Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Galaxy acquires the Helios miner facility from Argo
- Consolidating in the miner space
- A new bad boy bursts onto the scene
- Avraham Eisenberg is arrested in Puerto Rico
- Should it be illegal to exploit defi contracts, even if you reach an agreement with the DAO?
- Craig Wright's case against Peter McCormack
- SBF is slated to enter a plea
- What's the deal with IEX and FTX?
- Nic's Michael Lewis conspiracy
- The FTX blockfolio acquisition was mostly financed with FTT
- The cold snap causes Bitcoin hashrate to decline around 40% in a week
- Exchanges are unbundling custody and order matching
- Our predictions for 2023
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