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On this edition of âThe Breakdown Weekly Recap,â NLW follows up on the story about the politics of bitcoin with an SEC commissionerâs recent essay on decentralized finance (DeFi). He also looks at the forthcoming Taproot upgrade, and how it may coincide with plans from the newest division of Square – TBD – to announce bitcoin DeFi plans.
See also: Locked In: Bitcoinâs Taproot Upgrade Gets Its 90% Mandate
âThe Breakdownâ 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. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is âCountdownâ by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is âDark Crazed Capâ by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.


