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On The Brink with Castle Island

Castle Island Ventures

Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore news and deals in the public blockchain space and talk to some of the leading experts in the industry. Learn more and stay up to date at CastleIsland.vc and follow on twitter @CastleIslandVC

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All Episodes

29:29

Zac Townsend (Meanwhile) on Bitcoin Life Insurance...

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2025/07/10

Zac Townsend, the founder and CEO of Meanwhile, joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Zac’s background and the path that led him to start Meanwhile. The mechanics of Bitcoin denominated life insurance. How Meanwhile generates Bitcoin yield. Zac’s views on the evolution of Bitcoin treasury companies. To learn more about Meanwhile visit meanwhile.bm

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21:41

Charles Hamel (Opera MiniPay) on Globalizing Dollar...

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2025/07/09

Charles Hamel, Product Director at Opera's MiniPay, joins the show. In this episode: Stablecoin habits in emerging markets Prospects for local stablecoins What’s next on the stablecoin horizon

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36:34

Weekly Roundup 07/04/25 (Tokenized stocks, Crypto...

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2025/07/04

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: EthCC troubles Robinhood has been shipping Figma owns BTC The House GOP has declared "crypto week" in July Circle and Ripple are applying for bank charters AI companies are buying Bitcoin miners Sharia finance The BBB passes America teeters towards default The Sohan Parekh fiasco How do tokenized stocks work? Another architect of OCP2.0 bites the dust Is AI going to usher in a socialist revolution? Ric Edelman wants

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37:11

Chris Maurice (Yellow Card) on Stablecoin Adoption in...

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2025/07/02

Chris Maurice, founder of Yellow Card, a pan-Africa stablecoin business and exchange, rejoins the show. In this episode: How Chris feels about the crypto space in 2025 as compared to when he started a decade ago How Yellow Card evolved from being a retail BTC exchange to being an enterprise payment platform for stablecoins How Chris realized that stablecoins were all about b2b transfers How businesses in EM use stablecoins, and what the alternatives are Regional differences within Africa in terms

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32:12

Bernardo Bilotta (Stables Money) on Stablecoin...

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2025/06/30

Wyatt sits down with Bernando Bilotta, founder of Stables.money. In this episode: Stablecoin usage in APAC, for saving, spending, and beyond Retail adoption that bleeds into institutional adoption The forward-looking path for stablecoin finance

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37:00

Weekly Roundup 06/27/25 (Bitcoin for mortages, Fiserv...

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2025/06/27

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Golden age of prediction markets NYC mayor’s election What’s happening with Canton? The FHFA says crypto can be a qualifying asset for mortages Our thoughts on the market structure bill The significance of the Fiserv stablecoin pilot $500m public access vehicle for BNB The Fed drops reputational risk in bank supervision EO for debanking is rumored Kraken HQ is moving to Wyoming Texas buys Bitcoin Will banking hours be

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39:27

Josh Frank (The Tie) on Crypto Market Intelligence...

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2025/06/26

Josh Frank, the founder and CEO of The Tie joins the show. In this episode we discuss: The origin story behind The Tie and how Josh approached founding the business. The digital asset data market. How sentiment data has evolved in the digital asset industry. The buy-side landscape for digital assets and how Josh sees that evolving in the coming years. The Canton Network and how The Tie is working with this new protocol. To learn more about The Tie visit their website.

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42:52

Luca Prosperi (M0) on a Universal Stablecoin Platform...

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2025/06/23

Ria sits down with Luca Prosperi, CEO and Co-Founder of M0, a universal stablecoin platform that enables customization while preserving interoperability across assets. In this episode, we cover: Lessons from MakerDAO Drawing inspiration from the dual banking system Building a base asset that is decentralized, permissionless and ossified Issuing opinionated assets via wrapping and extensions while maintaining interoperability

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37:49

Weekly Roundup 06/20/25 (GENIUS passes, Nobitex Hack,...

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2025/06/20

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: The GENIUS Act passes the Senate Should GENIUS be stapled to market structure? Bessent thinks stablecoins could be $3.7T by 2030 Stablecoin FUD Will stablecoins destabilize the US Treasury market JPM's stablecoin FUDs JPMD's deposit token will launch on Base The future of stablecoin yield in the US Circle hits a $50b market cap Yellowcard partners with Visa in Africa Kraken will launch a token for their Ink L2 Are Walmart

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15:56

Santi Alvarado (XFX) on Improving FX for Stablecoins...

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2025/06/19

Sean is joined by Santi Alvarado, CEO/Co-Founder of XFX, to cover their seed raise and how money moves cross border. In this episode: Background of Santi and how he made his way into crypto How legacy FX settlement operates today How XFX enables more liquidity for cross border payment companies

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22:51

Greg Genega (KPMG) on Crypto Auditing (EP.634)

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2025/06/18

Wyatt is joined by Greg Genega, Digital Asset and Blockchain leader at KPMG, for a conversation on the state of crypto auditing. In this episode: How KPMG works with crypto companies and protocols Relevant new innovations in the crypto space What to look out for as a new founder

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35:00

Weekly Roundup 06/13/25 (Stripe buys Privy,...

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2025/06/13

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Stripe acquires wallet infrastructure company Privy for an undisclosed sum Fireblocks’ stablecoin data Stablecoin FUD Were mnemonic phrases a local maxima? Bullish and Gemini have filed preliminary paperwork for IPOs Soc Gen is launching a USD stablecoin We look at some infamous rogue traders Gamestop’s bitcoin strategy is a flop DTCC is looking at issuing a stablecoin

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27:59

Weekly Roundup 06/06/25 (Circle IPO, Singapore rules,...

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2025/06/06

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Circle goes public and has an explosive first day The IPO window is open Circle’s vision for CPN Pump.fun is launching a token Will pump.fun cannibalize Solana? JPM will let clients use Bitcoin ETFs as collateral Strategy introduces new offerings Magic Eden’s strange Trump wallet app announcement Truth Social Bitcoin ETF A K Pop Bitcoin access vehicle Korea’s cultural renaissance Singapore’s abrupt change in posture

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33:47

Isha Varshney (Celo) on Stablecoin Adoption Across...

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2025/06/04

Wyatt sits down with Isha Varshney from the Celo Foundation to talk stablecoins. Covered in this episode: Payments in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa Stablecoin usage and USDT The future of non-stable tokens

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22:24

Weekly Roundup 05/30/25 (Bitcoin Access Vehicles, GME...

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2025/05/30

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Warning signs for the Bitcoin access vehicles? Has Bitcoin lost the MoE battle? Is OCP 2.0 over? The Dept of Labor rescinds their anti-crypto 401k guidance Cantor Fitzgerald is launching a bitcoin/gold fund Is it mathematically possible to give Bitcoin upside and gold downside? Content mentioned: Stablecoin.fyi

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25:44

Anthony Yim (Artemis) on Stablecoin Payments from the...

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2025/05/29

We sit down with Anthony Yim, Artemis cofounder, to talk about the latest report from Artemis, CIV, and Dragonfly, providing brand new estimates of stablecoin payments volume. In this episode: Why we decided to work on the new report How we obtained the estimates Why we decided to put together a bottom-up estimate Stablecoin b2b volumes compared to traditional b2b How do you measure stablecoin transactions? Download the report at stablecoin.fyi

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38:49

Markus Franke and Denney Kwok (Mento Labs) on...

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2025/05/26

Markus Franke and Denney Kwok from Mento Labs join the show. In this episode: Non-USD stablecoins On-chain FX Microlending and financing for emerging markets

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33:31

Weekly Roundup 05/23/25 (Genius Cloture, Sui hack,...

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2025/05/23

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Trump’s crypto dinner reviewed Bitcoin access vehicles NYT stablecoin coverage Sui is hacked and censors the blockchain Kraken is launching tokenized stocks Circle in acquisition talks The GENIUS Act passes Cloture in the Senate Hong Kong passes stablecoin legislation

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30:50

Andrew MacKenzie (Agant) on British Pound Stablecoins...

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2025/05/21

Wyatt sits down with Andrew MacKenzie, founder of Agant, the issuer of GBPA, a pound sterling stablecoin. In this episode: The potential emergence of non-USD stablecoins The prospect of a GBP-backed stablecoin The British crypto regulatory environment How global financial institutions are positioning around stablecoins

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40:53

Weekly Roundup 05/16/25 (GENIUS is back, Coinbase...

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2025/05/16

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Why is Boston such a good sports city? Price inflation in dinosaur skeletons Cryptopunks IP is sold Machinsky is sentenced Nakamoto Holdings launches Meta wants to add stablecoins to its platforms Exchanges are honeypots for KYC data Coinbase suffers a data breach The GENIUS act is going to a vote next week GENIUS act new provisions More Movement shenanigans Thailand is launching a $150m crypto token Content mentioned in

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