Weekly Roundup 05/06/22 (Metaverse NIMBYism, the BMC EPA letter, the SEC doubles the Cyber Unit) ...

Оригинальный автор：On The Brink with Castle Island

Первоисточник：https://www.youtube.com/embed/zcuBSkQ4VXE

Nic and Matt return for news and deals of the week. In this episode: • Matt's takeaways from the Medici conference • The rapid growth of ZKPs • We review Brink Nation posts on GM (https://gm.xyz/c/OnTheBrink?sortBy=new) • We look back at the history of the FUD dice • Are tungsten dice possible? • Big thunderstorm in Miami • Is the crypto industry sitting out the recession? • We consider the merits of virtual real estate • Does proximity matter in the metaverse? • Metaverse land rights and NIMBYism • The Bitcoin Mining Council letter to the EPA and what motivated it • Ohio's primary yields an entirely pro-crypto field • CBOE acquires ErisX • Goldman takes out a Bitcoin-collateralized USD loan • Jane Street dives into DeFi • The SEC doubles the size of its cyber unit • 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 • The divergence between public and private valuations in crypto and equities, and why they can't always be arbitraged away Content mentioned: • Prominent Bitcoiners' letter to the EPA (https://bitcoinminingcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Bitcoin_Letter_to_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency.pdf) to respond to Rep. Huffman's letter Sponsor notes: • Subscribe to the Coin Metrics (https://coinmetrics.io/) State of the Network (https://coinmetrics.substack.com/?utm_source=otb) newsletter