Weekly Roundup 12/03/21 (Square is now Block, Crypto Basel, Cowen's Regulatory Projections) (EP.265)

On The Brink with Castle Island

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

• Art Basel is now a crypto event
• Is the crypto industry culturally relevant?
• Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter
• Will Twitter become more censored
• Square renames itself Block
• Celcius CFO is arrested
• Fidelity launches a Bitcoin ETF in Canada
• David Marcus is leaving Facebook
• Regulatory projections from Cowen
• BadgerDAO hacked

Content mentioned:

• Cowen's analysis of the regulatory headwinds in crypto

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