Weekly Roundup 01/31/25 (Senate Debanking Hearing, Powell's pivot, Tokenized Securities) (EP.592)


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Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:

  • Should we revisit Basel rules on Bitcoin?
  • Jay Powell evolves on banks serving crypto
  • Are banks going to offer crypto custody post SAB121?
  • Gensler joins MIT Sloan
  • Should crypto firms boycott MIT?
  • The Senate will hold a hearing on debanking next week
  • Choke Point 2.0 is getting caught up in conservative debanking
  • Where are we on DeSci?
  • Is tokenization finally going to happen?
  • X is adding payments to the platform with Visa
  • Truth Social is launching Truth.Fi
  • Christine Lagarde says the ECB will not buy Bitcoin
  • Is the Czech Republic buying bitcoin?
  • Kraken turns back on staking
  • Apollo is launching a tokenized credit fund on Ethereum and Solana
  • Fairshake raises another $116m for the midterms
  • SBF is asking Trump for a pardon
  • Elliott says crypto is in a bubble

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