Weekly Roundup 06/02/23 (Crypto-eurodollars, SBF's defense, debt ceiling debate) (EP.428)

On The Brink with Castle Island

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

• The debt ceiling debate is resolved
• What happened to Paxos’ / Paypal’s stablecoin?
• Offshore dollar stablecoins are growing while onshore stablecoins are shrinking
• Stablecoin policy in the US is backfiring
• USD stables issued out of Hong Kong
• Tether reaches a new all time high
• The bad boys are back
• SBF’s defense will reportedly claim he got bad advice from Fenwick
• Farenheit wins the bid for the Celcius assets
• Why Celcius’ mining operation was a big red flag
• What does CZ mean by 4?

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