Weekly News Roundup 09/18/20 (Why Wyoming's SPDI is so exciting, a shift in tone from the SEC, Microstrategy keeps stacking) (EP.127)

Matt and Nic return to cover news of the week. In this episode:  Our review of NFL week 1 Whether or not securities law topics come up at parties Why we're so excited about Kraken getting the Wyoming SPDI Why the SPDI being full reserve is so important – and why it eliminates certain regulators from the picture How Kraken's bank charter is reminiscent of a classic scene in There Will Be Blood Why Wyoming's SPDI is a long-awaited rebuke to Operation Choke Point Michael Saylor stacks MORE sats How Matt was able to initially break the Microstrategy news Why financial services firms looking at crypto need buy-in from the top Michael Saylor's revealing quote about Bitcoin's hard forks Why shrugging off hard forks defeats a key critique of Bitcoin What the SEC settlement with Unikorn inc means for other tokens The SEC sanctions rapper TI Matt's embarrassing TI story Our current view on handshakes Why the settlement quality of stablecoins is context-specific