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
2020-10-02

Weekly Roundup 10/02/20 feat. Michael Moro (BitMEX goes down, Genesis la…

Nic and Matt cover a tumultuous week in the crypto markets. In this epis…
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 decen…
2020-09-28

Chase Lochmiller (Crusoe Energy Systems) on turning stranded energy into…

Chase Lochmiller, cofounder and CEO of Crusoe Energy Systems joins the s…
2020-09-25

Weekly News Roundup 09/25/20 (Bank custody for stablecoins, two new cong…

Matt and Nic return for deals and the news of the week. In this episode:…
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 fascinat…
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 epi…
2020-09-18

Weekly News Roundup 09/18/20 (Why Wyoming's SPDI is so exciting, a shift…

Matt and Nic return to cover news of the week. In this episode:  Our re…
2020-09-16

David Kinitsky and Marco Santori (Kraken) on obtaining the first Wyoming…

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

Gabriel Shapiro (BSV Law) on compatibility between blockchains and the l…

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

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

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

Ruben Galindo (Airtm) on distributing USD to Venezuelan healthcare worke…

Ruben Galindo, cofounder and CEO of Airtm, joins the show. Recently, Air…
2020-09-07

Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital) on developer communit…

Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer, founding partners of Electric Capital, …
2020-09-04

Weekly News Roundup 09/04/20 (Armageddon II, Activist token investors, …

Nic and Matt return with deals and news of the weak. In this episode:  …
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…
2020-08-31

Aditya Palepu and Frédéric Fortier (DerivaDEX) on aspiring to a fully de…

Aditya Palepu and Frédéric Fortier, the cofounders of DerivaDEX, join th…
2020-08-28

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

Nic and Matt cover news and deals of the week. In this episode:  FTX ac…
2020-08-26

Zachary Kelman (Kelman Law) on the FATF, Bitcoin, and the International …

Zachary Kelman, managing partner at Kelman Law PLLC, joins the show to s…
2020-08-24

Dick Bove (Odeon Capital) on the banking sector and the future of dollar…

Dick Bove, senior research analyst at Odeon Capital Group joins the show…
2020-08-21

Weekly News Roundup 08/21/20 (Another Bitcoiner in the Senate, Kraken pu…

Nic and Matt cover deals and the news of the week. In this episode:  Ha…
2020-08-20

Zac Prince on growing BlockFi through a pandemic (EP. 114)

Zac Prince, CEO and Founder of crypto lender BlockFi, joins the show onc…
2020-08-17

Kyle Powers (LibertyPay) on building remittances on Bitcoin (EP.113)

Kyle Powers is the cofounder and CEO of LibertyPay, a Boston business th…
2020-08-14

Weekly News Roundup feat. Lucas Nuzzi 08/14/20 (Asteroid gold mining, Mi…

Coin Metrics network data product lead Lucas Nuzzi joins the show to hel…
2020-08-10

James Lovejoy on detecting and mitigating double-spends (EP.111)

James Lovejoy, recent MEng MIT grad and former graduate researcher at th…
2020-08-07

Weekly News Roundup 08/07/20 (Microstrategy's Bitcoin position, Square's…

Nic and Matt cover deals and the news of the week. In this episode: Are…