Michael Broderick retweeted
Mastercard plans to roll out an agentic payment option this week for everyday purchases, through a partnership with the startup Alchemy on.wsj.com/4d9hZj9
Michael Broderick retweeted
Stablecoins are becoming an increasingly important part of global financial infrastructure.
Today, Mastercard is supporting @openstandard and Open USD - an effort to help build more open infrastructure for digital money.
We believe unlocking the full potential of stablecoins will require trusted networks, broad participation, and collaboration across the industry.
Excited to help build what's next.
Michael Broderick retweeted
Introducing Open USD: a stablecoin built for the internet economy, designed by the businesses growing it.
joinopenstandard.com/blog/in…
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Today, Mastercard is announcing plans to expand settlement capabilities to include stablecoin, intraday, holiday, and weekend options, giving partners more choice in how and when transactions are settled. That means we’re:
✅ Enabling greater choice to settle in fiat or regulated stablecoins
✅ Improving liquidity management for time sensitive, cross border flows
We’re supporting settlement with @Circle’s USDC, @Paxos-issued stablecoins including USDG,USDP and @PayPal’s PYUSD, @Ripple’s RLUSD and @SoFi’s SoFiUSD across a range of supported blockchain networks including Arbitrum, @Coinbase’s Base, @CantonNetwork’s Canton, Ethereum, @0xPolygon, @Solana, @Tempo and XRPL. ARQ Finance, CBW Bank, @crossriverbank, @Lead_Bank and @Nuvei will be among the first to support.
BREAKING: the MoonAgents Card is here
💰 fund your new virtual Mastercard debit card with zero-fee stablecoin onramps
🛍️ spend anywhere Mastercard is accepted using your @solana stablecoin balance
powered by Monavate and @Mastercard to support the agentic economy
Michael Broderick retweeted
Benedict Evans' new presentation just dropped: "AI eats the world"
90 slides on macro and strategic trends in tech.
His biannual overview is always worth the time:
ben-evans.com/presentations
Michael Broderick retweeted
We believe this is the first documented case of a large-scale AI cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention. It has significant implications for cybersecurity in the age of AI agents.
Read more: anthropic.com/news/disruptin…
Michael Broderick retweeted
There was a time when you couldn't trade stocks on your phone. Imagine explaining to someone in 2035 that back in 2025, markets closed on weekends and holidays.
Tokenization will unlock 24/7 markets, and once people experience it, they'll never go back.
It's the same story every time: access feels impossible until it's within reach.
Michael Broderick retweeted
“Claude, change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly."
Passing the Heinlein test for AGI, at least in theory. Specialization is for insects.
Michael Broderick retweeted
🚨 NEW LABS EXPERIMENT 🚨
Introducing Mixboard 💡🧑🎨 an experimental, AI-powered concepting board. Designed to help you explore, visualize, and refine your ideas and powered by our latest image generation model (🍌)
Now available in US-only public beta! Learn more and try it here ⬇️
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Michael Broderick retweeted
Google AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol) supports cross-chain @USDC agentic payments, building on x402 (http extension). I have long held the view that the velocity of payments in the world will grow exponentially (e.g. Global TPV) as we enter the era of agentic payments onchain.
Michael Broderick retweeted
x402 + @Google just unlocked a new level for AI agents.
Agents can actually pay each other now, with x402 powering the stablecoin rail inside Google’s new Agentic Payments Protocol (AP2). Really cool.
Michael Broderick retweeted
Today we will lead the world in commemorating the 24th anniversary of 9/11. Twenty-four years after the day that changed our world forever, we will come together to read aloud the names of those lost. Join us live: ow.ly/9SRg50WRic3
Michael Broderick retweeted
Someone on HN (which is often quite crypto-skeptical) asked why exactly businesses are finding crypto and stablecoins useful. It's a very reasonable question. My response:
Michael Broderick retweeted
"We need crypto to be a computer, not a casino."
@skominers
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This Friday, SDF's @adavaughan is going live on @StellarOrg with @chronear, @NEARProtocol's Head of Ecosystem Strategy, to discuss how NEAR Intents will power new DeFi use cases on Stellar and what this integration means for the ecosystem.
Michael Broderick retweeted
Hiring BD in crypto ≠ copying a web2 playbook.
We put together a guide for founders — shaped by our own firsthand experience and lessons from working with dozens of teams across the ecosystem.
👉 How to Build BD & Growth Teams: a16zcrypto.com/posts/article…



































