Matt and Nic review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. In this week’s episode:
- The story behind bitcoin pizza day
- The impact of hashrate futures
- Genesis Capital’s acquisition of Vo1t and what that means for their business
- Why the DTCC should get into crypto
- Brian Brooks becomes the acting comptroller of the currency
- Our analysis of the coins from Feb. 2009 reawakening
- Our theory for why those ancient coins might be moving now
- The great Bitcoin energy consumption debate
- Nic gets unblocked by CZ
Content mentioned in this episode:
- Nic in Coindesk: The Last Word on Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption
- Byrne Hobart in Coindesk: PTJ on BTC: Bitcoin Is Now the Macro Big Bet
- Fred Wilson on his blog: American Kingpin
- Sergio Lerner’s analysis of the Satoshi mining pattern