Episode 339
Weekly Roundup 08/12/22 (Tornado Cash OFAC'd, Dai reconsiders USDC, Merge scheduled) (EP.339)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
August 12, 202245m 12s
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Show Notes
Matt and Nic return for another week of deals and news. In this episode:
- Underwhelming Taproot adoption
- Tornado Cash gets sanctioned by OFAC
- Is Tornado a better mixer than coinjoin
- Why the Tornado Cash sanctioning is the first of its kind
- How much of the liquidity in Tornado Cash was illicit?
- Are we at a turning point in financial privacy?
- Why was Tornado Cash specifically targeted and not other mixers
- Account-based versus UTXO systems and their effect on your ability to segregate funds
- Can you really sanction a blockchain or smart contract?
- The crypto wars of the 90s continue
- Is Ethereum the biggest crypto platform for privacy today?
- Is Dai at risk from USDC?
- The Merge finally gets a launch date
- BlackRock launches a Bitcoin spot trust
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