On The Brink with Castle Island

Sunayna Tuteja, the Head of Digital Assets and DLT at TD Ameritrade, appears on the show. On this episode we discuss: - What guides TD’s decision making in this asset class - How they think about blockchain/DLT versus Bitcoin - Crypto ideology versus crypto agnosticism - Her career trajectory to date - Lessons from being a pilot

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - Deals of the week - Enigma settles with the SEC - Fcoin lost user funds - Tim Draper bought 2.5% of Aragon - DeFi infrastructure - Neel Kashkari's thoughts on crypto and much more news of the week

Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur. He was formerly the CTO of Coinbase, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and the co-founder of Earn.com, Counsyl, Teleport and Coin Center. In this episode we discuss:   - the 100x' crypto has delivered over traditional finance - how Balaji’s views of what Bitcoin is good for have changed over time - the 'sovereign collective' versus the sovereign individual - whether Twitter is a functioning digital commonwealth and the prospects for Bluesky - why handles on social media might more closely resemble property than a platform - what Balaji is trying to achieve with nakamoto.com

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - BlockFi raise - Other deals - JPM spinout? - USDC and much more news of the week

Jake Chervinsky the General Counsel of Compound joins the podcast. In this episode we discuss:  - The history of securities markets in the US - The Howey test in plain language - Whether commodities can transmute to securities, and vice versa - Why markets function best with regulation - The purpose of open finance - Being a bitcoiner at an ethereum-focused company 

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - Deals of the week - U.S. Marshalls auction - ICE eyes Ebay - Crypto safe harbor? and much more news of the week

Alex Leishman, the cofounder and CEO of River Financial joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Why Alex started River Financial - Why they are Bitcoin only - Why other exchanges were so quick to list tokens - The role of banks in Bitcoin - Practical issues with implementing Proof of Reserves To learn more about River Financial visit: www.river.com  

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - Nic's Presidential Endorsement - Proof of Stake Tax Policy - Popper's NYT Article - Ripple IPO? - Super Bowl Picks and much more news of the week

Mike Moro, the CEO of Genesis Capital/Genesis Trading joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Mike's pre-Bitcoin career and his path to Second Market and then Genesis - POV on Bitcoin ETF viability  - The state of play for cryptoasset market infrastructure - Cryptoasset lending  ...and much more

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - new SPAC for Blockchain Co's - DigixDAO treasury liquidation - Bitcoin Investment Trust is now an SEC reporting company - Bcash dev funding proposal and much more news of the week

Hunter Merghart, the Head of USA Operations for Bitstamp joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Bitstamp's history and USA roadmap - Hunter's career path in trading and how he came to enter the cryptoasset market - Market infrastructure: where we are as an industry, and what needs to be built in order to support institutional adoption ...and much more

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - SEC Actions - Bitwise RIA report - Canada's Guidance on Exchanges - GBTC Q4 Report - Digital Dollar Think Tank and much more news of the week

Ryan Selkis, co-founder and CEO of Messari joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Ryan's Bitcoin origin story, including his early days blogging under the Two-Bit-Idiot handle - His experience at DCG / CoinDesk - Messari's mission to bring transparency to investors and participants in the public blockchain ecosystem - His 2020 Crypto Theses including M&A predictions Learn more about Messari at: https://messari.io/

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - AMA predictions fallout - Deribit moves to Panama - Telegram blog post and much more news of the week

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures answer listener questions on a range of topics

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - Hedera Hashgraph Tokeneconomics Proposal - Iota goes down for 15 hours  - Nic's Alternative Launch Blog Post - Crypto Banks and more

Dave Balter, co-founder and CEO of Flipside Crypto joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Dave's entrepreneurial journey to starting Flipside Crypto, his seventh company - His perspective on the public blockchains that are attracting meaningful users - His stance that many of these so-called protocols are actually companies And much more.  Learn more about Flipside Crypto at: https://flipsidecrypto.com/

Joe Lallouz, co-founder and CEO of Bison Trails joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Joe's career trajectory and the path that led him and his co-founder Aaron to launch Bison Trails - Joe and Aaron's initial mining project in the Pacific Northwest - How Joe thinks about the landscape for infrastructure services in the public blockchain industry - The Libra Association (Bison Trails is a founding member) - Raising capital in the blockchain industry in 2019 Learn more about Bison Trails at: https://bisontrails.co/  

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - ErisX's futures launch - PlusToken - Efficient Markets at the halvening? - Deals of the week and more

Terrence Dempsey, the Head of Product at Fidelity Digital Assets joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Terrence's career trajectory, including his role at Second Market prior to Fidelity - Fidelity's product offering and ambitions in the cryptoasset industry - Terrence's views on the current state of play for market infrastructure