The Breakdown The Breakdown Network

A reading and discussion inspired by
https://blockworks.co/news/end-sec-war-on-crypto
and
https://blockworks.co/news/crypto-regulators-us-global-legislation
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From Bank of Canada rate cuts to Biden's SAB121 veto to Roaring Kitty, NLW and Scott Melker are back with the week's most important news.
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The Bank of Canada has moved to cut interest rates, with the markets pricing in additional cuts throughout the end of this year. Will the US Federal Reserve follow suit or are the two central banks dealing with a fundamentally different set of circumstances?
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ETF's aren't supposed to behave like this. They're not supposed to have a nearly $900m inflow day five months in after the hype has purportedly dissipated. Then again, when did Bitcoin ever do things the way others did?
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In this episode, Keone from Monad and Zon from Initia to discuss the spectrum between modular and integrated blockchain designs. They explore the tradeoffs in decentralization, performance and scalability between the two approaches. They explore AppChains, rollups, composability challenges in modular systems, EVM compatibility, and when to scale blockchains horizontally vs vertically. To close out Keone and Zon also share valuable insights on building Web3 communities organically. Thanks for tuning in!
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(00:00) Introduction
(03:24) Modular vs Integrated
(11:47) Who are Appchains for?
(28:58) Composability in Modular World
(36:15) Monad's Endgame
(39:47) Importance of Decentralization
(48:05) Building Web3 Community
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Roaring Kitty is back, and this time he's playing with nine figures. But are the apes content to just watch from the sidelines this time?
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