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Weekly Roundup 06/23/23 (FTX and K5 clawbacks, Prime Trust chaos, ETF frenzy) (EP.433)

Jun 23, 2023

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Introduction

2min

Wyoming's Stablecoin Initiative

2min

The Stable Token on Ethereum

2min

The Clawback of John Ray

5min

The Importance of Relationship Building

2min

The K5 Fund One Lp's Investing in Space Axe

2min

The FTX Bankruptcy Estate's Overspend on Advisor Fees

2min

Prime Trust's Collapse Is a Dumpster Fire and Walking Away

2min

Prime Trust's Outsourcing of Cryptocurrency

2min

10.

Cryptocurrency News This Week

2min

11.

Blackrock's Jumping in on the Bikwine Spot DTF

2min

12.

Blackrock's Denial of the Surveillance Sharing Agreements

4min

13.

The Politics of Cryptocurrency Surveillance

3min

14.

The SEC's Monopoly on Bitcoin Spot ETFs

2min

15.

Bitcoin Mining in the House of Representatives

2min

16.

Bicorn Miners at a Bath House

2min

17.

The Value of Memes

2min

18.

How to Mine Bitcoin at an Attractive Energy Price

2min

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:

Bitcoin hits 30k
Wyoming’s stable token developments
The story behind FTX’s mammoth $500m outflow to K5 global
Why was SBF spending hundreds of millions cozying up to talent agents?
Do Kwon will spend 4 months in jail in Montenegro
The Bitgo Prime Trust acquisition falls apart
Deutche Bank applies for a crypto license in Germany
EDX officially launches
Blackrock files for their ETF and others follow
Our theory for why Blackrock is filing now
Is the SEC back-channeling to Blackrock?
Was surveillance sharing really a blocker for other ETF applications?
Does the notion of spot market surveillance even make sense for a global commodity?
What’s the deal with the Bitcoin bathhouse in Brooklyn?

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