From Charlie Munger’s “civilization” comments to the Taproot activation, everything you need to know to start your week.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR.org and Genesis Trading.

Today on The Breakdown, NLW looks at:

• Charlie Munger’s and Bill Maher’s weekend comments about bitcoin and why we’re likely to see a lot more of this type of critique the more the bull market heats up
• The beginning of Taproot’s ‘Speedy Trial’ 
• The Digital Dollar Foundation beginning private U.S. CBDC tests
• Source reporting PayPal is exploring launching a stablecoin

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