Weekly Roundup 04/10/26 (New Satoshi candidates, Mythos' 0-days, CZ's memoir) (EP.713)

About this episode

Matt and Nic discuss recent news including potential Satoshi candidates and the launch of a Bitcoin ETF by Morgan Stanley.

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: The New York Times thinks Adam Back is Satoshi The problems with the NYT's analysis The case for Len Sassaman The case for Satoshi not being alive Could Satoshi be a group? Why Satoshi might be discovered this year Morgan Stanley launches their Bitcoin ETF Scott Bessent asks for Congress to pass Clarity The White House finds that stablecoin yield would not harm the banking system Kalshi secures a key win in a NJ appeals court Anthropic's Mythos model is exposing vulnerabilities CZ is publishing a memoir Will Hormuz tolls be payable in Bitcoin?

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Nic

Topics covered

• Satoshi candidates
• Bitcoin ETF
• stablecoin yield
• vulnerabilities in AI models
• CZ's memoir

Keywords

• Satoshi
• Bitcoin
• ETF
• stablecoin
• CZ
• Mythos
• Kalshi
• Adam Back
• Len Sassaman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Morgan Stanley, Kalshi, Anthropic

Books & works: CZ's memoir

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