Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. 

• Cooper and Kirk’s white paper on Operation Choke Point 2.0
• How bank regulators put crypto-facing banks in a catch-22
• SBF charged with bribing a Chinese official
• Is Sam funding his legal defense with funds purloined from FTX users?
• The CFTC charges Binance with operating an unlicensed derivatives exchange
• Binance execs haz no confidence in their geofencing
• How did the CFTC get their hands on CZ’s Signal history
• The SEC shuts down Beaxy
• Microstrategy buys another $150m worth of Bitcoin
• NASDAQ is aiming to launch their crypto custody platform in June
• What’s the deal with McHenry’s stablecoin bill?
• House Democrats would make issuing a stablecoin effectively illegal
• Elizabeth Warren is “building an anti-crypto army”
• Are DAOs unincorporated associations or general partnerships?
• Is the SPDI dead in the water?
• Did the FDIC Chair perjure himself in front of Congress this week?
• What’s the deal with the SigNet sale?
• Is dedollarization happening?

Content mentioned:

• Cooper & Kirk whitepaper on Operation Choke Point 2.0