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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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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-10-13

Weekly Roundup 10/13/23 (FTX trial continues, ditching 'stablecoin', TARP 2.0) (EP.460)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Holland versus the Neth…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-10-09

Guy Young (Ethena) on a New Model for a Crypto-Backed Stablecoin (EP.459)

Guy Young, the founder and CEO of Ethena, joins the show to talk crypto-backed stablecoins.  How Et…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-10-06

Weekly Roundup 10/06/23 (Reviewing Going Infinite, SBF’s tungsten obsession, the Bitcoin lab leak) (…

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  OTB gets some critical …
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-10-03

Matt Hougan on Bitwise's launch of Ethereum Futures ETFs (EP.457)

Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise Asset Management joins the show. In this episod…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-10-02

David Phelps (Jokerace) on Incentivizing Participation and Co-creation (EP.456)

David Phelps is the co-founder and CEO of jokerace and a prolific writer. He joins the podcast to di…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-09-29

Weekly Roundup 09/29/23 (Gensler HFSC hearing, Vespa problems, SBF trial starts) (EP.455)

Matt and Nic return for deals and news. In this episode:  Is AI going to cause unemployment for IB …
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-09-22

Weekly Roundup 09/22/23 (SBF family in focus, Tether is lending again, BTC security budget) (EP.454)

Matt and Nic return for news and deals. In this episode:  We recap the conferences  Nic's Columbia …
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-09-21

Henri Stern (Privy) on Wallet Experiences for Mainstream Users (EP.453)

Henri Stern, CEO and co-founder of Privy, joins us to discuss: The contradictory functions that wa…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-09-15

Weekly Roundup 09/15/23 (Token 2049 reviewed, Stables are the killer app) (EP.452)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode.  We review Singapore and…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-09-14

Peter Johnson (BH Digital) on the Relentless rise of Stablecoins (EP.451)

Peter Johnson, co-head of Venture at Brevan Howard Digital, returns to the show to talk about his la…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-09-11

Martin Carrica (Mountain Protocol) on creating an interest-bearing stablecoin (EP. 450)

Martin Carrica, cofounder of Mountain Protocol, joins us to discuss their launch of their USDM, perm…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-09-08

Weekly Roundup 09/08/23 (The Bitcoin security budget, Visa onboards stables, 2 years of El Salvador …

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Ryan Salame pleads gui…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-09-05

Lee Bratcher (Texas Blockchain Council) on PoR legislation in TX (EP.448)

We sit down with Lee Bratcher, President and Founder of the Texas Blockchain Council. Lee is one of…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-09-01

Weekly Roundup 09/01/23 (SEC loses vs Grayscale, Impact Theory implications) (EP.447)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Tether is actually the …
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-08-25

Weekly Roundup 08/25/23 (Coinbase v Circle, Tornado Cash indictment, chat app tokens) (EP.446)

Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode:  The Bitcoin halving is coming up W…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-08-21

Darshan Vaidya (Credora) on Risk Management and Credit Markets (EP.445)

Darshan Vaidya, the founder of Credora joins the show. In this episode we discuss: The crypto credi…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-08-18

Weekly Roundup 08/18/23 (Stablecoins offshoring, Better Markets oddity, more Prometheum) (EP.444)

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Geographic distribution f…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-08-11

Weekly Roundup 08/11/23 (PayPal's stablecoin, the Fed's oversight program, Ryan Salame emerg…

Matt and Nic are back with more news and deals. In this episode:  Matt's op-ed in Coindesk SAB121 i…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-08-04

Weekly Roundup 08/04/23 (SEC vs HEX, Base and BALD, Curve hacked) (EP.442)

Matt and Nic are back for more deals and news. In this episode:  Nic's early Do Kwon experience Ref…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-07-28

Weekly Roundup 07/28/23 (Market Structure bill advances, stablecoin catch-22, debanking in the UK) (…

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Nic's issues editing t…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-07-26

Richard Meissner (Safe) on Account Abstraction Adoption and Barriers (EP.440)

In this episode, we hosted Richard Meissner, CTO of Safe, to illuminate the state of adoption of sma…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-07-21

Weekly Roundup 07/21/23 (Nasdaq reconsiders custody, the Torres doctrine) (EP.439)

Matt and Nic are back with more deals and news. In this episode:  Was XRP discovered or created? Th…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-07-14

Weekly Roundup 07/14/23 (Ripple gets a W, Machinsky arrested, PoR in federal legislation) (EP.438)

Matt and Nic are back with a huge week in the markets. In this episode:  Ripple gets a key win in t…
 
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On The Brink with Castle Island
2023-07-10

Amir Haleem (Nova Labs) on Helium, DEPIN, and DeWi (EP.437)

Amir Haleem, the founder of Nova Labs (formerly named Helium, Inc) joins the show. In this episode w…