On The Brink with Castle Island

Douglas Jackson, the founder of E-gold, arguably the first widely-used electronic medium of exchange, appears on the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Douglas’ motivations for starting E-gold - His disagreements with his cypherpunk contemporaries - Why private monetary issuers might be more responsible than public ones - The challenge of creating an open payments system which is also compliant - His critiques of stablecoins and native-unit cryptocurrencies

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - Market Turmoil - Market Infrastructure - Deals and much more news of the week

Jeremy Allaire, the co-founder and CEO of Circle joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Jeremy's entrepreneurial journey and the original vision for Circle - The geopolitical impact of US Dollars on public blockchains - The goals of USDC - Circle Platform Services, a new product launching today - The regulatory environment globally for cryptoassets and much more

Matthew Le Merle, the co-founder and Managing Partner of Fifth Era, Keiretsu Capital and Blockchain Coinvestors joins the podcast. In this episode we discuss:  - Matthew's career arc and how he came to understand the potential impact of blockchain technology - Building Blockchain Coinvestors, and the investment strategy of investing in blockchain venture capital funds - Predictions and analysis on institutional custody, stablecoins, Bitcoin adoption in emerging markets and more Learn more about Matthew and Blockchain Coinvestors at:  https://www.blockchaincoinvestors.com/  

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - Deals of the week - India's Supreme Court Ruling - South Korea regulation - OFAC issues - Treasury meeting with industry leaders and much more news of the week

Joseph Jacks of OSS Capital joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - What constitutes commercial open source, and how this differs from regular open source projects - the history of the open source software movement - why programmers contribute unpaid to open source projects - whether tokens are required to monetize open source OSS Capital: https://oss.capital/ The COSS Index: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17nKMpi_Dh5slCqzLSFBoWMxNvWiwt2R-t4e_l7LPLhU/edit#gid=0 Joseph’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/asynchio

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - Deals of the week - SEC denies another Bitcoin ETF - SEC whacks Steven Seagal - Ripple Moneygram payments - Central Bank Digital Currency - Binance jurisdiction shopping and much more news of the week

Sunayna Tuteja, the Head of Digital Assets and DLT at TD Ameritrade, appears on the show. On this episode we discuss: - What guides TD’s decision making in this asset class - How they think about blockchain/DLT versus Bitcoin - Crypto ideology versus crypto agnosticism - Her career trajectory to date - Lessons from being a pilot

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - Deals of the week - Enigma settles with the SEC - Fcoin lost user funds - Tim Draper bought 2.5% of Aragon - DeFi infrastructure - Neel Kashkari's thoughts on crypto and much more news of the week

Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur. He was formerly the CTO of Coinbase, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and the co-founder of Earn.com, Counsyl, Teleport and Coin Center. In this episode we discuss:   - the 100x' crypto has delivered over traditional finance - how Balaji’s views of what Bitcoin is good for have changed over time - the 'sovereign collective' versus the sovereign individual - whether Twitter is a functioning digital commonwealth and the prospects for Bluesky - why handles on social media might more closely resemble property than a platform - what Balaji is trying to achieve with nakamoto.com