The Bullpen is the start of a new regular series where we have informal discussions around the recent news and events from the cryptosphere, and give our take on what this might mean going forwards. This week, we delve into Solana's scaling issues, memecoin mania, Eth narratives bleeding over into Solana and the potential rise of apps (finally!) in crypto. Let us know on Twitter which topics you'd like us to discuss next time! - - Time Stamps (0:00) - Solana scaling issues (8:34) - Comparison to Monad (15:15) - Will MEV be the only material revenue stream for L1s? (19:41) - Eth narratives bleeding into Solana (21:03) - The Rise of the Apps? (29:32) - Telegram as Crypto’s distribution layer (32:30) - Will crypto gaming and metaverse skip this cycle? (38:10) - Which verticals to focus on during this downturn (41:23) - Memecoin thesis (49:54) - Ore Mining as a new meta? - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Zen : https://twitter.com/ZenLlama Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod