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

Sponsor notes:

• Coin Metrics, The Crypto Universe Through the Lens of datonomy™
• 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

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

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

• SEC fiscal year ending in September
• How to get accurate transfer volume figures for stablecoins
• How much volume do stablecoins really settle?
• Do SEC rules stop registered venture firms from voting in governance or staking?
• CFTC settles with Uniswap
• Robinhood settles with the California DoJ
• Choke Point 2.0 is still happening
• What’s the latest with World Liberty Financial?
• John Deaton wins his primary in MA
• What’s the deal with Polymarket versus the polls?

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: An Update on Layer–1 Networks

Dan Burke, CEO of Nirvana Labs, joins the show. In the episode we discuss:

• Dan’s background and journey into the crypto space
• The role of nodes in a blockchain network and the complexities of running one independently
• Challenges with existing node infrastructure providers as companies in the space scale
• Nirvana’s product offerings including managed nodes and web3 cloud and the benefits of leveraging bare metal servers
• Dan’s long term view on how the node operation landscape evolves

Mark Eckerle, Partner at Withum joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

• Mark’s journey into the digital asset/blockchain industry.
• Withum’s history in digital assets and how the firm came to prioritize working with clients in this category.
• The rise of stablecoins and the impact that these assets are having on corporate accounting and operations.
• How startups should evaluate tax, audit and advisory services in the digital assets context.
• Where Withum is seeing the most engagement in the digital assets industry.

To learn more about Withum visit www.withum.com/crypto

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

• Has cryptodollarization occured?
• Tigran Gambaryan is still detained in Nigeria
• Durov of Telegram was detained in France
• Should major tech companies leave the EU?
• The SEC settles with Abra
• Sony is launching an ETH L2
• The mythical Harris reset
• VCs for Harris support Harris
• Trump’s weird World Liberty Financial DeFi thing is looking ominous

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 Stablecoin Dashboard; State of Stablecoins: Sector Expansion & A Changing Interest Rate Environment

Scott Fletcher, founder of Intersection Growth Partners joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

• Scott’s professional background and the events that led him to launching Intersection Growth Partners.
• The Intersection Growth Partners business model and how they also became investors in a number of their clients’ businesses.
• The current state of the Executive Search market for digital asset/blockchain companies.
• How the best founders run structured recruiting and interview processes.
• What job candidates should be thinking about when evaluating digital asset / blockchain roles.
• The categories of roles that are the most in demand in today’s environment.
• The impact of legislation on the future of the industry.

To learn more about Intersection Growth Partners, visit their website.