On The Brink with Castle Island

Weekly Roundup 09/01/23 (SEC loses vs Grayscale, Impact Theory implications) (EP.447)


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

  • Tether is actually the most interventionist stablecoin when it comes to freezing
  • Should we be bullish on PYUSD? 
  • Why stablecoin data shows meaningful utility for public blockchains 
  • Is the idea of a 'crypto generalist' dead? 
  • The meaning of the SEC's loss in court to Grayscale
  • Why the SEC was 'arbitrary and capricious'
  • The SEC's blunder over their approval of Futs ETFs
  • The SEC's possible options 
  • Our guesses for how the SEC reacts to their loss
  • The SEC delays other pending spot ETFs
  • The SEC wins against Impact Theory
  •  Why the case against Impact Theory could implicate a lot of other NFT projects 
  • Uniswap wins a class action case 
  • What does the SEC's case against Binance being under seal mean? 

Content mentioned: 

  • BH Digital, The Relentless Rise of Stablecoins
  • WSJ, The SEC Strikes Out Again on Crypto With Grayscale

Sponsor notes:

  • Coin Metrics STATE OF THE NETWORK — Coin Convergence: Piecing Together Common Ownership Patterns Across Major Stablecoins
  • In Coin Metrics State of the Network Issue 222, we highlight trends in user behavior & common ownership across major stablecoins on Ethereum
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