On The Brink with Castle Island · 2026-06-19 · 39 min
Matt and Nic are back for a week of news and deals. In this episode: The Tartan Army takes over Boston Europeans are shocked that American infrastructure works STRC falls into the low $80s STRC's liquidation cascade mechanics What are Saylor's options now? Is the US right to put the brakes on Fable? Will open weight models puncture the AI boom? Are we living in a vulnerable world? Kristin Gillebrand's son raises $30m for a perps exchange Make sure your tokenized equity provider has the equity Why aren't publishers doing pay per content Content mentioned: Nick Bostrom, The Vulnerable World Hypothesis
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