Weekly Roundup 10/17/25 (Flash crash, pig butchering scam busted, Erebor charter granted) (EP.678)

Update: 2025-10-17

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

We dissect the market structure behind the flash crash last week
What happened with Binance and Ethena?
Palmer Luckey’s de novo bank Erebor gets an OCC charter
Paxos’ fat finger
The US government has seized $15b in funds tied to pig butchering scams

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Weekly Roundup 10/17/25 (Flash crash, pig butchering scam busted, Erebor charter granted) (EP.678)

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Weekly Roundup 10/17/25 (Flash crash, pig butchering scam busted, Erebor charter granted) (EP.678)

Weekly Roundup 10/17/25 (Flash crash, pig butchering scam busted, Erebor charter granted) (EP.678)