Weekly Roundup 01/31/25 (Senate Debanking Hearing, Powell's pivot, Tokenized Securities) (EP.592)

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Should we revisit Basel rules on Bitcoin?  Jay Powell evolves on banks serving crypto  Are banks going to offer crypto custody post SAB121?  Gensler joins MIT Sloan Should crypto firms boycott MIT?  The Senate will hold a hearing on debanking next week  Choke Point 2.0 is getting caught up in conservative debanking  Where are we on DeSci?  Is tokenization finally going to happen?  X is adding payments to the platform with Visa  Truth Social is launching Truth.Fi Christine Lagarde says the ECB will not buy Bitcoin  Is the Czech Republic buying bitcoin?  Kraken turns back on staking Apollo is launching a tokenized credit fund on Ethereum and Solana Fairshake raises another $116m for the midterms  SBF is asking Trump for a pardon Elliott says crypto is in a bubble Content mentioned:  Blockchain Association Unveils Digital Asset Market Structure Principles