Archive - 51 Insights

176: the disruptors are paying rent

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7 hrs ago • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

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broadridge's land grab

On April 28, 2026, Ondo Finance integrated Broadridge's new Web3-enabled ProxyVote platform across its tokenized stock and ETF catalog.

16 hrs ago • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

April 2026

western union goes solana

On the Q1 2026 earnings call, CEO Devin McGranahan announced that USDPT, a federally-regulated U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank…

Apr 29 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

The $700T blueprint, with Robert Leshner, Co-Founder and CEO of Superstate

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Apr 28 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

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Morgan Stanley just captured crypto's yield

On April 23, 2026, Morgan Stanley launched the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio (MSNXX). It’s a money market fund holding cash and U.S. Treasuries (under…

Apr 28 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

175: Stress test of DeFi

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Apr 24 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

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The $196M hole Aave didn't code

This weekend, $6.28B walked out of Aave in under 24 hours. Aave is the biggest lending protocol in DeFi, with $26B in deposits.

Apr 24 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

How the U.S. Weaponized the Dollar (And Stablecoins), with Eddie Fishman, New York Times Bestseller

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Apr 22 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

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wall street is tokenizing itself

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Apr 21 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

174: Goldman's first Bitcoin ETF

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Apr 17 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

8:52

European banks are building their stablecoin stack

On April 8, UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum, Raiffeisen, Zürcher Kantonalbank, and BCV launched a joint CHF stablecoin sandbox with Swiss Stablecoin AG. On…

Apr 16 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

Deutsche Börse bought its way into US crypto stack

On April 14, the operator of Frankfurt exchange, Deutsche Börse AG, dropped $200M for a 1.5% stake in Kraken, exactly six weeks after Kraken quietly…

Apr 16 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

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