Weekly Roundup 10/31/25 (DATs selling coins, prediction market problems, Bessent's pesos) (EP.681)

On The Brink with Castle Island ·

Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode: 

• Mastercard buys Zerohash for around $2b • Fiserv has a catastrophic day • Bitwise launches a Solana staking ETF • Is there another regional banking crisis? • EthZilla sold some ETH to buy back shares • Will there be activists with the DATs? • Are prediction markets structurally doomed? • Sen Tillis introduces the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking act • Could you go back and time and trade effectively? • Bessent's great peso trade • What's going to happen with Venezuela? • We review the Iran-Contra scandal

Content mentioned in this episode:

• Sen Tillis, Fair Access to Banking press release