Weekly Roundup 10/31/25 (DATs selling coins, prediction market problems, Bessent's pesos) (EP.681)

Update: 2025-10-31

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Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode:

Mastercard buys Zerohash for around $2b
Fiserv has a catastrophic day
Bitwise launches a Solana staking ETF
Is there another regional banking crisis?
EthZilla sold some ETH to buy back shares
Will there be activists with the DATs?
Are prediction markets structurally doomed?
Sen Tillis introduces the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking act
Could you go back and time and trade effectively?
Bessent's great peso trade
What's going to happen with Venezuela?
We review the Iran-Contra scandal

Content mentioned in this episode:

Sen Tillis, Fair Access to Banking press release

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Weekly Roundup 10/31/25 (DATs selling coins, prediction market problems, Bessent's pesos) (EP.681)

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Weekly Roundup 10/31/25 (DATs selling coins, prediction market problems, Bessent's pesos) (EP.681)

Weekly Roundup 10/31/25 (DATs selling coins, prediction market problems, Bessent's pesos) (EP.681)