Most people still think crypto is driven by speculation.

The reality is simpler. It’s driven by necessity, new interfaces, and infrastructure that actually works.

In places like Nigeria, crypto isn’t a bet on the future. It’s already the financial system people rely on today. At the same time, AI is reshaping how developers discover and trust products, turning DevRel into a battle for visibility inside machine-driven workflows. And underneath it all, money itself is changing, moving from something software hands off to something software uses directly.

This issue is about that shift from three angles: where adoption is real, how discovery is changing, and why programmable money unlocks entirely new systems.

Let’s get into it.

Blake | Co-Founder, Myosin.xyz

Download the State of Crypto in Nigeria Report

Nigeria has become one of the clearest signals of what necessity-driven crypto adoption looks like at scale. With the naira losing more than half its value since 2023 and foreign-currency access limited, stablecoins are functioning as savings accounts, P2P rails are supporting cross-border settlement, and freelancers and businesses are coordinating global income through wallets instead of banks. The country processed $92.1B in on-chain value between July 2024 and June 2025, nearly 45% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s total activity, while stablecoins alone handled roughly $22B in volume. Regulation is now moving from uncertainty to execution, and the next phase is no longer convincing people to try crypto. It’s building stronger infrastructure for the millions already using it.

Download the State of Crypto in Nigeria report to understand where adoption is happening today and where the next opportunities for builders and ecosystems are emerging.

How AI is Changing DevRel

AI has changed how developers discover and evaluate tools. Instead of reading documentation directly, many now ask ChatGPT or Claude how to build with an API or SDK, meaning the first “user” of your DevRel content is often an AI system. That shifts DevRel from documentation and community support into something bigger: shaping the entire information layer around your product so both humans and machines understand it clearly. Today’s strongest DevRel teams combine technical depth, structured documentation, SEO awareness, analytics insight, and strategic storytelling to make sure protocols are discoverable, trusted, and easy to build with in AI-assisted workflows. 📖 

The Internet Learned How to Move Money

Money is becoming programmable infrastructure. Instead of sitting outside applications as a slow approval step handled by banks and intermediaries, it can now move inside products as part of their logic powering global payments, automatic revenue splits, and real-time incentives.

Stablecoins are already doing this in regions like Latin America, where businesses receive local currency while crypto runs the rails underneath. The next shift is even bigger: AI agents cannot open bank accounts, but they can hold wallets. That means software can finally transact directly, pay for compute, subscribe to services, and coordinate capital without waiting on human approval.

Should We Work Together?

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The Myosin Weekly team 👋

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