OTB Live! Weekly Roundup 09/23/22 (EU's MiCA regulation finalized, XRP lawsuit, SEC dings Balina, Audience Q&A) (EP.352)

Nic and Matt sit down for a special live recording of OTB in front of an audience at the Boston Blockchain Week. In this episode:

• Ian Balina is dinged by the SEC for Sparkster
• The SEC's weird argument for standing over all of Ethereum
• Is XRP a prediction market on Ripple's case against the SEC
• Wintermute is hacked for $160m via a bad vanity generator
• Several Senators file an amicus brief to support Custodia's lawsuit against the Fed
• What the Congressional crypto agenda should look like
• Europe finalizes their MiCA regulation
• Europe discourages Dollar stablecoin usage in the EU
• Exchanges and token issuers in the EU will have to make disclosures
• Jesse Powell steps down from Kraken
• NASDAQ is launching a crypto custody business
• Helium strikes a deal with T Mobile
• Audience Q&A

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