Podcasts Other On The Brink with Castle Island Weekly News Roundup 07/31/20 Feat. John Collins of FS Vector (The OCC letter, Plustoken apprehended, Bitcoin's patronage system) (EP.107)

Weekly News Roundup 07/31/20 Feat. John Collins of FS Vector (The OCC letter, Plustoken apprehended, Bitcoin's patronage system) (EP.107)

Published: July 31, 2020, 9 a.m.

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Matt and Nic review the stories of the week, featuring John Collins, partner and cofounder of FS Vector, to cover the OCC letter and its implications. Covered in this episode:

  • Our Plustoken conspiracy
  • Nic\'s bird situation
  • USDC raises $25m from DCG
  • Avanti\'s dollar-coin Avit
  • Why Pats players keep declaring their intention to sit out the season
  • Bitcoin Suisse raises $48.6m
  • Polkadot raises $43m
  • What tokensales and desert real estate have in common
  • FTX is building a DEX on Solana
  • Paradigm sponsors a Bitcoin developer
  • Why Bitcoin\'s patronage system is a competitive advantage relative to other blockchains
  • Our predictions on whether this rally will last
  • The circular logic inherent in valuations of certain DeFi tokens
  • Why distinguishing pseudo equity from cryptocurrency is so important

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