Episode Details

Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:

• Mora et al rears its head again
• Chris Larsen and Greenpeace team up to try and eliminate PoW from Bitcoin 
• Who is the protagonist in the Ripple vs SEC lawsuit? 
• Rep. Stephen Lynch introduces the ECASH Act 
• Axie Infinity suffers a $625m hack  
• Is there any debate remaining about the utility of Bitcoin? 
• Circle selects BNY Mellon to custody their own assets 
• Grayscale mulls a lawsuit against the SEC over their continued ETF disapproval
• Can the government create a truly private CBDC?
• Rep. Tom Emmer and Sen. Ted Cruz look to ban CBDC creation 
• Is the SEC obliquely regulating AMM LPs out of existence? 
• When will Bitcoin be sovereign scale? 
• Seed stage bets on aspiring members of congress

Content mentioned:

• Martin Wolf in FT, A New World of Currency Disorder Looms
• Bloomberg, Ukraine's Crypto Banker Describes how the War is Changing His Life
• Bloomberg, Crypto Miners in Texas Face Approval to Energize Hurdle

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