Weekly Roundup 06/02/23 (Crypto-eurodollars, SBF's defense, debt ceiling debate) (EP.428)

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

The debt ceiling debate is resolved What happened to Paxos’ / Paypal’s stablecoin? Offshore dollar stablecoins are growing while onshore stablecoins are shrinking Stablecoin policy in the US is backfiring USD stables issued out of Hong Kong Tether reaches a new all time high The bad boys are back SBF’s defense will reportedly claim he got bad advice from Fenwick Farenheit wins the bid for the Celcius assets Why Celcius’ mining operation was a big red flag What does CZ mean by 4?

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