Weekly Roundup 02/16/24 (Treasury rebukes WSJ, BitVM, Ethereum ETF prospects) (EP.504)

Matt and Nic are back with news and deals of the week. In this episode: 

• On The Brink is now on Farcaster
• The pitfalls of Web3 social
• The boys have problem with seed phrases
• Optimistic rollups on Bitcoin are now possible? 
• ETF flow updates
• GBTC and Mt Gox flows 
• Why the halving may not be bullish
• SEC vs Debt Box 
• Why we think an Ethereum ETF is unlikely
• SAB121 update
• The Treasury rebukes the WSJ's story on Hamas' use of crypto
• Can John Deaton unseat Elizabeth Warren? 

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