Nic and Matt return to cover an avalanche of news and deals. In this episode:
- Blockstack's transmutation
- Bitso raises $62m
- Matt breaks down the Microstrategy bond offering
- Mass Mutual buys $100m worth of Bitcoin through NYDIG
- A bipartisan group of Representatives asked Jay Clayton for clarity on broker dealer custody for cryptoassets
- The looming crackdown on noncustodial wallets from Treasury
- The effect of requiring transactional metadata for on-chain transactions
- More comments on the STABLE Act
- Matt's plan to primary Stephen Lynch via Dunkin talkin points
- Would the STABLE Act kill Dunkin Donuts?
- Why Bitcoin is pristine collateral
- Fidelity Digital Assets partners up with BlockFi for Bitcoin-backed loans
- Bitwise launches their index fund
- Square goes carbon neutral
- Standard Chartered launches a crypto trading service
- Singapore's DBS bank launches a crypto exchange
- Paxos and BitPay file for national bank charters
- The Financial Times changes their tune on BTC
- Our call for data portability legislation
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