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Weekly Roundup 03/31/23 (CFTC v Binance, McHenry’s stablecoin bill, Gruenberg’s questionable testimony) (EP.411)

Mar 31, 2023

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Introduction

2min

The Role of Federal Bank Regulators in Choke Point 1.0

2min

Dapper Labs and Fetch.ai: A Blockchain Platform That Leverages AI and Blockchain

2min

Sam Bankman-Freed Charged With Paying Bribe to Unlock Alameda Trading Account on Chinese Exchange

2min

Alameda's Bribery of a Chinese Official

2min

The Unseen Story of Sam Trebucco

2min

The CFTC Charges Finance and CZ With Violations of CFTP Regulations

2min

Binance's Anti-VPN Tactics Were Clearly Ineffective

2min

Binance's $2 Billion Net Outflows

3min

10.

Binance's Pending Sale of Voyagers Assets to Binance US

2min

11.

Nasdaq Announces Crypto Custody Platform

3min

12.

Stablecoins: The Future of the Dollar

3min

13.

The Senate Democrats Don't Want to Pass a Crypto Market Structure Bill

2min

14.

Elizabeth Warren Is Building an Anti-Crypto Army

2min

15.

The BSX Dow: A General Partnership

2min

16.

The FDIC Chair's Comments on the Record

2min

17.

SIGNET IP Isn't Worth Much

2min

18.

The Dollar De-Dollarization of Cryptocurrencies

2min

19.

The Death of the Dollar

4min

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals.

Cooper and Kirk’s white paper on Operation Choke Point 2.0
How bank regulators put crypto-facing banks in a catch-22
SBF charged with bribing a Chinese official
Is Sam funding his legal defense with funds purloined from FTX users?
The CFTC charges Binance with operating an unlicensed derivatives exchange
Binance execs haz no confidence in their geofencing
How did the CFTC get their hands on CZ’s Signal history
The SEC shuts down Beaxy
Microstrategy buys another $150m worth of Bitcoin
NASDAQ is aiming to launch their crypto custody platform in June
What’s the deal with McHenry’s stablecoin bill?
House Democrats would make issuing a stablecoin effectively illegal
Elizabeth Warren is “building an anti-crypto army”
Are DAOs unincorporated associations or general partnerships?
Is the SPDI dead in the water?
Did the FDIC Chair perjure himself in front of Congress this week?
What’s the deal with the SigNet sale?
Is dedollarization happening?

Content mentioned:

Cooper & Kirk whitepaper on Operation Choke Point 2.0

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