On The Brink with Castle Island

Matt and Nic return for another week of deals and news. In this episode:  Bitwise is moving into active management What’s the deal with Uber on the blockchain? The boys review House of the Dragon The history of land-based blockchain bets Fidelity launches no-fee retail trading for trading BTC and ETH on their platform Matt reminisces on Fidelity’s crypto journey Google announces blockchain node engine Nic’s 2-year pending transaction on Venmo SBF continues to wrangle with CT Sam’s debate with Erik Voorhees Alameda’s questionable balance sheet is leaked Can FTX buy its way into respectability despite the existence of Alameda? What’s the deal with the MAPS token? Is it far for FTX to start offshore and buy way into the regulated system? Elon’s schemes for Twitter Coinbase and the Blockchain Association are supporting Ripple in their case against the SEC The Tether case is reopened at the SDNY Tether rips us off with their own bootleg FUD Dice What happens to Chinese Tether holders if Tether has to unwind If Te