Episode 107
Weekly News Roundup 07/31/20 Feat. John Collins of FS Vector (The OCC letter, Plustoken apprehended, Bitcoin's patronage system) (EP.107)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
July 31, 202057m 52s
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Show Notes
Matt and Nic review the stories of the week, featuring John Collins, partner and cofounder of FS Vector, to cover the OCC letter and its implications. Covered in this episode:
- Our Plustoken conspiracy
- Nic's bird situation
- USDC raises $25m from DCG
- Avanti's dollar-coin Avit
- Why Pats players keep declaring their intention to sit out the season
- Bitcoin Suisse raises $48.6m
- Polkadot raises $43m
- What tokensales and desert real estate have in common
- FTX is building a DEX on Solana
- Paradigm sponsors a Bitcoin developer
- Why Bitcoin's patronage system is a competitive advantage relative to other blockchains
- Our predictions on whether this rally will last
- The circular logic inherent in valuations of certain DeFi tokens
- Why distinguishing pseudo equity from cryptocurrency is so important