1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Nic and Matt return for news and deals of the week. In this episode: Matt's takeaways from the Medici conference&amp;nbsp; The rapid growth of ZKPs We review Brink Nation posts on GM We look back at the history of the FUD dice&amp;nbsp; Are tungsten dice possible?&amp;nbsp; Big thunderstorm in Miami&amp;nbsp; Is the crypto industry sitting out the recession?&amp;nbsp; We consider the merits of virtual real estate&amp;nbsp; Does proximity matter in the metaverse?&amp;nbsp; Metaverse land rights and NIMBYism&amp;nbsp; The Bitcoin Mining Council letter to the EPA and what motivated it Ohio's primary yields an entirely pro-crypto field&amp;nbsp; CBOE acquires ErisX Goldman takes out a Bitcoin-collateralized USD loan Jane Street dives into DeFi&amp;nbsp; The SEC doubles the size of its cyber unit&amp;nbsp; CA issues an EO on the crypto industry The Dept. of Labor criticizes Fidelity for their Bitcoin 401k product The IMF criticizes the Central African Republic's adoption of Bitcoin&amp;nbsp; The divergence between public and private valuations in crypto and equities, and why they can't always be arbitraged away Content mentioned:&amp;nbsp; Prominent Bitcoiners' letter to the EPA to respond to Rep. Huffman's letter&amp;nbsp; Sponsor notes: Subscribe to the&amp;nbsp;Coin Metrics&amp;nbsp;State of the Network&amp;nbsp;newsletter &amp;nbsp; On The Brink with Castle Island https://castleisland.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23021498/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/2f3976/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/23021498