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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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2020-10-09

Weekly Roundup 10/09/20 feat. Zachary Kelman (Square buys Bitcoin, effect of fees on DeFi, FinCEN fi…

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. Repeat guest Zachary Kelman joins the show to give hi…
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2020-10-07

Mitchell Nicholson (DACS Conduit) on leaving central banking for Bitcoin (EP.135)

Mitchell Nicholson is the founder of DACS Conduit and formerly an economist at the Bank of Canada. M…
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2020-10-05

Mason Borda (Tokensoft) on the convergence of tokens and capital markets (EP.134)

Mason Borda, CEO and cofounder of Tokensoft, joins the show. In this episode:  Tokensoft's ERC-1404…
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2020-10-02

Weekly Roundup 10/02/20 feat. Michael Moro (BitMEX goes down, Genesis launches custody, the SEC scor…

Nic and Matt cover a tumultuous week in the crypto markets. In this episode:  We investigate the Do…
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2020-09-30

Trent and Brock Elmore on Building Yam Finance (EP.132)

Trent and Brock Elmore, two of the five creators of Yam Finance, a decentralized finance protocol, j…
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2020-09-28

Chase Lochmiller (Crusoe Energy Systems) on turning stranded energy into Bitcoin (EP.131)

Chase Lochmiller, cofounder and CEO of Crusoe Energy Systems joins the show. In this episode we disc…
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2020-09-25

Weekly News Roundup 09/25/20 (Bank custody for stablecoins, two new congressional bills, "stablecoin…

Matt and Nic return for deals and the news of the week. In this episode:  The OCC clarifies that ba…
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2020-09-25

Weekly News Roundup 09/25/20 (Bank custody for stablecoins, two new congressional bills, "stable…

Matt and Nic return for deals and the news of the week. In this episode:  The OCC clarifies that ba…
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2020-09-23

Jeff Dorman (Arca) on asserting tokenholder rights (EP.129)

Jeff Dorman is the CIO at Arca, which is currently engaged in a fascinating standoff with Gnosis, a…
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2020-09-21

Tom Lombardi (3iQ) on the Crypto-Asset-Management Opportunity (EP.128)

Tom Lombardi, Managing Director at 3iQ Corp, joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Tom’s path…
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2020-09-18

Weekly News Roundup 09/18/20 (Why Wyoming's SPDI is so exciting, a shift in tone from the SEC, Micro…

Matt and Nic return to cover news of the week. In this episode:  Our review of NFL week 1 Whether o…
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2020-09-18

Weekly News Roundup 09/18/20 (Why Wyoming's SPDI is so exciting, a shift in tone from the SEC, M…

Matt and Nic return to cover news of the week. In this episode:  Our review of NFL week 1 Whether o…
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2020-09-16

David Kinitsky and Marco Santori (Kraken) on obtaining the first Wyoming SPDI (EP.126)

Today, Kraken Financial, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kraken, became the first financial institution…
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2020-09-14

Gabriel Shapiro (BSV Law) on compatibility between blockchains and the law (EP.125)

Gabriel Shapiro, partner at BSV Law (no relationship to the coin), joins the show to chat securities…
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2020-09-11

Weekly News Roundup 09/11/20 (Crypto penetration by country, DeFi moats and valuations, how DeFi rem…

Matt and Nic return for deals and news of the week. In this episode:  the NFL is BACK Matt's predic…
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2020-09-09

Ruben Galindo (Airtm) on distributing USD to Venezuelan healthcare workers (EP.123)

Ruben Galindo, cofounder and CEO of Airtm, joins the show. Recently, Airtm has been in the news as i…
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2020-09-07

Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital) on developer communities, raising institutional c…

Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer, founding partners of Electric Capital, join the show. In this episo…
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2020-09-04

Weekly News Roundup 09/04/20 (Armageddon II, Activist token investors, emergent effects of high fe…

Nic and Matt return with deals and news of the weak. In this episode:  Nic and Matt happen to buy t…
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2020-09-02

Kyle Davies (Three Arrows Capital) on finding value in DeFi (EP.120)

Kyle Davies, co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Kyle’s…
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2020-08-31

Aditya Palepu and FrĂ©dĂ©ric Fortier (DerivaDEX) on aspiring to a fully decentralized exchange (EP.119…

Aditya Palepu and FrĂ©dĂ©ric Fortier, the cofounders of DerivaDEX, join the show to talk about DEXes a…
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2020-08-28

Weekly News Roundup 08/28/20 (Fidelity's Bitcoin fund, is whisky a SoV, do security tokens make sens…

Nic and Matt cover news and deals of the week. In this episode:  FTX acquires Blockfolio for $150m …
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2020-08-28

Weekly News Roundup 08/28/20 (Fidelity's Bitcoin fund, is whisky a SoV, do security tokens make …

Nic and Matt cover news and deals of the week. In this episode:  FTX acquires Blockfolio for $150m …
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2020-08-26

Zachary Kelman (Kelman Law) on the FATF, Bitcoin, and the International Order (EP.117)

Zachary Kelman, managing partner at Kelman Law PLLC, joins the show to shed light on the FATF – it's…
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2020-08-24

Dick Bove (Odeon Capital) on the banking sector and the future of dollar dominance (EP.116)

Dick Bove, senior research analyst at Odeon Capital Group joins the show. In this episode we discuss…