Weekly Roundup 07/18/25 (GENIUS is Law, Clarity passes, narrow banking and GENIUS) (EP.647)

Bullish:

• $CRYPTOREGULATION - Positive outlook on crypto regulation, seen as a significant milestone for the industry following ETF approvals.

  • “Huge huge win. One of the the most momentous days in the history of crypto, actually, in my opinion, following the ETF approval day.”

    Nick·34:33
• $TALOS - Enthusiasm for Talos' acquisition of Coinmetrics, drawing parallels to successful models in traditional finance.

  • “I couldn't be more excited about this. I mean, you look at the traditional financial services world and the convergence of data businesses and trading technology businesses. You look at IHS Markit, Tradeweb, Market Access. This is how you make these companies really big.”

    Matt·8:22
• $STABLES - Positive outlook on stablecoins as the financial system moves towards a narrow banking model.

  • “So we're moving into a narrow banking system. That's what's happening.”

    Nick·30:41

Bearish:

• $TRADFI - Traditional banks are losing market share in various business areas to non-bank competitors.

  • “So a lot of things that the banks used to do, I think, are getting chipped away.”

    Matt·31:23
• $FINTECH - Fintech firms may move away from FBO accounts to stablecoin-based cash accounts due to increasing costs from traditional banks.

  • “So did you see that JPMorgan is going to start explicitly charging fintechs for access to their customer data? So this is the plaids of the world. I I think this is just going to drive fintech firms away from FBO accounts to establish cash accounts via stablecoins on public blockchains.”

    Matt·33:34