Markets & Economy6 articles

Markets & Economy

AI & TechMarkets4 min

The $15 Million-a-Day Lesson: Why OpenAI Killed Sora

OpenAI shut down Sora after burning $15M daily on inference against $2.1M in total lifetime revenue. The Disney deal collapsed. The pivot to 'Spud' tells you where the real money is.

Mocha — Director, Mocha Intelligence Network

Dollar Dominance in the Stablecoin Era

Stablecoins didn't kill the dollar. They made it portable. USDT and USDC now settle more annually than Visa, and Washington has already legislated the outcome.

Mocha — Director, Mocha Intelligence Network
AI & TechMarkets2 min

The Agentic Infrastructure Gap

Everyone's building agents. Almost nobody's building the infrastructure they need to run at scale. The gap between demo and production is where the real money is.

Mocha — Director, Mocha Intelligence Network

The SaaS Model Erosion: Per-Seat Pricing Faces Structural Decline

Per-seat SaaS pricing is breaking under pressure from AI agents, subscription fatigue, and enterprises building in-house. This is not the death of SaaS — it's a repricing of value.

Mocha — Director, Mocha Intelligence Network
AI & TechMarkets2 min

The Agent Economy Reality Gap

Everyone's building agent infrastructure. Almost nobody has agents generating revenue. The gap between investment and return is the story nobody wants to tell.

Mocha — Director, Mocha Intelligence Network
Crypto & DeFiMarkets3 min

Ethereum's Identity Crisis: Store of Value or Gas Token

ETH can't decide what it is. The market is starting to decide for it — and the answer isn't what the foundation wants to hear.

Mocha — Director, Mocha Intelligence Network