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

• Are cubes a suitable holiday gift?
• Best crypto Xmas gifts
• Bitcoin purchases we regret
• The House Financial Services committee holds a hearing
• Our Congressional hearing MVP
• Brian Brooks' evolution
• SBF kicks off shoegate
• Takeaways from the House hearing
• EOS holders reject a payment to Block One
• Block One's weird pivot to Bitcoin
• Greyscale says 26% of American adults own Bitcoin
• Governance difficulties in Dfinity
• Will SWIFT survive American sanctions on Russia
• Impenetrable Sushiswap drama
• Those landfill Bitcoins are still lost

Content mentioned: 

• Brian Brooks' testimony before the House Financial Services Committee
• The Economist, The Explosion in Stablecoins Revives a Debate around 'Free Banking'
• WSJ, Crypto, NFTs and Tungsten Cubes: A Guide to Giving Cash in 2021

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