Episode 277
Weekly Roundup 01/14/22 (Crypto-dollarization in Turkey, Dorsey's Bitcoin Legal Defense fund, Banning CBDCs) (EP.277)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
January 14, 202239m 5s
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Show Notes
Matt and Nic return for more deals and news of the week. In this episode:
- Matt loses the podcast audio
- New Turkey drama
- Rep Emmer introduces a bill banning a retail focused CBDC
- Nic releases a song with Gramatik
- The story behind the Scribbler song
- We investigate Fan Controlled Football
- Paypal looks to build a stablecoin
- Several banks issue the USDF stablecoin
- Crypto-dollarization in Turkey
- Why dollarization fails
- Jack Dorsey starts a Bitcoin developer legal defense fund
- Justin Sun is a Grenadan diplomat
Content mentioned
- Nic's song with Gramatik, Just a Scribbler
- WSJ, Turks Pile Into Bitcoin and Tether to Escape Plunging Lira
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