Daniel McGlynn provides writing, content strategy, and brand positioning guidance for some of the internet's leading brands. Creating here to document what he learns along the way.
Decentralized stablecoins keep breaking, and that’s exactly why they matter. Each failure is a stress test in public — a necessary part of building financial infrastructure that doesn’t rely on banks, governments, or permission.
Bitcoin miners are diverting power to AI hosting, slowing hashrate growth at the margins just as post-halving economics bite. This shift introduces long-term questions about network security, as fewer megawatts chase block rewards and more flow into contracted, non-Bitcoin workloads.
Open Money tracks how crypto becomes part of the financial and digital infrastructure beneath everyday life. This week, we break down a16z’s State of Crypto 2025 to show how stablecoins, ETFs, and new wallet UX are embedding open systems into how value moves.
Japan’s largest banks are launching a joint stablecoin framework. Beneath the headline is a deeper shift: programmable, interoperable finance is becoming the default setting.
A macro spark meets levered books; we trace the liquidation cascade, unpack how perps keep taking share, and map what this means for onchain finance.
Zcash’s sharp rally put the “privacy trade” back in focus, pairing a clean technical breakout with real product upgrades. For Open Money, the takeaway is practical: private, censorship-resistant payments are getting easier to use and belong in the resilience toolkit.