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

697 episodes On The Brink with Castle Island Updated 2026-08-17
697 episodes in On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-05-05

Weekly Roundup 05/05/23 (Bank apocalypse, Biden’s miner tax, Bhutan’s cr…

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episo…
2023-05-02

Simon Forster and Duncan Trenholme (TP ICAP) on Crypto Market Structure …

Simon Forster and Duncan Trenholme of TP ICAP join the show. In this epi…
2023-04-28

Weekly Roundup 04/28/23 (First Republic in trouble, Hong Kong embraces c…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-04-21

Weekly Roundup 04/21/23 (Harberger taxes, SEC v Bittrex, stablecoin hear…

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episo…
2023-04-17

Eric Wall on Eric's Orb (EP.417)

Eric Wall is a cryptocurrency researcher, analyst, critic, and investor.…
2023-04-14

Weekly Roundup 04/14/23 (ETH unstaking, FedNow vs CBDCs, NYT on mining, …

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-04-12

Dennison Bertram (Tally) on the Future of DAOs (EP.415)

Dennison Bertram, the co-founder and CEO of Tally, returns to the show. …
2023-04-07

Weekly Roundup 04/07/23 (OCP2.0 remedies, Treasury on DeFi, FTX.com rela…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2023-04-05

Lorien Gabel and Benjamin Thalman (Figment) on Staking and the Ethereum …

Lorien Gabel and Benjamin Thalman of Figment join the show. In this epis…
2023-04-03

David Thompson (Cooper & Kirk) on What Can be Done about Operation Choke…

In this episode I sit down with David Thompson, managing partner at Coop…
2023-03-31

Weekly Roundup 03/31/23 (CFTC v Binance, McHenry’s stablecoin bill, Grue…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals.  Cooper and Kir…
2023-03-28

Matt Hougan (Bitwise) on Crypto Market Narratives and the Launch of BITC…

Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management jo…
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…
2023-03-10

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…
2023-02-17

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:…