Episode 681
Weekly Roundup 10/31/25 (DATs selling coins, prediction market problems, Bessent's pesos) (EP.681)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
October 31, 202537m 50s
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Show Notes
Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode:
- Mastercard buys Zerohash for around $2b
- Fiserv has a catastrophic day
- Bitwise launches a Solana staking ETF
- Is there another regional banking crisis?
- EthZilla sold some ETH to buy back shares
- Will there be activists with the DATs?
- Are prediction markets structurally doomed?
- Sen Tillis introduces the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking act
- Could you go back and time and trade effectively?
- Bessent's great peso trade
- What's going to happen with Venezuela?
- We review the Iran-Contra scandal
Content mentioned in this episode:
- Sen Tillis, Fair Access to Banking press release