On The Brink with Castle Island

On The Brink with Castle Island

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

692 episodes On The Brink with Castle Island Updated 2026-07-14
692 episodes in On The Brink with Castle Island
2021-02-17

Teddy Fusaro (Bitwise) on the Bitwise DeFi Index Fund (EP.181)

Teddy Fusaro, the President of Bitwise Asset Management joins the show. …
2021-02-17

Rene Van Kesteren (BlockFi) on how BlockFi handles risk (EP.180)

BlockFi Chief Risk Officer Rene Van Kesteren joins the show to explain h…
2021-02-15

Zachary Kelman (Kelman Law) on the lingering effects of Choke Point (EP.…

Repeat guest Zach Kelman joins the show to break down the contemporary e…
2021-02-12

Weekly Roundup 02/12/21 (BNY Mellon supports Bitcoin, the Bitcoin energy…

Nic and Matt return for one of the most explosive weeks in the history o…
2021-02-10

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

Edan Yago, product lead at Sovryn, talks us through the prospects for De…
2021-02-08

Galen Wolfe-Pauly (Tlon) on Urbit and the Architecture of the Internet (…

Galen Wolfe-Pauly, cofounder of Tlon, joins the show to give us an updat…
2021-02-05

Weekly Roundup 02/05/21 (Saylor Day reflections, IBM jettisons 'Blockcha…

Nic and Matt return for another jam packed week. In this episode:  Our …
2021-02-03

Amanda Fabiano (Galaxy Digital) on the North American Mining Ecosystem (…

Amanda Fabiano, the Head of Mining at Galaxy Digital joins the show. In …
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 …
2021-01-29

Weekly Roundup 01/29/21 (Reflections on the debate, the Robinhood affair…

Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:…
2021-01-25

Prof. Ladislav Krištoufek (Charles University) on the market effects of …

Economics professor at Charles University Ladislav Krištoufek joins us …
2021-01-22

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

Nic and Matt cover an insane week of deals and market turmoil. In this e…
2021-01-18

Iain Murray (Competitive Enterprise Institute) on the history of Operati…

Iain Murray, VP of Strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joi…
2021-01-15

Weekly Roundup 01/15/21 (Gensler in at SEC, the Spakkt, a new OCC charte…

Nic and Matt return for another explosive week. In this episode: The bi…
2021-01-11

Matthew Gould (Unstoppable Domains) on the blockchain domain name opport…

Matthew Gould, co-founder and CEO of Unstoppable Domains joins the show.…
2021-01-08

Weekly Roundup 01/08/21 (Banks can use blockchains, best FinCEN comment …

Nic and Matt return for another week of ATHs. In this episode:  Coindes…
2021-01-04

Travis Schwab (Eventus) on trade surveillance, Bitcoin ETFs and 2021 pre…

Travis Schwab, the founder and CEO of Eventus Systems, a company special…
2021-01-01

Weekly Roundup 01/01/21 (XRP delistings, OFAC fines BitGo, 2021 ETF pros…

Matt and Nic return for the first roundup of 2021. In this episode:  Wh…
2020-12-30

Brian Venturo (CoreWeave) on the journey from mining crypto to the cloud…

Brian Venturo is the CTO of CoreWeave, the largest North American GPU mi…
2020-12-28

Craig Warmke (N. Illinois University) on what Bitcoin is, and other phil…

Craig Warmke is an assistant professor of philosophy at Northern Illinoi…
2020-12-25

Weekly Roundup 12/25/20 (FinCEN's proposed rules, the SEC takes aim at R…

Nic and Matt return for a special Christmas episode of OTB. In this epis…
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 jo…
2020-12-18

Weekly Roundup 12/18/20 feat. a pseudonymous fixed income trader (Our MS…

Matt and Nic return to cover a blockbuster week of ATHs. We invite a pse…
2020-12-14

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

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