Weekly Roundup 08/19/22 (Treasury Activated Soft Fork, Coinbase vs Vitalik, do BTC miners censor?‪)‬ On The Brink with Castle Island

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 
NYMag writes a long piece on 3AC Is OTB a ‘crypto fanboy podcast’? Are we up against the nation state ‘final boss’? 3AC boat name reveal The Toyota Century rumors are true Revelations about 3ACs FX days Did 3AC actually owe the Mafia money? The 3AC Deribit deal A new 3AC supporter dials in to the show Machinsky was trading Celsius customer deposits The Galaxy BitGo acquisition falls through Dragonchain settles with the SEC Hodlnaut files for creditor protection Genesis reorganization Tornado cash developer arrested in Amsterdam Are Bitcoin miners filtering transactions for OFAC? Will Coinbase censor Ethereum at the protocol level? Vitalik suggests slashing Ethereum if they comply with OFAC at the protocol level Would Coinbase ever abandon their staking business? The effect of MEV on the centralization of PoS vs PoW End of the merge rally? Content mentioned in this episode: 
NYMag, Inside the Crash of Three Arrows Capital Sponsor notes:
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