Matt and Nic review the stories of the week, featuring John Collins, partner and cofounder of FS Vector, to cover the OCC letter and its implications. Covered in this episode:

• Our Plustoken conspiracy
• Nic's bird situation
• USDC raises $25m from DCG
• Avanti's dollar-coin Avit
• Why Pats players keep declaring their intention to sit out the season
• Bitcoin Suisse raises $48.6m
• Polkadot raises $43m
• What tokensales and desert real estate have in common
• FTX is building a DEX on Solana
• Paradigm sponsors a Bitcoin developer
• Why Bitcoin's patronage system is a competitive advantage relative to other blockchains
• Our predictions on whether this rally will last
• The circular logic inherent in valuations of certain DeFi tokens
• Why distinguishing pseudo equity from cryptocurrency is so important