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

• Underwhelming Taproot adoption
• Tornado Cash gets sanctioned by OFAC
• Is Tornado a better mixer than coinjoin
• Why the Tornado Cash sanctioning is the first of its kind
• How much of the liquidity in Tornado Cash was illicit?
• Are we at a turning point in financial privacy?
• Why was Tornado Cash specifically targeted and not other mixers
• Account-based versus UTXO systems and their effect on your ability to segregate funds
• Can you really sanction a blockchain or smart contract?
• The crypto wars of the 90s continue
• Is Ethereum the biggest crypto platform for privacy today?
• Is Dai at risk from USDC?
• The Merge finally gets a launch date
• BlackRock launches a Bitcoin spot trust

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