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
2020-12-11

Weekly Roundup 12/11/20 (What's Treasury up to?, MSTR's bond offering, w…

Nic and Matt return to cover an avalanche of news and deals. In this epi…
2020-12-09

Muneeb Ali (Blockstack) on Bitcoin-based Smart Contracts (EP.156)

Muneeb Ali, cofounder of Blockstack, joins the show to talk about the la…
2020-12-07

Mustafa Yilham (Bixin) on the industrial Bitcoin miner perspective (EP.1…

Mustafa Yilham, VP of global business development at Bixin, joins the sh…
2020-12-04

Weekly Roundup 12/04/20 (The Dastardly STABLE Act, USDC partners with Vi…

In this week's episode, Nic and Matt torch the STABLE Act cosponsored by…
2020-12-02

Mathias Imbach (Sygnum Bank) on the importance of crypto banking (EP.153…

Mathias Imbach, cofounder and CEO of Sygnum Singapore, joins the show. I…
2020-11-30

Pelle Brændgaard (Notabene) on how crypto service providers are dealing …

Pelle Brændgaard, the cofounder and CEO of Notabene, an enterprise softw…
2020-11-27

Weekly Roundup 11/27/20 (What we are thankful for, USDC in Venezuela, is…

Nic and Matt return with a special Thanksgiving issue of OTB. In this ep…
2020-11-24

John Newbery (Brink) on funding Bitcoin development (EP.150)

John Newbery, Bitcoin Core developer and founder of Bitcoin Optech, anno…
2020-11-20

Weekly Roundup 11/20/20 (Claytons leave the SEC, the not so quiet Quiet …

Nic and Matt return for deals and news of the week. In this episode: Ni…
2020-11-16

Parker Lewis (Unchained Capital) on unlocking Bitcoin's potential with m…

Parker Lewis, head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, and aut…
2020-11-13

Weekly Roundup 11/13/20 (Cred insolvency, Zelleification in Venezuela, C…

Nic and Matt return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  C…
2020-11-09

Alan Lane (Silvergate) on banking the cryptoasset industry (EP.146)

Alan Lane, the CEO of Silvergate Financial joins the show. In this episo…
2020-11-06

Weekly Roundup 11/06/20 (Blockchain voting, a $1B Bitcoin forfeiture, el…

Matt and Nic cover deals and the news of the week. In this episode: The…
2020-11-02

Josh Cincinnati on the challenge of blockchain governance (EP.144)

Josh Cincinnati, former Executive Director of the Zcash Foundation, join…
2020-10-30

Weekly Roundup 10/30/20 (Iran stockpiling Bitcoin?, more bank charters, …

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. In this episode:  Matt's…
2020-10-28

Yoann Turpin (Wintermute) on launching a cryptoasset market making firm …

Yoann Turpin, cofounder of Wintermute Trading joins the show. In this ep…
2020-10-26

Joel Revill (Two Ocean Trust) on building a Qualified Custodian in Wyomi…

Joel Revill is the cofounder and CEO of Two Ocean Trust, a Wyoming Chart…
2020-10-23

Weekly Roundup 10/23/20 (PayPal jumps in, the banks push back at the SPD…

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. In this episode:  PTJ's …
2020-10-19

Bruce Fenton (Chainstone Labs) on the paradox of governance tokens (EP.1…

Bruce Fenton, founder of the Satoshi Roundtable and Chainstone Labs, joi…
2020-10-16

Weekly Roundup 10/16/20 (Does China control Bitcoin?, Filecoin launches,…

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. In this episode:  NYDIG …
2020-10-12

Kyle Samani (Multicoin Capital) on breakout applications for Web3 (EP.13…

Kyle Samani, cofounder and managing partner at Multicoin, joins the show…
2020-10-09

Weekly Roundup 10/09/20 feat. Zachary Kelman (Square buys Bitcoin, effec…

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. Repeat guest Zachary Kelm…
2020-10-07

Mitchell Nicholson (DACS Conduit) on leaving central banking for Bitcoin…

Mitchell Nicholson is the founder of DACS Conduit and formerly an econom…
2020-10-05

Mason Borda (Tokensoft) on the convergence of tokens and capital markets…

Mason Borda, CEO and cofounder of Tokensoft, joins the show. In this epi…