (EP.3…

Ray Hindi and Jake Lynch of L1 Digital join the show. In this episode we…
2023-02-10

Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Choke Point 2.0, staking in the crosshairs, ord…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-02-06

Josh Benaron (Bundlr) on the Importance of Permanent Storage and Provena…

In this episode, we were joined by Josh Benaron, founder of Bundlr, a sc…
2023-02-03

Weekly Roundup 02/03/23 (Ordinals frenzy, Charlie Munger, Tether truther…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-01-30

Julien Niset (Argent) on Improving Self Custody with Account Abstraction…

We host Julien Niset, co-founder of Argent in this episode on account ab…
2023-01-27

Weekly Roundup 01/27/23 (Modulo Capital, PoR legislation, Tungsten mount…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-01-25

Maneesh Gandhi & Michael Liddy (Evanston Capital) on The Institutional A…

Maneesh Gandhi and Michael Liddy of Evanston Capital join the show. In t…
2023-01-23

Dhruv Patel and Himanshu Sahay (Arch) on Building a New Alternative Lend…

Arch cofounders Dhruv Patel and Himanshu Sahay  Arch coming out of stea…
2023-01-20

Weekly Roundup 01/20/23 (DOJ takes down Bitzlato, loyalty point inflatio…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-01-18

Tony Scuderi (Imperii) on Crypto Banking and Advisory (EP.388)

Tony Scuderi, the founder of Imperii Partners joins the show. In this ep…
2023-01-17

Luuk Strijers (Deribit) on a New Model for Proof of Reserves (EP.387)

Deribit Chief Commercial Officer Luuk Strijers joins the show to talk ab…
2023-01-13

Weekly Roundup 01/13/23 (Nexo raided, crypto charity boxing, DCG vs Gemi…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-01-06

Weekly Roundup 01/06/23 (DCG vs Gemini, SBF's plea, India's cryp…

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