Weekly Roundup 03/04/22 (Sanctions chaos, Ukraine's crypto fundraiser, remonetizing gold, web3 geofencing) (EP.293)

Nic and Matt return for another wild week. In this episode:

• OTB theme music controversy
• Is Bitcoin a risk off asset
• Ukraine raises crypto to fund the war effort
• Why Ukrainians were better positioned to deal with a banking sector failure
• The U.S. cuts Russia out of SWIFT (mostly)
• Can the U.S. pull the SWIFT deplatforming again?
• Will gold be remonetized?
• Metamask, Infura, and Opensea are banned in Iran and Venezuela
• Why the cost of running a full node matters
• Can NFTs be securities?
• Is Russia evading sanctions with crypto?
• Powell's comment on multiple reserve currencies

Content mentioned:

• JP Schnapper-Casteras in the New Atlanticist, Here's why crypto won't save the Kremlin from sanctions
• Jon Sindreu in the WSJ, If Russian Currency Reserves Aren't Really Money, the World Is in for a Shock

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