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

Is Ethereum going through a ‘bullish unlock’?
Did the SEC decicion around staking help decentralize Ethereum?
What is a commodity?
We pitch futures for restaurant bookings
The problem with ‘phygitals’
What’s going on with DWF labs?
Twitter users will be able to trade crypto through the app
Is FedNow a CBDC?
Does FedNow introduce risks to the banking system?
A relaunch of FTX gets more likely
How the DOJ caught the Silk Road hacker
Could a CBDC emerge which is actually private?
We roll out the Tap In or Tap Out segment
Is France going to become a crypto haven?
The NYT article on Bitcoin mining
Did the NYT doctor pictures to make Bitcoin miners look more polluting than they are?
CIV is hiring

Sponsor notes:

Weekly Roundup 04/14/23 (ETH unstaking, FedNow vs CBDCs, NYT on mining, FTX 2.0 gets closer) (EP.416)

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