1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:&amp;nbsp; Nic's issues editing the show Why Washington is attacking PoR&amp;nbsp; Why Big 4 audit firms aren't working on PoR&amp;nbsp; The Financial Innovation and Technology in the 21st Century bill (FIT) passes out of committee in the House&amp;nbsp; Six Democrats defect and support the bill The Stablecoin bill reaches an impasse because the White House&amp;nbsp; Why stablecoins being limited to the banks is a paradox&amp;nbsp; The SEC settles with Quantstamp SBF gets a gag order because he released Caroline Ellison's diaries&amp;nbsp; SBF did actually pay for his legal defense with stolen FTX customer money&amp;nbsp; The UK gets embroiled in a banking scandal due to Nigel Farage&amp;nbsp; We digest the room temperature ambient pressure superconductor news&amp;nbsp; Nic's pickleball injury &amp;nbsp; Content mentioned:&amp;nbsp; Nic in Fortune, The crypto industry is embracing self regulation. It’s time Washington gets on board &amp;nbsp; Kathleen Breitman in Fortune, Ben McKenzie needs a hug: The ‘OC’ star’s crypto book is an ill-informed flop &amp;nbsp; Sponsor notes:&amp;nbsp; Coin Metrics STATE OF THE NETWORK - From Orange Groves to Orange Gold&amp;nbsp; In this special edition of State of the Network, we are excited to share a new report that translates the legal language of securities framework for digital assets into objective, measurable criteria from “on-chain” data &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/27587121/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/27587121