ERC-8004 hit 20k registered AI agents and virtuals protocol hosts 75% of them on ethereum. $108k fees in 7 days, $1m monthly rewards, agents now building credit history to borrow USDC without collateral. VIRTUAL at $428m is the proxy for whether software can become creditworthy. feb 25 agentic brunch in SF should show first repayment data. if default rates come in under 20%, agent credit becomes real infrastructure not a meme ...

Group 1 - Apollo Global Management, Inc. (APO) shares have declined approximately 20% over the past year despite strong fundraising results [1] - Concerns are rising regarding private equity and credit markets, with additional worries emerging in the software sector [1]

If you're focused upon the price dynamics of Bitcoin, I think it's much more interesting to look at what the banks do because as the large banks roll out credit against BTC and you and you see a lot of enthusiasm from City, from Schwab, from JP Morgan, from BNY Melon, uh, etc. As they roll out credit, they're going to negate the miners influence by a factor of 10. Also, the embrace of large Wall Street firms, the roll out of the next Black Rockck Bitcoin income fund is going to have a big impact. And of cou ...

Thank you both for being with us this uh this afternoon here. I'm going to start a little bit with you Joanna just about what the state of the market is like in your mind given the fact that we have a new Fed chair nominee. We have interest rates behaving somewhat well over the course of the last few weeks and even months at this point and a market that seems to be trying to figure out where the next step is going to be.What exactly do you make of all of this in confluence with each other, Joanna. Well, I t ...

ONE OF THE LARGEST RETAIL NONBANKING FINANCIAL COMPANIES IN INDIA. GREAT TO HAVE YOU. INDIA IS REALLY BEING LOOKED AT AS THE NEXT BIG CONSUMPTION ENGINE.I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTING IN THE BUDGET. DO YOU THINK IT WILL DO ENOUGH TO BOOST CONSUMPTION. I DO AGREE.I DO EXPECT THAT THIS BUDGET WILL FOCUS ON CAPEX. THE INVESTMENT INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE NEED TO TRANSFORM THESE ACTIVITIES INTO INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES.THAT'S WHERE MAJOR FUTURE ACTIVITY BECOMES FIRM. LOGISTICS LINKAGES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. IT ...

The Canary in the Credit Coalmine Is Acting Kind of Weird https://t.co/brYCkkSI0u ...

The short-term debt cycle. As economic activity increases, we see an expansion. The first phase of the short-term debt cycle, spending continues to increase and prices start to rise.This happens because the increase in spending is fueled by credit, which can be created instantly out of thin air. When the amount of spending and incomes grow faster than the production of goods, prices rise. When prices rise, we call this inflation.The central bank doesn't want too much inflation because it causes problems. Se ...

jpmorgan accepts bitcoin as loan collateral with 50% haircuts. microstrategy's $42b btc stack now unlocks $21b credit at 5% bank rates without selling a single coin. borrow against appreciation instead of realizing gains and paying 21% corporate tax. banks just created the infinite bid. ...

apollo's $1.2b acred fund settling live on sei right now. $696b asset manager running actual credit positions on-chain, not test pilots. hamilton lane's $700b scope fund launching q1. state street backing ausd0 stablecoin for settlement. sei at $735m market cap pricing defi activity not trillion dollar credit rails. when apollo adjusts collateral positions in real-time instead of 48 hours they unlock 20-30% more deployable capital. that's $240-360m additional leverage from same equity base. ...

Money is one of humanity’s greatest inventions. But crises of credit have been with us since ancient times. https://t.co/W85HPDuwD4 ...