Episode 618
Weekly Roundup 05/02/25 (OP_RETURN wars, Mastercard and Visa push stables, quantum revisited) (EP.618)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
May 2, 202533m 46s
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Show Notes
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Will stablecoins disrupt credit cards?
- The US Treasury Advisory Committee drops a report on stablecoins
- Mastercard and Visa launch stablecoin integrations
- Movement labs has more scandals
- Are quantum timelines accelerating?
- The real risk of quantum to Bitcoin
- Could a quantum break fix Bitcoin's security budget?
- Are any Bitcoin purists left?
- Circle turns down Ripple's acquisition offer
- Machinsky is facing a 20-year sentence
- Arizona passes an SBR bill
- Cambridge releases a new report on bitcoin mining
- Bitcoiners are fighting about OP_RETURN again
- What is Bittensor
Content mentioned:
- US Treasury, Report on Digital Money
- Coindesk, Inside Movement's Token-Dump Scandal: Secret Contracts, Shadow Advisers and Hidden Middlemen
- Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Digital Mining Industry Report: Global Operations, Sentiment, and Energy Use