21 (Circle is going public, SEC targets exchanges, the Bullish SPAC, good takes on stables from the Fed) (EP.229)

On The Brink with Castle Island

English - July 09, 2021 13:48 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 272 ratings
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Previous Episode: Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman on Trading Infrastructure in Cryptoassets (EP.228)

Next Episode: Weekly Roundup 07/16/21 (New mining data, Shapeshift decentralizes, are clay tablets proto blockchains?) (EP.230)

Nic and Matt are back. In this episode:

Circle's SPAC filing Circle's evolution over the year The business model behind stablecoins Circle's risk factor slides The SEC is targeting centralized exchanges for trading unregistered securities Senator Pat Toomey buys BTC and ETH Matt tries out the Blockfi credit card GBTC unlocks wrapping up this summer Why are congresspeople allowed to trade financial assets? Warren grumbles about crypto markets once again Bullish exchange is SPACing Fed vice chair Randal Quarles has some good takes on stablecoins and CBCS

Content mentioned in this episode:

Randal Quarles' speech Circle's announcement on becoming a public company