Bitcoin, AI, Energy Consumption, and Sports in Focus

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

• Will Biden step down?
• The importance of prediction markets in elections
• Can you insider trade on prediction markets?
• What does the SCOTUS repeal of Chevron mean for crypto?
• SEC sues Consensys
• Stripe and Coinbase partnership
• Circle achieves MiCA compliance for USDC and EURC
• Will Euro stables ever be popular?
• Silvergate settles with the SEC, SF Fed, and California
• Why the Silvergate story remains a huge scandal
• Polkadot’s strange spending habits
• Bozo of the week
• Blackrock puts IBIT in their global allocation fund
• Matt’s SEC-fu
• The SEC’s new website
• Stoner Cats in retrospect

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