Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

• We debate some curious new sponsors
• The Miami gas shortage
• Nic’s impressions of NFT NYC
• We review Eric’s Orb
• When do Harberger taxes work?
• CIV is hiring
• The SEC is suing Bittrex and alleges that Algorand and Dash are unregistered securities
• Gensler is skewered by Republican lawmakers in the House Financial Services hearing
• Gensler refuses to answer whether Ethereum is a security
• We review the House hearing on stablecoins
• The McHenry Waters stablecoin bill appears to be dead
• Does FedNow make stablecoins obsolete?
• Should stablecoin issuance be limited to banks?
• A stablecoin catch-22
• Hester Peirce dissents on the proposed SEC exchange rule

Content mentioned:

• CIV is hiring
• Austin Campbell’s 118-BA21-Wstate-CampbellA-20230419.pdf"> written testimony to the House financial services committee
• Hester Peirce, Rendering Innovation Kaput: Statement on Amending the Definition of Exchange