LAVA writing

How to Manufacture a Local Stablecoin

A field guide to building touchable money

Mar 16 • Seventeen Tabs

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February 2026

January 2026

Who’s really using Stablecoins? Rehashing Artemis & Lightspark’s Data

We replicate Artemis & Lightspark data and audit the top wallets, revealing retail-sized transfers by count, but an intermediary- and wholesale-led…

Jan 27 • Girum Gizachew

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Liquidity Will Find a Way

How Paycrest is programming the WhatsApp economy of informal OTC markets into a global, atomic settlement layer for the post-SWIFT era.

Jan 9 • Seventeen Tabs

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December 2025

Interoperable money as the next layer of value

Announcing top submissions to LAVA's Master of Narratives

Dec 11, 2025 • See Eun and Seventeen Tabs

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Jia: Bringing Onchain Capital to SMEs

Announcing top submissions to LAVA's Master of Narratives

Dec 10, 2025 • See Eun and Imani Chilongani

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The Untapped Liquidity of Human Capital: How Web3Bridge Turns Potential into Global Impact

Announcing top submissions to LAVA's Master of Narratives

Dec 9, 2025 • See Eun and Jolade Okunlade

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August 2025

Onchain FX

How to Make Foreign Exchange Fair

Aug 11, 2025 • cryptowanderer

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Stablecoins in Africa (Part II)

The case for local stablecoins

Aug 5, 2025 • Yoseph Ayele

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July 2025

Stablecoins in Africa (Part I)

How USD Stablecoins Became Core Financial Infrastructure

Jul 14, 2025 • Yoseph Ayele

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Better Decisions with Butter

Conditional Funding Markets will change how we allocate capital

Jul 7, 2025 • cryptowanderer

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May 2025

What is Trust Worth?

A story, a case study, a call to action

May 14, 2025 • cryptowanderer

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