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Podcast: On The Brink with Castle Island
Episode: Weekly Roundup 01/30/26 (Fidelity's FIDD, Gold rally, Worldcoin and AI bots, digital alibis)
Description: Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:Â Matt is heated about the Belichick HoF vote Fidelity launches a stablecoin FIDD on Ethereum Market structure passes Senate Ag Cmte The White House crypto council is being revived to find a compromise on stablecoin yield Fairshake has another war chest for the midterms Do stablecoins cause bank deposit contraction? Tether has 140 tons of gold now Why is Bitcoin not participating in the "debasement" trade? Is gold at risk from alchemy? People are still worried about quantum Will Worldcoin save us from AI b...