Weekly Roundup 04/26/25 (DEBTBox fallout, DoJ vs Samourai Wallet, IMF on Bitcoin flows) (EP.523)

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

• CIV's new stablecoin survey
• What happened with Runes?
• Lawsuit against the SEC’s dealer rule
• New capital gains tax proposal
• How would taxing unrealized gains work?
• Two SEC lawyers leave in connection with the DEBT Box scandal
• The founders of Samourai wallet are arrested and charged by the DoJ
• Morgan Stanley close to permitting Bitcoin ETF to be solicited by their brokers
• Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs go live
• Block is building Bitcoin mining hardware
• Visa’s stablecoin analytics dashboard
• Bitcoin Sign Guy sells his sign
• TikTok ban reactions
• Choke Point 2.0 moves to fintechs

Content mentioned in this episode:

• Visa’s stablecoin dashboard
• IMF, A Primer on Cross-Border Bitcoin Flows
• FDAS Q1 Signals Report

Sponsor notes:

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