Weekly Roundup 03/26/26 (Trump supports stablecoin yield, Kraken's master account, death prediction markets) (EP.707) – On The Brink with Castle Island
$STABLES - Trump strongly supporting stablecoin industry and yield-bearing stablecoins against bank opposition, viewing it as critical for US crypto leadership
$INFRA - Stablecoin card infrastructure expanding rapidly with Visa/Bridge partnership to 100+ countries, meeting consumers where they are
$MS - Morgan Stanley emerging as the most forward-thinking bank on crypto, filing for their own Bitcoin ETF
Bearish:
$ANTHROPIC - Anthropic's EA philosophy causing them to be antagonistic with government, self-destructing their IPO plans by flying too close to the sun
$JPM - JPMorgan and banks opposing stablecoin yield in bad faith, trying to protect their monopoly despite record profits