Episode notes
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Will Hantavirus become another global pandemic?
- Kraken buys Reap for $600m
- Bullish buys Equiniti for $4.2b
- Reflections on 10 years of attending Consensus
- Is it acceptable to wear a backpack with a suit
- a16z crypto announces a $2.2b fundraise
- Coinbase is laying off 14% of the firm
- Will AI lead to massive job losses?
- Is VC immune from AI job displacement
- I bipartisan compromise is finally reached on Clarity
- How the AI water use debate is just like Bitcoin
- The AI lobby is learning from Fairshake
- The SEC delays prediction market ETFs