Broadcasts.com - "Weekly Roundup 09/16/22 (Merge makes it, Chainalysis crypto adoption report, Starbucks NFTs, Coinbase grades Congress) (EP.350)" (On The Brink with Castle Island)

Published: Sept. 16, 2022, 10 a.m.

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:\xa0

The Merge takes place without incident
Will the Merge silence Ethereum critics on the left?
Will the ESG narrative around crypto get louder?
FTX takes a stake in Skybridge
Castle Island is not an island
If you make an NFT of a diamond and destroy the diamond, do you still have a diamond?
CME launches Ether options
Starbucks launches an NFT loyalty platform
Tungsten cubes are selling off
South Korea issues an arrest warrant for Do Kwon
The thin line between visionary and scammer
What Terra teaches us about why disclosures matter in capital markets
Huobi delists privacy coins
Can you take delivery of Tornado Cash-dusted Ether?
Coinbase launches their Crypto Action Network
Matt and Nic evaluate the ratings members of Congress are getting from Coinbase
Chainalysis releases their 2022 global crypto adoption index
Hodlnaut\u2019s CSW case begins
The NSA Bitcoin lab leak hypothesis
OTB goes live!

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