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Weekly Roundup 05/02/25 (OP_RETURN wars, Mastercard and Visa push stables, quantum revisited) (EP.618)
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Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Will stablecoins disrupt credit cards?
- The US Treasury Advisory Committee drops a report on stablecoins
- Mastercard and Visa launch stablecoin integrations
- Movement labs has more scandals
- Are quantum timelines accelerating?
- The real risk of quantum to Bitcoin
- Could a quantum break fix Bitcoin’s security budget?
- Are any Bitcoin purists left?
- Circle turns down Ripple’s acquisition offer
- Machinsky is facing a 20-year sentence
- Arizona passes an SBR bill
- Cambridge releases a new report on bitcoin mining
- Bitcoiners are fighting about OP_RETURN again
- What is Bittensor
Content mentioned:
- US Treasury, Report on Digital Money
- Coindesk, Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal: Secret Contracts, Shadow Advisers and Hidden Middlemen
- Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Digital Mining Industry Report: Global Operations, Sentiment, and Energy Use
630 episodes
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Manage episode 480201518 series 2550832
Content provided by Castle Island Ventures. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Castle Island Ventures or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Will stablecoins disrupt credit cards?
- The US Treasury Advisory Committee drops a report on stablecoins
- Mastercard and Visa launch stablecoin integrations
- Movement labs has more scandals
- Are quantum timelines accelerating?
- The real risk of quantum to Bitcoin
- Could a quantum break fix Bitcoin’s security budget?
- Are any Bitcoin purists left?
- Circle turns down Ripple’s acquisition offer
- Machinsky is facing a 20-year sentence
- Arizona passes an SBR bill
- Cambridge releases a new report on bitcoin mining
- Bitcoiners are fighting about OP_RETURN again
- What is Bittensor
Content mentioned:
- US Treasury, Report on Digital Money
- Coindesk, Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal: Secret Contracts, Shadow Advisers and Hidden Middlemen
- Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Digital Mining Industry Report: Global Operations, Sentiment, and Energy Use
630 episodes
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