Weekly Roundup 10/16/20 (Does China control Bitcoin?, Filecoin launches, Heath Tarbert praises Ethereum) (EP.138)

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. In this episode:  NYDIG emerges from stealth and announces a Bitcoin balance sheet position More companies add Bitcoin to their balance sheet Filecoin launches at a $200b implied fully diluted valuation Is the Filecoin SAFT different from the other SAFTs? Why token projects are strongly incentivized to be untransparent about their tokens CFTC chair Heath Tarbert praises Ethereum The relationship between securities and commodities Ripple complains about securities regulation and claims China controls Bitcoin Grayscale Ether Trust becomes an SEC reporting entity Grayscale raises $1b in Q3 Breitling creates NFTs as an anti-counterfeiting measure Risks involved with brainwallets Coinbase plans to sponsor Bitcoin developers A new deadline in the Mt Gox saga Content mentioned in this episode:  Crypto VC panel on privacy from the Fidelity privacy conference Ripple, What's at Stake for the U.S. When It Comes to Digital Asset Regulation The Block's new data dashboard Bitmex Research, Call me Ishmael Ryan Castellucci talk at DevCon, Cracking Cryptocurrency Brainwallets