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Solana's mobile bet is starting to pay off — but not the way it planned
Solana's mobile-first play was ridiculed at launch. The user data now tells a more interesting story.
Stablecoin payments finally have real, non-crypto usage — and the numbers show it
Cross-border payroll, supplier settlement, and merchant payouts are quietly consuming most stablecoin volume.
Self-custody is quietly winning the behavioural argument
The share of coins held in self-custody has been trending up for three straight quarters. The reasons are more cultural than technical.
AI agents making on-chain payments is no longer a thought experiment
A small but growing category of production systems now uses stablecoin rails for machine-to-machine payments. The design choices are worth understanding.
Account abstraction is quietly fixing the wallet UX crisis
Recovery flows, session keys, and gasless transactions are ceasing to be novelties. That has real consequences for onboarding.
On-chain identity is finally being used for boring, productive things
Verifiable credentials, decentralised identifiers, and reputation attestations are showing up in places where they solve a real problem.
Exchange consolidation is entering its next phase
The set of venues that will still matter in five years is smaller than the current list. Here is the shape of the shakeout.