IMD
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IMD
@_exnihil0_
Innovation enjoyer. Obsessed with trading/risk management. Researching @a1research__. Writing @machinesmoneyA1



JUST IN: Obex, incubator by @hiFramework and backed by a $2.5 billion mandate from the @SkyEcosystem, shared its first 8 project cohort: - @maplefinance - @USDai_Official - @daylightenergy - @Centrifuge - @Securitize - @RiverFND - @TVLCap - @tinmanAI $1 billion will be deployed across these companies and @parkeraedwards explains in an exclusive pod on @_TalkingTokens how Obex plans to grow USDS and be the bridge to access onchain liquidity. Full episode below:

Messari dropped a stat worth sitting with: yield-bearing stablecoins grew 15x faster than the rest of the stablecoin market over the past six months. $22.7B and climbing. The demand isn’t theoretical anymore. People want their dollars working.







DeFi daily rundown 3/5 If you didn't notice...today was 🔥 @xStocksFi announced xChange and xPort to expand presence of xStocks in DeFi + beyond They also announced integration with @talostrading (institutional trading/mgmt platform backed by Fidelity, BNY, PayPal, etc.) @NYSE's parent company invested in @okx at $25B valuation, will license OKX spot prices to launch crypto futures @perena integrates @NestCredit on @solana to generate RWA yield for their USD* stablecoin @MessariCrypto publishes report highlighting Solana's 755% YoY payment volume growth @Ripple ecosystem expands - @SentoraHQ launches RLUSD vault on @Morpho - XRP Yield Prime vault on @spectra_finance (managed by @Gami_Capital) gets $2M+ deposits in first 24H @gizatechxyz launches Giza Thoughts (so you know what your agents are thinking) @spineprotocol introduces Spine V2 to combine variable lending/fixed borrowing rates @AlliumLabs publishes global stablecoin report Did I miss anything? For more coverage of DeFi events + trends, check out @machinesmoneyA1!


A crypto portfolio earning 25% APR. It's unheard of. Anyways, we're dropping it this week. ⏳


Morpho’s vault data is quietly telling an interesting story. Over $10.5B in deposits, but the structure looks very different from traditional lending markets. Instead of one giant pool, you see multiple vaults curated by professional risk managers like @gauntlet_xyz, @SteakhouseFi, @SentoraHQ, and @SkyEcosystem. Each vault has its own risk profile, collateral exposure, and yield. This is a subtle but important shift. Protocols like Aave built lending with shared liquidity pools. @Morpho is turning lending into a marketplace of curated credit strategies. Stablecoins dominate the flows: $USDC, $USDT, $PYUSD, $USDS. And yields are mostly 3–6%, which increasingly looks like an on-chain version of money markets rather than yield farming. The interesting part is liquidity utilization. Some vaults hold hundreds of millions in deposits while a large share remains idle, meaning supply of stablecoin capital is already there. The real constraint now is borrow demand. In other words, DeFi doesn’t lack capital anymore. It lacks enough real credit demand to absorb it. That may be the real bottleneck now. The next winner in DeFi lending will likely be the protocol that turns idle stablecoin supply into durable borrowing demand.






🇺🇸 NEW: The United States Department of the Treasury admits crypto mixers have legitimate privacy uses on public blockchains.





