22 (Congressional PoW hearing, Walmart's Metaverse, Twitter NFTs) (EP.279)

On The Brink with Castle Island

English - January 21, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 272 ratings
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Next Episode: Will Peck (WisdomTree) on Crypto Asset Management (EP.280)

Matt and Nic return for a busy week of deals and news. In this episode:

We cover the witness selection for the House energy hearing on Bitcoin mining The SEC goes to war with its employee union The SEC rejects the Skybridge Bitcoin ETF proposal GBTC is trading at a 30% discount Walmart is building its own metaverse Twitter rolls out NFT avis Crypto dot com’s ad copy We correct the record on Ari Juels’ Congresional testimony on PoW

Content mentioned in this episode:

Ari Juels' congressional testimony The House Energy Committee's memo on Bitcoin mining The House Hearing 'Cleaning up Cryptocurrency'

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