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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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2023-03-17

Weekly Roundup 03/17/23 feat. Alex Thorn (Bank crisis, Fed makes $2T available, Signature mysteries)…

Matt and Nic are back to cover a dramatic week in crypto. Galaxy Digital's Alex Thorn also joins to …
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2023-03-10

Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Silvergate wind-down, NYAG comes after ETH, more bank runs) (EP.405)

Matt and Nic are back for another tumultuous week of news and deals. In this episode:  Nic’s Vespa …
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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 episode we discuss: Rob’s …
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2023-03-06

Michael Gronager (Chainalysis) on Building a Blockchain Analytics Juggernaut (EP.403)

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

Weekly Roundup 03/03/23 (Silvergate in trouble, Oasis hacks back, Regulation by Blog Post) (EP.402)

Matt and Nic are back for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  Is Yuga Labs’ NFT collectio…
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2023-02-27

Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on block building and the economics of MEV (EP.401)

We host Matt Cutler, CEO and co-founder of Blocknative, in this episode to discuss the intricacies o…
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2023-02-24

Weekly Roundup 02/24/23 (SEC vs Terra, Stables as Securities, the CoinBASE L2) (Ep.400)

Matt and Nic are back for the 400th episode of OTB! In this roundup:  Nic’s Vespa story More on Ord…
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2023-02-22

Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals, Inscriptions, and Digital Property Rights (EP.399)

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

Ray Hindi & Jake Lynch (L1 Digital) on Crypto Funds, RWAs and DAOs (EP.398)

Ray Hindi and Jake Lynch of L1 Digital join the show. In this episode we discuss: L1 Digital’s orig…
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2023-02-17

Weekly Roundup 02/17/23 (BUSD Wells notice, Howey vs Reves, the SEC’s custody guidance) (EP.397)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Is peak FUD in? Is this t…
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2023-02-10

Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Choke Point 2.0, staking in the crosshairs, ordinals take off) (EP.396)

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

Josh Benaron (Bundlr) on the Importance of Permanent Storage and Provenance (EP.395)

In this episode, we were joined by Josh Benaron, founder of Bundlr, a scaling protocol built on top …
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2023-02-03

Weekly Roundup 02/03/23 (Ordinals frenzy, Charlie Munger, Tether truthers are back) (EP.394)

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

Julien Niset (Argent) on Improving Self Custody with Account Abstraction (EP.393)

We host Julien Niset, co-founder of Argent in this episode on account abstract and smart contract wa…
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2023-01-27

Weekly Roundup 01/27/23 (Modulo Capital, PoR legislation, Tungsten mounts a comeback ) (EP.392)

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

Maneesh Gandhi & Michael Liddy (Evanston Capital) on The Institutional Allocator Landscape (EP.391)

Maneesh Gandhi and Michael Liddy of Evanston Capital join the show. In this episode we discuss: Eva…
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2023-01-23

Dhruv Patel and Himanshu Sahay (Arch) on Building a New Alternative Lender (EP.390)

Arch cofounders Dhruv Patel and Himanshu Sahay  Arch coming out of stealth Key lessons learned from…
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2023-01-20

Weekly Roundup 01/20/23 (DOJ takes down Bitzlato, loyalty point inflation, FTX US still solvent?) (…

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  What’s going on with our …
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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 episode we discuss: The inves…
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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 about their new Proof of Reser…
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2023-01-13

Weekly Roundup 01/13/23 (Nexo raided, crypto charity boxing, DCG vs Gemini II) (EP.386)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  What’s happening with Pro…
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2023-01-06

Weekly Roundup 01/06/23 (DCG vs Gemini, SBF's plea, India's crypto framework) (EP.385)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  A call for on-chain arche…
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2022-12-30

Weekly Roundup 12/30/22 (Avi Eisenberg arrest, weather affects the hashrate, our predictions for 202…

Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Galaxy acquires the Helio…
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2022-12-23

Weekly Roundup 12/23/22 (Caroline pleads, SBF is extradited, Visa’s autopayments) (EP.383)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Are stablecoins still a p…