Weekly Roundup 07/09/21 (Circle is going public, SEC targets exchanges, the Bullish SPAC, good takes on stables from the Fed) (EP.229)

Nic and Matt are back. In this episode:

• Circle's SPAC filing
• Circle's evolution over the year
• The business model behind stablecoins
• Circle's risk factor slides
• The SEC is targeting centralized exchanges for trading unregistered securities
• Senator Pat Toomey buys BTC and ETH
• Matt tries out the Blockfi credit card
• GBTC unlocks wrapping up this summer
• Why are congresspeople allowed to trade financial assets?
• Warren grumbles about crypto markets once again
• Bullish exchange is SPACing
• Fed vice chair Randal Quarles has some good takes on stablecoins and CBCS

Content mentioned in this episode:

• Randal Quarles' speech
• Circle's announcement on becoming a public company