Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWeekly Roundup 01/29/21 (Reflections on the debate, the Robinhood affair, Ray Dalio warms to Bitcoin)
Episode 172
Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
Our view on the Robinhood/Gamestop affair Why 'rebuilding the financial sy…4 years, 11 months ago
Prof. Ladislav Krištoufek (Charles University) on the market effects of stablecoin issuance
Episode 171
Economics professor at Charles University Ladislav Krištoufek joins us for a discussion centered on his new paper, On the Role of Stablecoins in Cry…
4 years, 11 months ago
Weekly Roundup 01/22/21 (Bitcoin's 'double spend', our Tether perspective, Bitcoin as an escape valve)
Episode 170
Nic and Matt cover an insane week of deals and market turmoil. In this episode:
The Biden admin freezes the Treasury guidance on unhosted wallets T…4 years, 11 months ago
Iain Murray (Competitive Enterprise Institute) on the history of Operation Choke Point
Episode 169
Iain Murray, VP of Strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joins the show to discuss the history of Operation Choke Point, a 2011-2015 prog…
4 years, 11 months ago
Weekly Roundup 01/15/21 (Gensler in at SEC, the Spakkt, a new OCC charter)
Episode 168
Nic and Matt return for another explosive week. In this episode:
The bike saga enters its final chapter Sci Hub tries Handshake Is Choke Point retur…4 years, 11 months ago
Matthew Gould (Unstoppable Domains) on the blockchain domain name opportunity
Episode 167
Matthew Gould, co-founder and CEO of Unstoppable Domains joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
Matthew's path into the cryptocurrency industry…5 years ago
Weekly Roundup 01/08/21 (Banks can use blockchains, best FinCEN comment letters)
Episode 166
Nic and Matt return for another week of ATHs. In this episode:
Coindesk acquires Tradeblock The OCC says that banks can use public blockchains and …5 years ago
Travis Schwab (Eventus) on trade surveillance, Bitcoin ETFs and 2021 predictions
Episode 165
Travis Schwab, the founder and CEO of Eventus Systems, a company specializing in trade surveillance, joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
Tra…5 years ago
Weekly Roundup 01/01/21 (XRP delistings, OFAC fines BitGo, 2021 ETF prospects)
Episode 164
Matt and Nic return for the first roundup of 2021. In this episode:
Why some funds might be buying Bitcoin at year end Are Ripple fans buying Bitco…5 years ago
Brian Venturo (CoreWeave) on the journey from mining crypto to the cloud
Episode 163
Brian Venturo is the CTO of CoreWeave, the largest North American GPU miner, which also doubles as a cloud infrastructure firm for general computatio…
5 years ago