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Weekly News Roundup 5/15/20 (The end of the SAFT, the rebirth of seigniorage shares, halving recap) (EP.80)

Weekly News Roundup 5/15/20 (The end of the SAFT, the rebirth of seigniorage shares, halving recap) (EP.80)

FromOn The Brink with Castle Island


Weekly News Roundup 5/15/20 (The end of the SAFT, the rebirth of seigniorage shares, halving recap) (EP.80)

FromOn The Brink with Castle Island

ratings:
Length:
47 minutes
Released:
May 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nic and Matt cover the week's deals and news. In this episode:  Bitcoin full node count Celo and the viability of seigniorage shares stablecoins Telegram winding down their TON project Why we think the SAFT window of opportunity is closed Why the SAFT is just ICOs in a suit Why the next global monetary asset will never be massively premined and disproportionately owned by VC funds How the success of Bitcoin drove VC funds crazy Stablecoins pass $10B ErisX announces Ethereum physically settled futures How futures contracts would handle contested hard forks The importance of JPM banking Coinbase and Gemini Our retrospective on the halving What we're reading and listening to this week Why we don't believe in space mining
Released:
May 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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