22 (Terra buying BTC, a new ETF timeline, Russia accepting BTC for energy?) (EP. 301)

On The Brink with Castle Island

English - March 25, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 272 ratings
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Matt and Nic return for more deals and news. In this episode:

Brink Nation is officially moving to GM.xyz Did blockchains 2.0 make fundamental scaling improvements? Is ESG over? Nic surrenders his eyeball sovereignty to Clear A secret trick to get through the Miami airport Bloomberg analysts think a spot ETF could be approved summer 2023... pending SEC developments Would the SEC have to gain control over crypto exchanges to approve an ETF? Florida will accept corporate taxes in BTC Terra is buying up to $10b in Bitcoin Will seigniorage shares stablecoins ever work? The USD is the unit of account for 99% of all stablecoins Are the Democrats fracturing along crypto lines? Russia mentions accepting Bitcoin for energy payments The NYT repeats the misleading per-transaction energy cost analysis

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