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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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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-02-10

Edan Yago (Sovryn) on Bitcoin-Native DeFi (EP.177)

Edan Yago, product lead at Sovryn, talks us through the prospects for DeFi on Bitcoin. In this episo…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-02-08

Galen Wolfe-Pauly (Tlon) on Urbit and the Architecture of the Internet (EP.176)

Galen Wolfe-Pauly, cofounder of Tlon, joins the show to give us an update on Urbit in light of the p…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-02-05

Weekly Roundup 02/05/21 (Saylor Day reflections, IBM jettisons 'Blockchain', India Bitcoin ban) (EP.…

Nic and Matt return for another jam packed week. In this episode:  Our reflections on Saylor day Is…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-02-05

Weekly Roundup 02/05/21 (Saylor Day reflections, IBM jettisons 'Blockchain', India Bitcoin b…

Nic and Matt return for another jam packed week. In this episode:  Our reflections on Saylor day Is…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-02-03

Amanda Fabiano (Galaxy Digital) on the North American Mining Ecosystem (EP.174)

Amanda Fabiano, the Head of Mining at Galaxy Digital joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Am…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-02-01

Boaz Sobrado on Bitcoin adoption trends in Cuba (EP.173)

Boaz Sobrado, data analyst and the founder of whynotcuba.com  joins the show to talk about trends in…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-29

Weekly Roundup 01/29/21 (Reflections on the debate, the Robinhood affair, Ray Dalio warms to Bitcoin…

Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Our view on the Robinhood…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-25

Prof. Ladislav Krištoufek (Charles University) on the market effects of stablecoin issuance (EP.171)

Economics professor at Charles University Ladislav Krištoufek joins us for a discussion centered on…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-22

Weekly Roundup 01/22/21 (Bitcoin's 'double spend', our Tether perspective, Bitcoin as an escape valv…

Nic and Matt cover an insane week of deals and market turmoil. In this episode:  The Biden admin fr…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-22

Weekly Roundup 01/22/21 (Bitcoin's 'double spend', our Tether perspective, Bitcoin as an…

Nic and Matt cover an insane week of deals and market turmoil. In this episode:  The Biden admin fr…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-18

Iain Murray (Competitive Enterprise Institute) on the history of Operation Choke Point (EP.169)

Iain Murray, VP of Strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joins the show to discuss the h…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-15

Weekly Roundup 01/15/21 (Gensler in at SEC, the Spakkt, a new OCC charter) (EP.168)

Nic and Matt return for another explosive week. In this episode: The bike saga enters its final cha…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-11

Matthew Gould (Unstoppable Domains) on the blockchain domain name opportunity (EP.167)

Matthew Gould, co-founder and CEO of Unstoppable Domains joins the show. In this episode we discuss:…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-08

Weekly Roundup 01/08/21 (Banks can use blockchains, best FinCEN comment letters) (EP.166)

Nic and Matt return for another week of ATHs. In this episode:  Coindesk acquires Tradeblock The OC…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-04

Travis Schwab (Eventus) on trade surveillance, Bitcoin ETFs and 2021 predictions (EP.165)

Travis Schwab, the founder and CEO of Eventus Systems, a company specializing in trade surveillance,…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-01-01

Weekly Roundup 01/01/21 (XRP delistings, OFAC fines BitGo, 2021 ETF prospects) (EP.164)

Matt and Nic return for the first roundup of 2021. In this episode:  Why some funds might be buying…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-30

Brian Venturo (CoreWeave) on the journey from mining crypto to the cloud (EP.163)

Brian Venturo is the CTO of CoreWeave, the largest North American GPU miner, which also doubles as a…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-28

Craig Warmke (N. Illinois University) on what Bitcoin is, and other philosophical questions (EP.162)

Craig Warmke is an assistant professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University. He has written…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-25

Weekly Roundup 12/25/20 (FinCEN's proposed rules, the SEC takes aim at Ripple, predictions for 2021)…

Nic and Matt return for a special Christmas episode of OTB. In this episode:  Jay Clayton steps dow…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-25

Weekly Roundup 12/25/20 (FinCEN's proposed rules, the SEC takes aim at Ripple, predictions for 2…

Nic and Matt return for a special Christmas episode of OTB. In this episode:  Jay Clayton steps dow…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-21

Matt Hougan (Bitwise) on the prospects for a Bitcoin ETF in 2021 (EP.160)

Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset management joins the show. In this episod…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-18

Weekly Roundup 12/18/20 feat. a pseudonymous fixed income trader (Our MSTR mea culpa, are CME futs c…

Matt and Nic return to cover a blockbuster week of ATHs. We invite a pseudonymous bond trader to giv…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-18

Weekly Roundup 12/18/20 feat. a pseudonymous fixed income trader (Our MSTR mea culpa, are CME futs c…

Matt and Nic return to cover a blockbuster week of ATHs. We invite a pseudonymous bond trader to giv…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2020-12-14

Amber Scott (Outlier Canada) on crypto-bank relationships in Canada (EP.158)

Compliance expert Amber Scott joins the show to explain why crypto-firms are systematically excluded…