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Record Stablecoin Adoption, Robotic Commerce, And DeFi Insurance

Apr 7, 2026

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13 min read

Record Stablecoin Adoption, Robotic Commerce, And DeFi Insurance

How DeFi Is Reshaping Itself For Institutions

Machines & Money
Ian Dyer
Machines & Money, +1

DeFi In Five

Create Your Own Stock Index, Stripe Users Adopt AI, And Another Hyperliquid Record

Mar 30, 2026

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13 min read

Create Your Own Stock Index, Stripe Users Adopt AI, And Another Hyperliquid Record

Plus, the world's biggest stock exchanges are partnering with crypto-native companies

Machines & Money
Ian Dyer
Machines & Money, +1

DeFi In Five

Stripe’s Blockchain Is Live, SEC Backs Nasdaq, Mastercard’s $1.8B Bet

Mar 23, 2026

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11 min read

Stripe’s Blockchain Is Live, SEC Backs Nasdaq, Mastercard’s $1.8B Bet

Plus, why Stripe is building their blockchain for AI agents - not people

Machines & Money
Ian Dyer
Machines & Money, +1

DeFi In Five

24/7 Stocks, Onchain Oil Trading, And Solana Stablecoin Dominance

Mar 16, 2026

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12 min read

24/7 Stocks, Onchain Oil Trading, And Solana Stablecoin Dominance

Entire asset classes are coming onchain, led by Ondo, xStocks, and Hyperliquid

Machines & Money
Ian Dyer
Machines & Money, +1

DeFi In Five

Crypto Cards Are Thriving, IPOs Meet DeFi, And A Major Federal Reserve Integration

Mar 9, 2026

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17 min read

Crypto Cards Are Thriving, IPOs Meet DeFi, And A Major Federal Reserve Integration

Featuring Rain: Dominating the parabolic crypto card market

Machines & Money
Ian Dyer
Machines & Money, +1

DeFi In Five

Tokenized Stocks, BTC Yield, and Trillion Dollar DeFi

Mar 2, 2026

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19 min read

Tokenized Stocks, BTC Yield, and Trillion Dollar DeFi

With a featured segment on Virtuals Protocol's AI Agents

Machines & Money
Ian Dyer
Machines & Money, +1

DeFi In Five

Flying Tulip Launch, Relentless RWAs, BTC-Backed Bonds, x402 Comeback

Feb 23, 2026

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14 min read

Flying Tulip Launch, Relentless RWAs, BTC-Backed Bonds, x402 Comeback

A $200M raise, nonstop RWA growth, and DeFi projects making the front page are asking: what bear market?

Machines & Money
Machines & Money

DeFi In Five

Zero Makes History, Tokenized Stocks Get Yield, Agents Get ID

Feb 16, 2026

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20 min read

Zero Makes History, Tokenized Stocks Get Yield, Agents Get ID

LayerZero Launches Zero, Borrow Against Tokenized Stocks, AI Agents Get Identities, Custodians Go Full-DeFi, and more

Machines & Money
Machines & Money

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