On The Brink with Castle Island

Dana Syracuse and Josh Boehm (Paul Hastings) on the regulatory picture post-Genius (EP.705)

Weekly Roundup 02/27/26 (Insider Predicting, OCC implements GENIUS, ZachXTB fingers Axiom, Jane St vs Terra) (EP.704)

Weekly Roundup 02/20/26 (CFTC claims Prediction Markets, rogue AI agents, ETH's existential crisis) (EP.703)

Raj Parekh (Monad Foundation) on Stablecoins and The Next Era of Fintech (EP.702)

Stablecoins and blockchain technology are transforming global payment systems by replacing inefficient legacy infrastructure with faster, open-source alternatives. Raj Parekh, Head of Stablecoins and Payments at Monad, highlights that while traditional financial institutions possess deep payment expertise, startups rem...

Weekly Roundup 02/13/26 (SBF wants a retrial, taking stock of Web3, Clarity deadlocked) (EP.701)

Bhavin Vaid (Birch Hill) on Better Markets for Tokenized Assets (EP.700)

The role of institutional-grade risk curation is central to bridging traditional finance with on-chain credit markets. Birch Hill functions as a translation layer, enabling institutional capital to access decentralized lending venues by curating safe, compliant, and transparent investment opportunities. The industry is...

Weekly Roundup 02/06/26 (Bitcoin bloodbath, Digesting Epstein's Emails, Ethereum rethinks L2s) (EP.699)

Weekly Roundup 01/30/26 (Fidelity's FIDD, Gold rally, Worldcoin and AI bots, digital alibis) (EP. 698)

Weekly Roundup 01/23/26 (CLARITY stalls, Iran's USDT reserves, Is Web3 Social over?) (EP.697)

Weekly Roundup 01/16/26 (CLARITY problems, InfoFi Dead, CA Wealth Tax, Kontigo) (EP.696)

Wyatt & Jake Lynch on Onchain Financial Markets (EP.695)

Weekly Roundup 01/02/26 (2026 predictions, wealth taxes, secret insolvencies) (EP.694)

2025 Highlights and 2026 Predictions with Blockchain Coinvestors (EP.693)

Weekly Roundup 12/19/25 (Quantum FUD, CLARITY markup, are forks obsolete?) (EP.692)

Corn (Yearn Finance) on the Evolution of DeFi Protocols (EP. 691)

Weekly Roundup 12/12/25 (Do Kwon sentenced, DTC no action letter, Circle's private stablecoin) (EP.690)

Crypto industry development hinges on balancing inevitable speculative cycles with the long-term utility of decentralized financial technologies. While meme coins and launchpads represent volatile aspects of the market, the underlying infrastructure—including decentralized exchanges and Web3 ownership models—continues ...

Weekly Roundup 12/05/25 (The trouble with Taproot, a prediction market paradox, HFSC OCP.2 report) (EP.689)

Stepan Simkin (Squads) on Stablecoin-Powered Financial Services (EP.688)

Stepan Simkin, founder of Squads, details the company's evolution from a Solana-based multi-signature wallet into a comprehensive financial services platform named Altitude. This transition reflects a broader shift toward stablecoin-powered infrastructure, which offers superior efficiency, instant settlement, and progr...

Weekly Roundup 11/27/25 (Who we are thankful for, S&P downgrades Tether) (EP.687)

Weekly Roundup 11/21/25 (Quantum FUD, DAT hangover, stablecoin duration risk) (EP.686)