Bitcoin's Ascent and Cultural Currents

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:

• Bitcoin hits a new ATH and no one is talking about it
• Grok goes haywire
• The White House posts chudjak
• Core Weave looks to buy Core Scientific
• Stablecoins are going to pay yield anyway
• Did Zelenskyy wear a suit?
• How should prediction markets be settled?
• Pump.fun ICO is coming up
• Hester Peirce issues a warning on tokenized securities
• Crypto Week in Congress is coming up
• Jonathan Gould has been confirmed as Comptroller of the Currency
• There are new public access vehicles
• Andreessen wants you to leave Delaware
• A fundamental valuation model for L1s?
• GMX is hacked for $42m
• Tim Massad's exchange with Bernie Moreno

Content mentioned in this episode:

• Hester Peirce, Enchanting, but Not Magical: A Statement on the Tokenization of Securities
• Fidelity, Blockchains as emerging economies
• Bridge, How Meow and Bridge Make USDC Payments as Seamless as Cash