Introduction

Nic and Matt return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:

• Matt's takeaways from the Medici conference
• The rapid growth of ZKPs
• We review Brink Nation posts on GM
• We look back at the history of the FUD dice
• Are tungsten dice possible?
• Big thunderstorm in Miami
• Is the crypto industry sitting out the recession?
• We consider the merits of virtual real estate
• Does proximity matter in the metaverse?
• Metaverse land rights and NIMBYism
• The Bitcoin Mining Council letter to the EPA and what motivated it
• Ohio's primary yields an entirely pro-crypto field
• CBOE acquires ErisX
• Goldman takes out a Bitcoin-collateralized USD loan
• Jane Street dives into DeFi
• The SEC doubles the size of its cyber unit
• CA issues an EO on the crypto industry
• The Dept. of Labor criticizes Fidelity for their Bitcoin 401k product
• The IMF criticizes the Central African Republic's adoption of Bitcoin
• The divergence between public and private valuations in crypto and equities, and why they can't always be arbitraged away

Content mentioned:

• Prominent Bitcoiners' letter to the EPA to respond to Rep. Huffman's letter

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