On The Brink with Castle Island

Weekly Roundup 05/13/22 (Terra collapses, FASB reconsiders Bitcoin accounting, the Fed's third mandate) (EP.318)

May 13, 2022

38:13

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Is the Terror Block Chain Just Dead?

02:01

Algarhythmic Stable Coins

02:33

Ancor Explained the Anchor

02:41

Introduction

2min

Stable Coins - The First Stable Coin

2min

The Castle Island Portfolio - Senior Shares Stall Stable Coins

2min

Coin Base

2min

Cryptocurrency Fund Announcement

2min

What's Your Thoughts on Powell Raising Rates?

4min

Is the Fed Going to Rake Another 50 in June?

2min

Cryptocurrency Market - U and Luna Slash Terra

4min

'Lunar' - A Great Pretext for a Wall Street Bail Out

3min

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What Do You Expect to See in the Coming Weeks?

2min

11.

Ancor Explained the Anchor

3min

12.

Is the Terror Block Chain Just Dead?

2min

13.

Algarhythmic Stable Coins

3min

14.

Investing in Cryptocurrency

2min

15.

Can You Mark It to Market?

2min

16.

Is Twitter Going to Sell to Elon?

2min

17.

A Trip to the Aquarium

2min

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

The CIV hat snafu
Was synthetic USD on Bitmex the first stablecoin?
Remembering Mastercoin and seigniorage shares stablecoins
Does the Fed have a shadow third mandate?
We break down the Luna situation and why it was destined to fail
Why the subsidized yields on Anchor were the biggest mistake
Likely fallout from the Luna collapse
The Terra blockchain is halted
Do we actually need algorithmic stablecoins?
SBF acquires a stake in Robinhood
Is the Twitter sale to Elon under threat?

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