Crypto Custody: The Frontlines of Operation Choke Point 2.0

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Investing, Business

4.8 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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A two-part Long Reads Sunday on crypto custody and the fallout of crypto's regulatory battles. Reading: Not All Crypto Custody Is Created Equal - Chen Fang Why Nasdaq Backing Out of Custody Is Bad, Bad News for Crypto - Daniel Kuhn Today's Episode Sponsored By: In Wolf's Clothing -- The first startup accelerator exclusively for Bitcoin and Lightning startups -- Applications for Cohort 3 open NOW -- https://wolfnyc.com/apply ** Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast: https://pod.link/1438693620 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto Subscribeto the newsletter: https://breakdown.beehiiv.com/ Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8 Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW

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0:00.0	Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.
0:09.3	It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.
0:18.4	What's going on, guys? It is Sunday, July 23rd, and that means it's time for Long Read Sunday.
0:24.1	Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying The Breakdown, please go subscribe to it,
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0:36.2	breakdown pod.
0:40.3	All right, friends, welcome back to another Long Read Sunday.
0:43.7	Today we are talking about crypto custody.
0:50.4	Now, there was a specific news item, NASDAQ, pulling its plans to custody crypto, that is the context for a lot of what we'll be talking about today.
0:53.4	Many of the themes of this
0:54.8	week have been this gradual transition and softening from where we were maybe three months ago
0:59.9	to a very different vibe, but the NASDAQ story is a great reminder that regulatory
1:04.8	insecurity can cast a very long shadow. So we're going to do a couple pieces in a thread in
1:10.0	between and generally try to
1:12.1	suss out what this all means. Now, before we get into that, I want to briefly shout out the
1:19.3	sponsor of today's show. That, of course, is in Wolf's clothing. Wolf is an eight-week accelerator
1:24.7	program that helps companies that are focused on building on Bitcoin, Lightning.
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1:33.6	It comes with a quarter million dollars of guaranteed seed funding.
1:36.7	Transportation and lodging are included.
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