In this episode of Empire's Weekly Roundup, we discuss the highly contentious launch of Aptos, a new L1 blockchain marketing 160K+ TPS. We debate the bull vs bear case for Aptos and ask, "Do we need another L1 blockchain?".
We then discuss SBF's new article on crypto regulation, why data availability matters, Binance voting on behalf of users, AI in crypto and more!
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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction
(10:55) Aptos L1, Bull vs Bear
(17:33) SBF & Crypto Regulation
(29:44) Binance Voting on Uniswap With User Tokens
(37:51) What Is Celestia And Data Availability?
(45:54) AI Is Coming For Crypto
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Resources

Michelle on Empire
https://spoti.fi/3MQDWVz

Possible Digital Asset Industry Standards (SBF article)
https://www.ftxpolicy.com/posts/possible-digital-asset-industry-standards

Dan Smith's tweet thread on Binance & Uniswap
https://bit.ly/3Dc8y0C

Westie's tweet thread on Eigen Layer
https://twitter.com/blockworksres/status/1582379353492496384

The Singularity Is Near (book)
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/83518.The_Singularity_is_Near

How To Create A Mind (book)
https://bit.ly/3yXEUtm

AI Superpowers (book)
https://bit.ly/3VDTss1

Storyworthy (book)
https://bit.ly/3CIf0Lm
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