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Podcast: On The Brink with Castle Island
Episode: Weekly Roundup 05/09/25 (GENIUS stalls, Coinbase buys Deribit, Bessent on stables)
Description: Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: We have a new Pope The etymology of ampersand The GENIUS act collapses spectacularly Coinbase consummates its acquisition of Deribit Did World Liberty Financial's USD1 torpedo the GENIUS act? Did "pro crypto" democrats snake on the industry Scott Bessent thinks stablecoins could reach $2T The OCC says banks can provide crypto custody and execution Stripe is launching stablecoin financial accounts The SEC explores a sandbox for tokenized securities Tariff the L2s