Weekly Roundup 12/01/22 (Is SBF playing the media, more Bad Boys, Binance’s Proof of Reserve) (EP.377)

On The Brink with Castle Island

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

• Tether collapse scenarios
• The wrapped Bitcoin issue
• Ria and others are named Forbes 30 under 30
• Sam is still not in jail
• Sam’s hidden media strategy
• How Sam could be positioning himself for the case
• Was FTX really a case of negligence or was it fraud?
• Sam is muddying the waters
• Sam Trubucco is our bad boy of the week
• Should the US really annex the Bahamas?
• Members of CT are running around Nassau looking for Sam
• Should the US be pressuring the Bahamas for more action here?
• Beto returns his FTX donation
• The CFTC met with FTX 10 times
• The SEC’s culpability in the FTX scandal
• The Farmington Bank acquisition scandal
• Did Sam Trubucco and Caroline really not know about the malfeasance?
• SBF is throwing his former colleagues under the bus
• Kyle Davies’ embarassing attempted comeback
• What’s the fate of the charity boxing match?
• Casa rolls out support for Ethereum
• Binance rolls out a Proof of Reserve - but it has issues

Content mentioned:

• NYMAG, Interview with SBF

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