Rabbit Hole Recap #234: Where's the money, Barry?!

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- winklevoss blast silbert https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gemini-cofounder-cameron-public-letter/

- dcg fires 30% of employees at genesis https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-lender-genesis-lays-off-30-of-staff-11672939434

- dcg shutters wealth management division https://www.theinformation.com/articles/genesis-parent-company-dcg-shutters-its-wealth-management-division

- silvergate lost $700m during ftx panic bank run https://www.wsj.com/articles/silvergate-raced-to-cover-8-1-billion-in-withdrawals-during-crypto-meltdown-11672895207

- coinbase pays NY Gov $50M implements stricter KYC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/business/coinbase-settlement-anti-money-laundering.html

- electrum v4.3.3 https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES

- zeus v0.7.1 https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.7.1

- bdk v0.26.0 https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/releases/tag/v0.26.0

- rust whirlpool implementation https://github.com/straylight-orbit/whirlpool-client-rs

- nunchuk adds collaborative custody subscriptions https://nunchuk.io/blog/introducing-the-honey-badger-wallet

- fedimint hackathon https://www.fedi.xyz/fedimint-hackathon

- new zoltan https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/files/2022/12/ZoltanPozsar-CreditSuisse-WarandCommodity-Encumbrance.pdf

10:30 - Opening riff
14:18 - Dashboard fakeout
16:12 - You could ski down the Dow Jones chart
19:50 - Dashboard for real
24:08 - Recession
31:53 - DCG
34:36 - Cameron Winklevoss's letter
36:11 - More DCG
40:19 - What's Gemini Earn?
47:24 - Cognitive dissonance of finance and crypto
50:25 - Humble stackers win out
52:32 - Luke Dashjr lost his coins
58:09 - Matt's new Coldcard guide
1:01:05 - Genesis cascade effect and Silvergate bank run
1:05:21 - IndyMac clip, volume warning
1:10:22 - Back to Silvergate
1:12:57 - Bitcoin over gold
1:18:52 - Bitcoin's marshmallow test
1:25:36 - Coinbase pays NY, gets stronger KYC
1:27:38 - Software updates lightning round
1:28:35 - Straylight Orbit
1:29:22 - Nunchuck
1:34:58 - The Coinbase ad
1:37:37 - Fedi hackathon
1:38:45 - Boostagrams
1:40:43 - Zoltan's back
1:45:25 - Closing riff