Weekly Roundup 09/17/21 (Fidelity's spot ETF plea, Solana goes down, Are Bitcoiners cosplayers?) (EP.242)

Published: Sept. 17, 2021, 10 a.m.

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Matt and Nic return to recap a tumultuous week. In this episode:\\xa0

  • Matt\'s ongoing war against the turkeys
  • Fidelity thinks the SEC should approve a spot ETF
  • The Futures based Bitcoin ETFs are nearing approval
  • The SEC stonewalling an ETF is a political choice
  • The OpenSea insider scandal
  • Elizabeth Warren\'s critiques of the industry get more and more specific and niche
  • Do we event want to know which tokens are securities according to the SEC?
  • Ripple is asking the SEC to compare them to Ethereum
  • Solana goes down for 17h
  • Our interaction with a blockchain fraudster
  • The NYT doesn\'t understand cryptography
  • Are Bitcoiners cosplayers?
  • The Epic games v Apple case has implications for the crypto industry

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