Weekly Roundup 10/22/21 (Proshares ETF launches, CBOE acquires ErisX, FB's Metaverse ambitions, Tungsten takes over) (EP.253)

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

• CBOE acquires ErisX
• FTX raises a monster round
• Worldcoin launches with their eyeball scanner
• The Proshares futures-based ETF goes live and sets a record
• Why are futures-based ETFs expensive?
• the Proshares ETF starts to max out its futures exposure
• What will be the fate of GBTC?
• Grayscale announces a $1b buyback of GBTC
• Hester Peirce delivers another great talk
• Tether settles with the CFTC
• The academia-press complex
• Diem launches a Novi stablecoin based on USDP
• Why stablecoins are a frontier in the battle over financial privacy
• Facebook leans hard into the metaverse
• Tungsten takes over
• Square makes ASICs
• Why you shouldn't eat your tungsten cube
• Will CMS intern be able to lift the 7 inch cube?

Content mentioned in this episode

• Bloomberg, First Bitcoin ETF Is Already in Danger of Breaching a Limit on Futures Contracts
• Hester Peirce speech at the Texas Blockchain Summit, Lawless in Austin

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