Hosts tackle the week’s hottest news: the revival of meme coins. Briefers dive into meme coin projects, including PEPE coin, fungible tokens for text on blockchain, as well as Coinbase updates and announcements.

Episode Topics:

[3:30] What Parth Tried This Week: Big Incorporation

[8:00] Meme Coin Projects

[10:00] What is Pepecoin?

[12:15] Bitcoin NFTs?

[25:00] Coinbase Sunsets Borrow Program

[30:30] Coinbase Derivatives Announcement

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

Jack and Ryan debrief on their trip to Consensus, describing positive vibes despite the crypto winter. Hosts discuss the announcements made over the week, including news from Binance, Circle, and Mastercard.

Episode Topics:

[2:15] What Parth Tried This Week: Push Protocol

[9:00] An Overview of Consensus

[13:15] News from Binance US

[19:45] Circle CCTP Goes Live

[24:30] Mastercard’s Announcement of Crypto Credential

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

Ryan and Jack tackle this week’s top stories including Coinbase’s news to launch a derivatives exchange to international customers, MakerDAO’s votes to deposit $500 million in USDC to Coinbase cold storage custody, and the MEV sandwich attacks that made $1 Million in single day profit. 

Episode Topics:

[3:25] Coinbase Gets Bermuda License for International Derivatives Exchange

[11:30] MakerDAO’s Governance Votes

[23:45] MEV Sandwich Attacks

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

Briefers take on the topic of crypto regulation but this time, from a global point of view, pointing out policies and progress across Asia, Europe, Africa and the United States.

[4:00] Crypto Regulation: A Marathon, Not a Sprint

Policies and Progress in:
[7:10] Asia

[23:00] Europe

[30:10] Africa and the United States

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

Briefers dive into the Shanghai-Capella upgrade, explaining what the upgrade means for users and how it can impact the ecosystem.

Episode Topics:

[1:40] What Parth Tried This Week: ShareMint

[6:45] Shanghai & Capella Upgrades: What Is It, What Does It Mean for Users & What To Expect

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

Hosts tackle the biggest news of the week: the CTFC’s claims against Binance. Plus, Parth shares how he is participating in DeFi projects that push the limits and dives into Ticketmaster’s latest NFT initiative.

Episode Topics:

[1:45] Ireland’s Crypto Ecosystem – Takeaways from Jason’s Trip

[8:10] What Parth Tried This Week: Degen Score

[13:45] CFTC Action Against Binance

[30:30] Ticketmaster NFT Update

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

Parth and Jack welcome Sarah Hoffman, VP of AI and machine learning research for the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology for a conversation on what’s changed of the last few years with generative AI, how AI can be used as a tool for auditing code and other potential use cases for AI in the crypto ecosystem.  

Episode Topics:

[3:00] Charges Against Do Kwon & Justin Sun

[5:45] Bitcoin ATM Hacks

[7:05] A New Era of AI

[17:20] Where AI Meets Blockchain

[22:50] Future of AI Models & Possible Uses Cases in Crypto

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

This week, Jack provides a summary of the events that unfolded over the week and how it could all impact digital assets. Then, hosts switch gears to discuss the future L2 roll-ups and budding scaling wars.

Episode Topics:

[2:25] What Parth Tried This Week – Mean Finance and Revoke.Cash

[8:50] What Bank Closures Could Mean for Digital Assets

[26:15] Arbitrum Token Drop & The TLDR on L2 roll-ups

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

Chances are you’ve already heard about the closings of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and Silvergate but what implications do these closures have on the crypto ecosystem? Briefers break down how these closures came to be and how the impact may trickle into the crypto industry.

Episode Topics:

[2:55] ETH Denver Recap

[5:20] Summary of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature & Silvergate News and Implications for the Crypto Ecosystem

[31:55] Coinbase’s New Launches

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

This week, briefers tackle the last news recapping updates from Silvergate, the buzz around ordinals and the Ethereum Foundation’s account abstraction announcement.

Episode Topics:

[4:15] Silvergate Updates

[16:55] What’s Been Happening with Ordinal Inscriptions

[31:40] Account Abstraction Announcement

Please remember: this podcast is solely for informational and educational purposes and is not investment, tax, legal or insurance advice. Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile and you should conduct thorough research before you invest. To learn more, visit: fcatalyst.com FMR LLC. © 2022 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.