Weekly Roundup 07/14/23 (Ripple gets a W, Machinsky arrested, PoR in federal legislation) (EP.438)

Matt and Nic are back with a huge week in the markets. In this episode:  Ripple gets a key win in their summary judgment versus the SEC Implications for XRP holders Implications for exchanges and other tokens Prometheum’s denials about their ties to the CCP don’t hold water How Prometheum is a Potemkin platform Alex Machinsky has been arrested Arkham’s tokensale and doxing snafu The Lummis Gillebrand bill gets a facelift and incorporates PoR The prospects for the Lummis Gillebrand bill Updates on the piping plovers Why Threads isn’t going to make it Sponsor notes:  Coin Metrics’ State of the Network: Spot On - From Trusts to Spot ETFs In this issue of State of the Network, we dive deeper into Grayscale’s trusts and discuss the evolution of the digital assets investment landscape with the anticipated arrival of spot ETF’s