Weekly Roundup 01/21/22 (Congressional PoW hearing, Walmart's Metaverse, Twitter NFTs) (EP.279)

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

• We cover the witness selection for the House energy hearing on Bitcoin mining
• The SEC goes to war with its employee union
• The SEC rejects the Skybridge Bitcoin ETF proposal
• GBTC is trading at a 30% discount
• Walmart is building its own metaverse
• Twitter rolls out NFT avis
• Crypto dot com's ad copy
• We correct the record on Ari Juels' Congresional testimony on PoW

Content mentioned in this episode:

• Ari Juels' congressional testimony
• The House Energy Committee's memo on Bitcoin mining
• The House Hearing 'Cleaning up Cryptocurrency'

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