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Weekly Roundup 10/25/24 (Stripe acquires Bridge, Polymarket whale, Stables as Fintech 3.0) (EP.569)

2024/10/25
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On The Brink with Castle Island

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Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode:

  • The Polymarket whale is identified
  • BTCUSD predictions for the election
  • Election models versus prediction markets
  • Stripe acquires Bridge for $1.1b
  • Did the Bridge deal make sense for Stripe?
  • Stablecoins as Fintech 3.0
  • Nigeria frees Tigran Gambaryan
  • Kraken is launching the Ink blockchain
  • Buenos Aires is launching a blockchain-based identity solution
  • Opera launches the minipay wallet
  • A new paper from the Fed gives us new insight into the 2023 bank run
  • Coinbase FOIAs the regulators behind OCP 2.0

Content mentioned in this episode:

  • NY Fed, Tracing Bank Runs in Real Time)

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