Can a Solana Phone Beat the Bear?

Plus a look at yesterday’s congressional hearing about the CFTC taking more authority around crypto.

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ABOUT

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US.

On today’s episode, NLW looks at two big events:

Congress held a committee meeting about the role of the CFTC in regulating and overseeing the crypto industry
Solana announced a new crypto-native mobile development stack as well as an Android phone called the Solana Saga

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsors is “Catnip” by Famous Cats and “I Don't Know How To Explain It” by Aaron Sprinkle. Image credit: MR.Cole_Photographer/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

HOSTS

Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.