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Weekly Roundup 09/30/22 (CFTC comes after Ooki/bZX, the Fed abandons CFTC ambitions, the convenience yield of stables) (EP.355)

Sep 30, 2022

41:00

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Cryptocurrency Is a Global Asset - It's Not Just an Economic War

01:43

Dot ETH Says ETH Will Flip Bitcoin?

02:04

Blockchain Interoperability - The Deals Are Not Slowing Down

01:31

Introduction

2min

Talos - The Best Platform for Cryptocurrency Trading

2min

Cryptocurrencies

2min

Cryptocurrency Is a Global Asset - It's Not Just an Economic War

2min

Blockchain Interoperability - The Deals Are Not Slowing Down

2min

Bitcoin Payment Processing - Is That the Tick?

2min

The Deals and the News Section Is the Good One.

2min

Deribut - A Crypto Options Exchange

6min

The Three-Arrows Are Still on the Run, but That's Progress.

2min

10.

The Three-Axe Boys Are Still on the Run, but They're Going to Get Him On

2min

11.

The CFTC Dow Incident

3min

12.

Ookey Dow

2min

13.

Is the CFTC Trying to De-Anonymize Crypto?

2min

14.

Is the CFTC Going to Be a Good Regulator?

2min

15.

Stable Coins - A Killer App

2min

16.

Stable Coins - The Convenience Yield of Cash

2min

17.

The Return of Capital Controls

2min

18.

Dot ETH Says ETH Will Flip Bitcoin?

2min

19.

I'm Just a Patriots Fan. Is It a Good Idea?

2min

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

What caused the Pound Sterling to sell off?
Deglobalization picks up
Stirrings of a sovereign debt crisis emerge
Explaining Deribit’s insider-led down round
Can the market recover before Do Kwon, Machinsky, and 3AC are dealt with?
Celcius’ Machinsky steps down
Brett Harrison leaves FTX US
7 states issue C&Ds against Nexo
The CFTC goes after Ooki DAO and DAO members
The CFTC serves Ooki through a chatbox and a forum post
How voting in a DAO can cause you to incur personal liability
Why putting a DAO in a ‘legal wrapper’ might make sense
The Fed will not pursue a digital dollar (for now)
The ‘convenience yield’ of holding a CFTC
OTB Bingo
Would it be good for Bitcoin to be flippened?

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