Archive - 51 Insights

The government seized his $110B bank, with Scott Shay (Ex Signature Bank Chairman)

Hi, it’s Marc.

10 hrs ago • Marc Baumann

30:32

Robinhood just rented a bank

On 1 July, Robinhood launched its own blockchain, stock tokens in 120+ countries, and agentic trading.

Jul 7 • Marc Baumann

185: they bought the 2026 low

Visa, Google and BlackRock backed a stablecoin that pays its users. Circle fell 16%. And the treasuries bought the low.

Jul 3 • Marc Baumann

8:05

The interest business

This week, the Open Standard consortium announced Open USD, backed by more than 140 founding members. Here's what this really means.

Jul 2 • Marc Baumann

June 2026

stripe, visa and blackrock vs circle

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Jun 30 • Marc Baumann

184: Ethereum is tumbling

Kraken wants a piece of Aave. Ethereum Foundation cuts 40% of staff. And Europe's MiCA cliff just locked Binance out.

Jun 26 • Marc Baumann

9:17

Robots got bank accounts

Mastercard announced Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), Visa announced Agent Score.

Jun 25 • Marc Baumann

He spent 15,000 hours trying to kill Bitcoin

Jeff Booth (Ego Death Capital, author of The Price of Tomorrow) on why Bitcoin is a protocol, not digital gold, the $350 trillion debt spiral and…

Jun 24 • Marc Baumann

54:03

183: Wall Street wants the float

Stablecoin reserves are Wall Street's new trade as State Street and Fidelity join BlackRock. Plus the CME–CFTC perps lawsuit and MiCA's July deadline.

Jun 19 • Marc Baumann

7:08

182: AI agents just got a credit card

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Jun 12 • Marc Baumann

10:37

America is locking up its Bitcoin for 20 years

The full text of H.R. 8957, the American Reserve Modernization Act is public. A 20-year lock-up, mandatory proof-of-reserve, and zero new spending…

Jun 11 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

US Banks are going on-chain

JPMorgan, Citi, BofA, and Wells Fargo just announced a shared tokenized deposit network through The Clearing House, targeting 2027.

Jun 10 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

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