On The Brink with Castle Island

Oct 25 2024 578 ep. 44 mins 966
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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

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Weekly Roundup 10/25/24 (Stripe acquires Bridge, Polymarket whale, Stables as Fintech 3.0) (EP.569)

Oct 25 2024 30 mins  
Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode: The Polymarket whale is identified BTCUSD predictions for the election Election models versus prediction markets Stripe acquires Bridge for $1.1b Did the Bridge deal make sense for Stripe? Stablecoins as Fintech 3.0 Nigeria frees Tigran Gambaryan Kraken is launching the Ink blockchain Buenos Aires is launching a block

Weekly Roundup 10/18/24 (Hagerty’s Stablecoin Bill, WLF Launches, GOAT Coin) (EP.568)

Oct 18 2024 32 mins  
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Nic’s Dutch misadventures Federal versus State regulation of Stablecoins TD Bank filed $3b for money laundering Are stake rewards property or income? Italy hikes capital gains taxes on Bitcoin Is Polymarket manipulated? Has the first AI bot millionaire been minted? The World Liberty Financial tokensale fl

Weekly Roundup 10/11/24 (HBO Satoshi Unveil, SEC v Cumberland, World Liberty Fi tokensale) (EP.567)

Oct 11 2024 33 mins  
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Are shipping regulations making the oceans hotter? Is Satoshi Peter Todd? Is the identity of Satoshi the best mystery of all time? The SEC comes after Cumberland Crypto.com sues the SEC World Liberty Financial is doing a tokensale Uniswap announces Unichain Is Polymarket manipulated? Ryan Salame appears on

Weekly Roundup 10/04/24 (CZ Free, Visa’s stablecoin, Satoshi unveiled) (EP.566)

Oct 04 2024 35 mins  
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Monad Madness CZ is released from jail Roman Storm’s motion to dismiss is denied Mango settles with the SEC Swift is piloting digital asset transactions Bitwise submits and S-1 for a Ripple ETF Visa announces their Tokenized Assets Platform Franklin moves to Aptos The SEC’s Gurbir Grewal steps down Spons

Stephen Novenstern (Kintsu) on Building on Monad (EP.565)

Oct 03 2024 28 mins  
Stephen Novenstern, the founder of Kintsu joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Stephen’s path to the cryptocurrency industry and the vision for Kintsu, a liquid staking project in the Monad ecosystem. The history of DeFi and the LST category. Why Monad and views on the net new primitives that are enabled by this new layer one blockchain. The future of layer one blockchain

Weekly Roundup 09/26/24 (Chokepoint 2.0 updates, Gensler’s House hearing, Ellison sentenced) (EP.564)

Sep 27 2024 37 mins  
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Gensler denies knowledge of Operation Choke Point 2.0 We recap the Silvergate collapse Why did the MSM ignore the new Silvergate revelations? Trump’s fair banking access rule Looking back at the Signature closure Gensler appears in front of the House Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in prison Option

Weekly Roundup 09/20/24 (Trump at Pubkey, Token 2049 review, RIP Airdrops) (EP.563)

Sep 20 2024 38 mins  
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Nic’s Singapore Zyn problem Nic’s Token 2049 keynote The Iggy Azalea Eric Wall debate Trump make an appearance at Pubkey in NYC World Liberty Financial continues to be insane SEC versus Flyfish club Are airdrops done for? Is JPM really the “largest user of blockchain”? Bhutan has a ton of Bitcoin Li

Alex Leishman (River Financial) on Launching Proof of Reserves (EP. 562)

Sep 19 2024 39 mins  
Alex Leishman, founder and CEO of River, joins us to talk about River's Proof of Reserve initiative. In this episode: River business update Building their own custodian Why Alex decided to do PoR now? River’s PoR mechanics Proof of Reserve versus traditional audit What kind of assurances PoR gives users How does River handle privacy for PoR? Responding to various PoR critiques

Weekly Roundup 09/13/24 (Trump-Harris debate, World Liberty Fi, Stablecoins in EM) (EP.560)

Sep 13 2024 35 mins  
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: We review the Trump-Harris debate Matt’s new wildlife problems Nic’s birthday party Trump doubles down on World Liberty Financial The Castle Island stablecoins whitepaper is out! Our reactions to the emerging markets stablecoin report TZero gets approval to trade tokenized securities Coinbase’s cbBTC N

Weekly Roundup 09/05/24 (WorldLibertyFinancial, Galois settles with the SEC, XRP’s stablecoin) (EP.559)

Sep 06 2024 37 mins  
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: SEC fiscal year ending in September How to get accurate transfer volume figures for stablecoins How much volume do stablecoins really settle? Do SEC rules stop registered venture firms from voting in governance or staking? CFTC settles with Uniswap Robinhood settles with the California DoJ Choke Point 2.0 i