We sit down with Huf Haus, founder of Pear Protocol. In this episode:

• What pair trading is, the benefits of Pear trading, and different strategies
• How to approach different market regimes from a trader's perspective
• Applying trading strategies to other asset classes

Nathan McCauley, the founder and CEO of Anchorage joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

• The passage of The Genius Act and the impact it will have on the digital asset industry.
• The launch of Anchorage’s white label stablecoin issuance platform.
• Anchorage Digital Prime and how the company is working with its customers on trade execution, lending and custody.
• The status of the market structure bill.
• The Roman Storm case.

To learn more about Anchorage visit their website. Follow Nathan on X.

See also:

• OTB 595: Nathan McCauley on the evolving banking and custody landscape

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

• What’s wrong with NYC?
• China bans Bitcoin for the 15th time
• Is China really lauching an RMB stablecoin?
• We dissect the Trump debanking EO
• OpenAI releases GPT5
• SEC: Liquid staking tokens are not securities
• Roman Storm is found guilty on one of three counts
• Hester Peirce’s speech on financial privacy
• How should we solve debanking?
• Will stablecoins replace bank wires?
• Is AI going to reveal the identity of Satoshi

Further reading:

• Hester Peirce, Peanut Butter & Watermelon: Financial Privacy in the Digital Age
• Nic on Substack, The Last Word on Stablecoins and Free Banking