Episode 143
Weekly Roundup 10/30/20 (Iran stockpiling Bitcoin?, more bank charters, is Paypal a Bitcoin Sidechain?) (EP.143)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
October 30, 202043m 33s
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Show Notes
Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. In this episode:
- Matt's bike is stolen in mysterious circumstances
- Our top takeaways from the Brian Brooks interview with Laura Shin
- The state of financial regulation in the US as it pertains to crypto
- Is the permissioned pseudonymity model of stablecoins sustainable?
- SoFi's application for a new bank charter approved
- Why lowering the barrier to entry for new bank charter approvals is so important
- is there any merit to personal tokens?
- Avanti gets their SPDI charter approved
- Why Avanti's Avit stablecoin is so interesting
- What is the legal enforceability of stablecoin transactions?
- Accounting and tax questions with stablecoins
- Coin Metrics partners with KPMG
- Is the Iranian Central Bank accumulating Bitcoin?
- Why Iran adopting Bitcoin demonstrates its value proposition
- FTX offers equities – is it compliant?
- Is Paypal a Bitcoin Sidechain?
Content mentioned in this episode:
- Brian Brooks appears on Laura Shin's Unchained
- The Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance Bitcoin mining map
- Apolline Blandin on On The Brink