Episode 698
Weekly Roundup 01/30/26 (Fidelity's FIDD, Gold rally, Worldcoin and AI bots, digital alibis) (EP. 698)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
January 30, 202638m 34s
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Show Notes
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Matt is heated about the Belichick HoF vote
- Fidelity launches a stablecoin FIDD on Ethereum
- Market structure passes Senate Ag Cmte
- The White House crypto council is being revived to find a compromise on stablecoin yield
- Fairshake has another war chest for the midterms
- Do stablecoins cause bank deposit contraction?
- Tether has 140 tons of gold now
- Why is Bitcoin not participating in the "debasement" trade?
- Is gold at risk from alchemy?
- People are still worried about quantum
- Will Worldcoin save us from AI bots?
- What's the solution to the AI slop apocalypse?
- Digital alibis with blockchains
Content mentioned in this episode:
- Niall Ferguson and Manny Rincon-Cruz, Stablecoins Are the Future but Banks will Survive
- McKinsey and Artemis, Stablecoins in payments: What the raw transaction numbers miss