Immutability limited flexibility (collateral assets, L2s)
Redemption design punished use of leverage
Abracadabra...Abracadabra was involved in controversy towards the end of the cycle, having a strong overlap with the...Ultimately, Abracadabra was a casualty of last cycle ending....Differentiation
CDPs are primarily competing with money markets and with one another.
...features, improvements over legacy lending and the conditions needed for modular lending to take over DeFi money...The Morpho team subsequently decided to tackle the broader limitations of DeFi money markets and built...Euler V1 addressed the critical problem of limited support for non-mainstream tokens in DeFi money markets...
Then came DeFi Summer, when the vision sharpened: we weren’t just building new forms of money but reimagining...Since then, we’ve sprinted through eras of traditional finance at breakneck speed: DEXs, perpetuals, money...penalty or they can just spin up a new wallet for new loans, there’s no reason not to (infinite free money...
At the time, increasing cases of fraud and money laundering prompted the government to enact these types...of laws, dubbed “AML” or Anti-Money Laundering Laws....Throughout the 1980s, following the BSA, numerous additional AML laws, such as the Money Laundering Control...
, monetary reformers have proposed versions of “narrow banking” – financial institutions that issue money...like The Narrow Bank (TNB), the idea has been simple: prevent bank runs and systemic risk by forcing money...In effect, narrow banks create money-like instruments without supporting credit intermediation....Central banks don’t print money directly.
Users can directly trade assets available in the money market against their collateral....Echelon
Closely following Aries, Echelon is the second-largest money market on Aptos....Traders on GMX, Gains, and even Hyperliquid lose money over mid-to-long periods of time....Moar has its core money markets and also its own strategies.
Token Utility & the Moneyness Path for $TIA
Even if $TIA doesn’t become “money” in the traditional...In fact, they tried this exact same path with the “modular money” meme....The Bear Case: $TIA Won’t Become Money
Following the same framing used throughout the report, let’s look...But that still doesn’t make it money.
The disconnect between capital markets and money markets is evident in top AI infrastructure deals like...dollar-type projects with less liquid collateral backing, like USDai, USDe (Ethena), and USD0++ (Usual Money...This method was insufficient in the recent Usual Money depeg....Auction proceeds are returned to the pool, allowing lenders to get their money.
Similar to domestic payments, the high transaction fees associated with moving money globally is less...Correspondent banking: To move money globally, banks must have correspondent banking relationships with...This is in stark contrast to traditional money transmitters like Western Union where capital is locked-up...
HypurrFi: A money market protocol providing lending and borrowing services on HyperEVM....Keiko Finance: Another money market protocol enabling capital efficiency through lending and borrowing...
While they don’t actually move money, they maintain the infrastructure and set operating standards....The money never actually moves....This is often referred to as the time value of money....Your “time value” of money is important to you....and (2) private market money beyond direct government control.
There’s 3x more money held in US money market funds compared to BTC’s market cap....In 2024, the new money that flowed into crypto was narrowly focused....As traditional money managers make their foray into crypto, big money will be made by those who can front...Bankless wants to build better money than Bitcoin.
...information for regulated services like on/off-ramps may be retained for legally required periods due to anti-money...The money.
Can World actually create a sustainable economic model? ...
Kraken is a fully regulated U.S. entity licensed as a money service business and as such, all Kraken...Fund subscriptions can be purchased through either standard USD or on-chain USDC, with money redemptions...
...stocks, bonds, and other assets onchain and piece it together with solvers and AI agents as personal money...Split Payments: Money rolls in and splits instantly like royalties divided up among a group of contributors...
Yen Carry Trade – It’s Free Money
For context, the yen carry trade involves borrowing Japanese yen at...Money Printer Go Brrr
Back to the topic on macro factors....The main theme here is centered around global money printing, and the catalyst is tariffs....However, the money printing won’t be isolated to the US.