Weekly Roundup 05/17/24 (SAB121 repeal, Paul Ryan on stables, Bitcoin ETF 13Fs) (EP.528)

On The Brink with Castle Island

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

• The Senate votes to repeal SAB121
• Which Democrats defied Biden on SAB121?
• Chuck Schumer breaks with Warren
• Paul Ryan’s pro-stablecoin comments on Bloomberg
• CME is launching a spot crypto exchange
• The State of Wisconsin owns over $100m of Bitcoin ETFs
• Pump.fun exploited
• MEV exploiters arrested by the DoJ
• What’s up with Roaring Kitty?

Content mentioned in this episode:

• Matt Hougan, Who’s Buying Bitcoin ETFs (According to 13F Filings)
• David Morris, What President Biden’s Crypto Politics Might Really Be About
• Rep Mike Flood and Wiley Nickel, It’s time to overturn SAB 121

Sponsor notes:

• Bitcoin’s Halving Aftermath
• In Coin Metrics' State of the Network issue 259, we analyze the impact of Runes and miner revenues in Bitcoin's post-halving landscape