Weekly Roundup 08/05/22 (BlackRock jumps in, CFTC oversight bill, ETH PoW forks?) (EP.338)

On The Brink with Castle Island

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

• Is there any hope for ETH PoW forks?
• Is Ethereum unforkeable?
• More 3AC shenanigans of the week
• The 3AC Toyota Century situation
• The 3AC boys have some unexpected supporters
• A bipartisan bill proposes giving the CFTC oversight over the spot market
• What’s up with the croissant diet
• NYDFS fines Robinhood Crypto
• Michael Saylor steps down from this CEO role at Microstrategy
• The SEC charges 11 individuals involved in the Forsage ponzi
• The other Nick Carter is in trouble for endorsing Safemoon
• Another cross chain bridge is hacked
• What happened with this Solana wallet hack?
• Matt loses the tip of his finger
• Coinbase partners up with Blackrock

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