Episode 102
Weekly News Roundup 07/17/20 feat. Alex Treece (Twitter is hacked, social media property rights, fintech meets crypto) (EP.102)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
July 17, 202047m 39s
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Show Notes
Matt and Nic review the stories of the week, featuring special guest Alex Treece, president and cofounder of Zabo. Alex joins the show to discuss his report covering the intersection of fintech and cryptocurrency. Also in this episode:
- We gripe about the SaaSification of the world and the loss of genuine ownership
- Whether the Bitcoin hero's journey requires a private blockchain digression
- The boys argue about the merit of soccer
- We talk Twitter hack scenarios
- Why the Twitter hackers had to use Bitcoin
- Social media handles as property
- Grayscale's blockbuster quarter
- Abra settles with the SEC
- We cover the theory that individual bitcoins don't actually exist