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

• Our episode with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
• The SEC and Binance are pausing their litigation
• Brian Quintenz nominated for CFTC
• Jonathan Gould nominated for OCC
• Central African Republic launches a memecoin
• Is Vitalik crashing out?
• CBOE wants to add staking to their ETH ETF
• We reflect on the Tigran Gambaryan story
• Rep Waters rolls out a draft stablecoin bill
• Is there a run on gold vaults underway?
• Tungsten is rallying