Weekly Roundup 08/02/24 (Trump’s speech, Lummis’ BITCOIN Act, CA car titles on AVAX) (EP.550)

On The Brink with Castle Island

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

• We react to Trump’s speech on Bitcoin in Nashville
• Is Bitcoin a proxy for Trump’s electoral chances?
• Will there be a “crypto reset” from the Harris campaign?
• Lummis’ Bitcoin Act
• The US government moves some Bitcoin
• Should the US government hold on to the coins from the Bitfinex hack?
• Is the new Bitcoin law civil asset forfeiture?
• Tether’s big Q2
• Where are the Tether Truthers?
• Howard Lutnick’s claim about SBF and Tether
• Bitclout founder Nader Al Naji is charged by the SEC and SDNY
• California DMV partners up with the Avalanche network

Content mentioned:

• Adams, Ibert, and Liao, What Drives Crypto Asset Prices?

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