Ian Cain, republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the state of Massachusetts against Elizabeth Warren joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

• Ian’s personal background and path to politics.
• How he became interested in emerging / blockchain technology.
• Qubic Labs and fostering a startup ecosystem in Massachusetts.
• The on-chain municipal bond project in Quincy, MA.
• The key issues that MA voters care about.
• Elizabeth Warren’s posture on crypto and whether the “anti-crypto army” is a real thing or a political stunt.
• Stablecoins
• Digital asset market infrastructure and why it is important to prioritize this effort.
• Ian’s message for Massachusetts voters.

Links:

• To support Ian Cain please visit www.cainforus.com
• To learn more about Qubic Labs visit www.qubiclabs.com
• Qubic’s Impact Report
• More on the Quincy Municipal Bond effort.

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

• CIV's new stablecoin survey
• What happened with Runes?
• Lawsuit against the SEC’s dealer rule
• New capital gains tax proposal
• How would taxing unrealized gains work?
• Two SEC lawyers leave in connection with the DEBT Box scandal
• The founders of Samourai wallet are arrested and charged by the DoJ
• Morgan Stanley close to permitting Bitcoin ETF to be solicited by their brokers
• Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs go live
• Block is building Bitcoin mining hardware
• Visa’s stablecoin analytics dashboard
• Bitcoin Sign Guy sells his sign
• TikTok ban reactions
• Choke Point 2.0 moves to fintechs

Content mentioned in this episode:

• Visa’s stablecoin dashboard
• IMF, A Primer on Cross-Border Bitcoin Flows
• FDAS Q1 Signals Report

Sponsor notes:

• Layer-1 Landscape
• In Coin Metrics' State of the Network issue 256, we explore the diverse landscape of Layer-1 blockchains

Chris Harmse, co-founder and VP of Revenue at BVNK joins the show. In this episode we discuss:

• Chris’ career and the path to founding BVNK.
• The origin story of BVNK and how the company has evolved over time.
• The key drivers behind the adoption of stablecoins.
• Segmenting the stablecoin market.
• Interest bearing stablecoins and the impact that this category will have on the overall market.
• Tokenized money funds and the future of securities settlement.
• How stablecoins will refactor the global FX market.
• The regulatory landscape and how stablecoin adoption is evolving in various regions.

To learn more about BVNK visit their website.