21 (The B Word, SpaceX owns Bitcoin, Stablecoins and Wildcats) (EP.231)

On The Brink with Castle Island

English - July 23, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 272 ratings
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Previous Episode: Weekly Roundup 07/16/21 (New mining data, Shapeshift decentralizes, are clay tablets proto blockchains?) (EP.230)

Next Episode: Michel Rauchs (Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance) on quantifying Bitcoin's energy use (EP.232)

Nic and Matt are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:

We debate the merits of the Merritt parkway We reflect on the B Word conference SpaceX owns Bitcoin We cover the Elonfolio Gensler covers tokens giving synthetic exposure to underlying securities Are stablecoins appropriately regulated? Can stablecoins learn from the free banking era in the 1830s? Is there a future for Ripple or Stellar as a bridge currency? What's next for US CBDCs?

Content mentioned:

Gary Gensler's speech Gerald Dwyer in AIER, What do Wildcat Banks tell us about Stablecoins?

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