Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:

• Nic’s Singapore Zyn problem
• Nic’s Token 2049 keynote
• The Iggy Azalea Eric Wall debate
• Trump make an appearance at Pubkey in NYC
• World Liberty Financial continues to be insane
• SEC versus Flyfish club
• Are airdrops done for?
• Is JPM really the “largest user of blockchain”?
• Bhutan has a ton of Bitcoin
• Listening to podcasts with AI
• Interest rates fell
• The exploding pagers and what it means for crypto

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Alex Leishman, founder and CEO of River, joins us to talk about River's Proof of Reserve initiative. In this episode:

• River business update
• Building their own custodian
• Why Alex decided to do PoR now?
• River’s PoR mechanics
• Proof of Reserve versus traditional audit
• What kind of assurances PoR gives users
• How does River handle privacy for PoR?
• Responding to various PoR critiques
• Boxing
• What’s on the horizon for River

Content mentioned:

• Alex’s previous appearance on OTB
• River PoR on Github
• River PoR: river.com/reserves

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

• We review the Trump-Harris debate
• Matt’s new wildlife problems
• Nic’s birthday party
• Trump doubles down on World Liberty Financial
• The Castle Island stablecoins whitepaper is out!
• Our reactions to the emerging markets stablecoin report
• TZero gets approval to trade tokenized securities
• Coinbase’s cbBTC
• North Carolina bans CBDCs
• Something is happening to Friend Tech
• Circle is moving their HQ to NYC

Content mentioned:

• Castle Island, Visa, and BH Digital, Stablecoins: The Emerging Market Story

Sponsor notes:

• Withum’s Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology Team specializes in crypto-assets, offering accounting, tax and advisory solutions to fortify trust in a dynamic industry. Contact them today to get started. - withum.com/crypto
  
  
• Coin Metrics state of the network: A Primer on Blockchain Network Health: Exploring key metrics to gauge network health and centralization in PoW and PoS blockchains