Weekly Roundup 08/28/26 (BankChain alliance, Goat grazing hedges, SHRINCS, is maximalism over?) (EP.736)

Matt and Nic return for another week of deals and news. In this episode: Matt and Nic consider candidates for the new bad boys intro music 39 state banking associations form the BankChain alliance Blockstream researchers proposed SHRINCS, a PQ signature scheme for Bitcoin How much should depositors care about bank credit risk? Kalshi hosts a prediction market on goat grazing regulation Are trading bot agents getting good? Blockstream proposes SHRINCS for Bitcoin Zcash hits an 8-year high Treasury designates anyone helping Iran's crypto sector AI watermarking Bad boys theme song submissions: Ian's song Seth's song Content mentioned: Omid Malekan, The banking lobby's bad faith campaign to kill the Clarity Act will backfire Nic Carter, A Second and Final Eulogy for Bitcoin Maximalism