Weekly Roundup 01/20/23 (DOJ takes down Bitzlato, loyalty point inflation, FTX US still solvent?) (EP.389)

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

• What’s going on with our merch? • Nic’s pitch for pickleball • What’s the deal with the leaked GTX pitch deck? • What happened at CoinFLEX? • Our conspiracy about GTX • What’s the latest with the FTX crime family • Will FTX or FTX.US (http://FTX.US) be relaunched? • SBF says FTX.US (http://FTX.US) is still solvent • DOJ takes down Bizlato • Genesis is exploring a bankruptcy process • Coinbase is pulling out of Japan • What was the deal with NEM? • What happened with Veritaseum • Corporate loyalty programs are getting debased • Peter Thiel liquidates his BTC

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