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Castle Island Ventures
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Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore news and deals in the public blockchain space and talk to some of the leading experts in the industry. Learn more and stay up to date at CastleIsland.vc and follow on twitter @CastleIslandVC

  1. 2天前

    Weekly Roundup 09/05/25 (Stripe’s Tempo, NASDAQ tightens rules on DATs, WLF vs Sun)

    Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  We review the US Open The Clippers scandal Fantasy football and the efficient market hypothesis Tax treatment of sports betting on Poly versus sports betting apps Are prediction markets more efficient than bookies? Galaxy launches a tokenized version of their stock NASDAQ is adding supervision rules for DATs Is it over for the DATs? World Liberty Fi launches and gets into a fight with Justin Sun Gemini files to go public Stripe releases details around their Tempo L1 Some academics have an explanation for why MSTR might trade at a persistent premium  Content mentioned in this episode: Nic on Substack, Situating Stablecoins in the Payments Landscape Valuing Microstrategy

    34 分钟

  2. 4天前

    Daniel Lev (Coinflow) on Stablecoin Payments (EP.662)

    Wyatt sits down with Daniel Lev, the founder of Coinflow, to discuss the evolution of payments amidst a wave of stablecoin-enabled innovation. In this episode: Lurking legacy issues of payment networks How our current payment networks benefit end users but not merchants Types of merchant profiles and who stands to benefit Creating faster settlement Marketplace models and better rails How blockchain can reduce fraud and help businesses know their customers

    34 分钟

  3. 8月29日

    Weekly Roundup 08/29/25 (Stablecoins in CDMX, DAT issues, GDP on the blockchain)

    Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Nic reviews the stablecoin conference in Mexico City Will the banks obsolete stablecoins? Some DATs are having trouble The government is putting GDP on the blockchain The CFTC opens the door to US customers trading on non-US exchanges Trump fires Lisa Cook Can the Fed be considered “independent” Google is developing a blockchain A BNB DAT gets delisted Tether is building on Bitcoin via RGB How does insider trading work in prediction markets?

    33 分钟

  4. 8月25日

    Sandy Kaul (Franklin Templeton) on Onchain Asset Management

    Wyatt sits down with Sandy Kaul, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton, to cover Sandy's work with the CFTC and DTCC and creating sandboxes for onchain financial markets. In this episode: How wallets stand to become the hub of asset management Lasting policy for crypto Protecting consumers in an open financial system

    30 分钟

  5. 8月22日

    Weekly Roundup 08/22/25 (SALT Jackson Hole, Wyoming Stable Token, Fed drama)

    Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Wyoming releases a stabletoken “FRNT” Matt’s bear encounter Bowman and Waller’s speeches at Jackson Hole Eric Trump’s Bitcoin prediction Is there an example of a DAT that makes sense? Should DATs trade at a persistent premium? Figure is going public Bullish goes public Is Saylor cornered? Quintenz’ nomination The DoJ decriminalizes writing open source code Is Polymarket cooked? Does a trial by a jury of your peers make sense? Content mentioned: Reducible Errors, Predicting our own demise

    39 分钟

  6. 8月21日

    Cupid & Hercules (Groom Lake) on Preventing and Responding to Cybercrime

    Wyatt sits down with the founders of Groom Lake. In this episode:  How social engineering attacks are being used to exploit companies in crypto and beyond How companies can better protect themselves and be vigilant of these exploit attempts The future of cybersecurity software for crypto

    27 分钟

  7. 8月18日

    Luke Xie (SatLayer) on The Next Generation of Bitcoin Yield

    Wyatt sits down with Luke Xie, cofounder of SatLayer for a conversation about Bitcoin yield. In this episode:  What makes financial markets for BTC unique How BTC DeFi will evolve, in the backdrop of the broader macro environment DeFi vs CeFi financial systems for BTC

    30 分钟

  8. 8月15日

    Weekly Roundup 08/15/25 (DAT fine print, stablecoin L1s, banks vs stables)

    Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: We review the DAT fine print Why being in power is sometimes the hardest part Stripe and Circle announce their own L1s We make the case for stablecoin L1s  The irony in Stripe's L1 What about a DAT of DATs?  Bullish goes public Breakfast cereals Do Kwon pleads guilty BPI sends a letter to Congress complaining about stablecoin interest Can you prohibit stablecoin yield?  Bo Hines steps down Bessent says the USG will not be buying Bitcoin Is monero being 51% attacked?  Content mentioned: BitMEX Research, Treasury Company Advisory Agreements Julie Hill, Governmental Debanking

    39 分钟
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Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore news and deals in the public blockchain space and talk to some of the leading experts in the industry. Learn more and stay up to date at CastleIsland.vc and follow on twitter @CastleIslandVC

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