Episode 523
Weekly Roundup 04/26/25 (DEBTBox fallout, DoJ vs Samourai Wallet, IMF on Bitcoin flows) (EP.523)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
April 26, 202431m 1s
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Show Notes
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- CIV's new stablecoin survey
- What happened with Runes?
- Lawsuit against the SEC's dealer rule
- New capital gains tax proposal
- How would taxing unrealized gains work?
- Two SEC lawyers leave in connection with the DEBT Box scandal
- The founders of Samourai wallet are arrested and charged by the DoJ
- Morgan Stanley close to permitting Bitcoin ETF to be solicited by their brokers
- Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs go live
- Block is building Bitcoin mining hardware
- Visa's stablecoin analytics dashboard
- Bitcoin Sign Guy sells his sign
- TikTok ban reactions
- Choke Point 2.0 moves to fintechs
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- Layer-1 Landscape
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