Weekly Roundup 08/28/26 (BankChain alliance, Goat grazing hedges, SHRINCS, is maximalism over?) (EP.736)

Matt and Nic return for another week of deals and news. In this episode:

• Matt and Nic consider candidates for the new bad boys intro music
• 39 state banking associations form the BankChain alliance
• Blockstream researchers proposed SHRINCS, a PQ signature scheme for Bitcoin
• How much should depositors care about bank credit risk?
• Kalshi hosts a prediction market on goat grazing regulation
• Are trading bot agents getting good?
• Blockstream proposes SHRINCS for Bitcoin
• Zcash hits an 8-year high
• Treasury designates anyone helping Iran's crypto sector
• AI watermarking

Bad boys theme song submissions:

• Ian's song
• Seth's song

Content mentioned:

• Omid Malekan, The banking lobby's bad faith campaign to kill the Clarity Act will backfire
• Nic Carter, A Second and Final Eulogy for Bitcoin Maximalism