AMA Episode (thoughts on custody, proof of stake, career choices, bad football picks and more) (EP.31)

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AMA Episode (thoughts on custody, proof of stake, career choices, bad football picks and more) (EP.31)

FromOn The Brink with Castle Island

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Jan 6, 2020

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Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures answer listener questions on a range of topics

Released:

Jan 6, 2020

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Podcast episode

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Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore the political, ethical, and economic significance of Bitcoin and other public blockchains and talk to some of the leading experts in the industry. Learn more and stay up to date at CastleIsland.vc and follow on twitter @CastleIslandVC

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Weekly News Roundup 10/4 (Deals, EOS, Sia, Crypto Ratings Council, Hedera, State Street) (EP.05): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - EOS - Sia - Crypto Ratings Council - Hedera - State Street by On The Brink with Castle Island
36 min listen
Zac Prince (BlockFi) (EP.10): Zac Prince, the co-founder and CEO of BlockFi, a cryptoasset financial services firm joins the show. BlockFi provides wealth management solutions for cryptoasset investors, including interest bearing accounts, loans, and more. Learn more... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Weekly News Roundup 11/1 (Bakkt, R3, Exchange Errors, SEC Actions, Coin Metrics Nonce Analysis) (EP.14): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - Bakkt - R3 - Paxos no action letter - Derebit and Bitmex issues this week - SEC actions - Nic's... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Weekly News Roundup 10/11 (Deals, Bitwise ETF ruling, IRS, Xapo, Ripple) (EP.07): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - Bitwise ETF Ruling - IRS Tax Guidance - Ripple - Xapo hire - Flipside Crypto and Placeholder VC -... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Welcome to On The Brink: Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore the political, ethical, and economic significance of Bitcoin and other public blockchains and talk to some of the leading experts in the industry. Learn more and stay up to date at... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Weekly News Roundup 9/27 (Deals, Kin, Abra, Hash Rate and more): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - Kin - Abra - CME - Bitcoin Hash Rate by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Hunter Horsley: Bitwise Asset Management (EP.06): Hunter Horsley, the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Asset Management joins the show to discuss the crypto-asset-management landscape, the macro thesis for cryptoassets, and the state of play for the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF proposal. Learn more about... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Weekly News Roundup 12/6 (North Korea, Crypto War Games, Huobi) (EP.23): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - North Korea Case - War Gaming Event at Harvard Kennedy School - Personnel Moves - Huobi PlusToken Dumping by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Dan Matuszewski (CMS Holdings) (EP.22): Dan Matuszewski, Principal and Co-Founder of CMS Holdings joins the pod this week to discuss a range of topics. Dan was previously the Head of Circle Trade, one of the largest OTC desks in the cryptoasset industry. In this episode we discuss: -... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures) (EP.15): Nick Grossman is a Partner at Union Square Ventures, a firm that has been at the forefront of the public blockchain industry. We discuss Nick's thesis on public blockchains, the state of the regulatory landscape, the evolving competitive... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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57 min listen
Spencer Bogart (Blockchain Capital) (EP.02): Spencer Bogart, General Partner at Blockchain Capital, joins the show to discuss his current views on Bitcoin, Smart Contract Platforms, Ethereum, and advice for those who are looking to enter a career in the cryptoasset industry. For more... by On The Brink with Castle Island
48 min listen
James Prestwich (Summa) (EP.04): James Prestwich, the founder of Summa joins the show to discuss blockchain interoperability, developer incentives, and how economic interests can influence the protocol development process. For more information please visit our website at and follow... by On The Brink with Castle Island
61 min listen
Weekly News Roundup 11/8 (Tether Fud, Deals and More) (EP.16): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - News of the week - Tether Fud - Stablecoins by On The Brink with Castle Island
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John Beccia (FS Vector) (EP.08): John Beccia, the co-founder and CEO of FS Vector, a regulatory compliance, public policy, and business strategy advisory firm helping fintech, regtech, financial institutions and cryptoasset startups, joins the show. Prior to FS Vector, John was... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Weekly News Roundup 1/10/20 (AMA Fallout, Telegram, Deribit, SEC news and more) (EP.32): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - AMA predictions fallout - Deribit moves to Panama - Telegram blog post and much more news of the week by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital) (EP.24): Alex Pack, Co-Founder and General Partner at Dragonfly Capital joins the show. Alex has been investing in the cryptoasset/blockchain space since 2014, and prior to founding Dragonfly, led cryptoasset focused investments for Bain Capital Partners. In... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Weekly News Roundup 10/25 (Deals, Libra, Poloniex, Grayscale, NYDFS) (EP.11): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - Facebook Testimony - Circle spins out Poloniex - Grayscale trade - Regulatory Talk by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Weekly News Roundup 10/18 (Deals, Telegram, Libra, CFTC) (EP.09): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - Telegram SEC action - Libra defections - Grayscale product - CFTC Op-Ed by On The Brink with Castle Island
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John Pfeffer (EP.21): Investor and Entrepreneur John Pfeffer joined the pod this week to discuss his views on a range of topics, including: - Why he doesn't consider crypto to be an asset class - How he thinks about position sizing for Bitcoin - Why he doesn't... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Weekly News Roundup 11/22 (Field Goals, Fidelity approval, Binance and more) (EP.20): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - Fidelity NYDFS approval - impact on ETF applications? - Binance - Ethereum Block Times by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Castle Island Ventures Weekly News Roundup 9/20/2019 (EP.01): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Steve Nerayoff - ICOBox - VanEck/SolidX ETF Filing - Square - Wells Fargo - Monero ASICS () by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Matt Ahlborg (UsefulTulips.org) – Bitcoin as a Bridge Currency (EP.79): Peer to peer marketplaces are a wealth of data on genuine demand for Bitcoin – but not in the way you might think. As it turns out, a large fraction of the volume in these markets relates to complex, multi-step trades designed to use Bitcoin as a... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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$Matt Ahlborg (UsefulTulips.org) – Bitcoin as a Bridge Currency (EP.79): Peer to peer marketplaces are a wealth of data on genuine demand for Bitcoin – but not in the way you might think. As it turns out, a large fraction of the volume in these markets relates to complex, multi-step trades designed to use Bitcoin as a...$
Terrence Dempsey (Head of Product at Fidelity Digital Assets) (EP.26): Terrence Dempsey, the Head of Product at Fidelity Digital Assets joins the show. In this episode we discuss: - Terrence's career trajectory, including his role at Second Market prior to Fidelity - Fidelity's product offering and ambitions in the... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Tom Chippas and Matt Trudeau (ErisX) (EP.12): Tom Chippas, the CEO of ErisX and Matt Trudeau, the Head of Strategy of ErisX join the show to discuss the evolving market structure for the trading and settlement of digital assets. We discuss the evolution of this market, the regulatory landscape,... by On The Brink with Castle Island
53 min listen
Weekly News Roundup 11/15 (SIM Swaps, Deals, China News, Gods Unchained) (EP.18): Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include: - Deals - SIM Swaps - China Blockchain News - New Front Doors to Financial Services - Gods Unchained by On The Brink with Castle Island
28 min listen
Moiz Kohari (Manetu) on Building Software to Enable Data Privacy (EP.73): Moiz Kohari, the co-founder and CEO of Manetu, a company building a Consumer Privacy Management (CPM) platform for enterprises to manage personally identifiable information (PII) joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Moiz’s recent experience... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Bob Davis (Highland Capital Partners) on Investing in Disruptive Technologies (EP.67): Bob Davis, the founder of Lycos and General Partner at Highland Capital Partners joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Bob’s entrepreneurial journey, from taking Lycos from founding to IPO in 9 months, to an eventual $5.5 billion exit... by On The Brink with Castle Island
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Urbit (Christian Langalis and Logan Allen) (EP.17): Christian Langalis and Logan Allen from Tlon join the show to discuss Urbit, the ambitious and somewhat mysterious computing project that they work on. We discuss how Bitcoin and Urbit could be mutually beneficial, how Urbit might free us from the... by On The Brink with Castle Island
86 min listen
Dan Matuszewski (CMS Holdings) – What explains the growth of Tether? (EP.83): Dan Matuszewski, Principal and Co-Founder of CMS Holdings joins the show once again. Since he , the market has been through some gut-wrenching turmoil, and Tether (one of the subjects of the first episode) has tacked on a casual $5B in market cap.... by On The Brink with Castle Island
44 min listen

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AMA Episode (thoughts on custody, proof of stake, career choices, bad football picks and more) (EP.31)

AMA Episode (thoughts on custody, proof of stake, career choices, bad football picks and more) (EP.31)

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