# Coinbase Down Again, HIP-4 vs Polymarket, and Dueling Big Tech Crypto Partnerships | The Breakdown

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Podcast: [The Breakdown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-breakdown-440465)
Published: 2026-05-08T13:21:00+00:00
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## Resource

David covers three Friday stories: Coinbase's hours-long outage on the back of an AWS cooling failure, the data on whether prediction markets are actually beating memecoins, and the dueling Solana + Google Cloud / AWS + Coinbase + Stripe agentic commerce announcements. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro (01:23) Coinbase AWS Outage (07:20) Nexo Ad (07:55) Prediction Markets, Memecoins, and HIP-4 (15:58) Nexo Ad (16:51) Prediction Markets, Memecoins, and HIP-4 (Cont.) (19:15) Agentic Commerce Meta FOLLOW THE SHOW › David — https://x.com/dcanellis › The Breakdown — https://x.com/TheBreakdownBW SPONSORS › NEXO Nexo is the premier digital wealth platform. Receive interest on your crypto, borrow against it without selling, and trade a range of assets. Now available in the U.S with 30 days of exclusive privileges. Get started at http://nexo.com/breakdown Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to the Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ DISCLAIMER As always, remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely their opinions, not financial advice.

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