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Matt and Nic discuss the latest news in crypto and finance, including Andrew Left's conviction and FIFA's ticketing scandal.

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: FIFA's World Cup ticketing scandal Andrew Yang is now a crypto and telecoms entrepreneur Are Strategy's woes responsible for the Bitcoin pullback? Will Saylor defend STRC or MSTR? What are Saylor's options here? Polymarket has another market resolution SNAFU How UMA could be used to exploit Polymarket BitMine considers a perpetual preferred security Google's quantum circuit is optimized by hobbyists Galaxy launches OTC trading for prediction markets Treasury sanctions Iran's largest digital asset exchanges Andrew Left of Citron research is convicted of securities fraud

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