Deals of the Week and Lord of the Rings Joke

Matt and Nic are back with more news and deals. In this episode:

• CIV grows the team
• Nic does not regret 8 years in crypto
• People are getting blackpilled about crypto
• Does speculation in crypto have positive externalities?
• Matt has never seen LOTR
• Will web3 ever come back?
• The OCC lets banks broker crypto trades
• The Bitwise 10 lists
• Rushi Manche returns with a fund
• Circle is launching a private stablecoin
• The DTC gets a no action letter from the SEC to settle tokenized securities
• We do a Terra/Luna restrospective
• Terra's fatal mistake
• Oracle mishaps on prediction markets
• Why did the nation's largest teachers union come out against the Market Structure bill

Content mentioned in this episode:

• Nic Carter and Allen Farrington, All Falls Down