<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ahmad Mardeni — Research</title><description>Independent research on credit, stablecoins and market structure by Ahmad Mardeni, who leads market expansion at Fluid.</description><link>https://mardeni.io/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>How the AI Buildout Stays Off the Balance Sheet</title><link>https://mardeni.io/research/ai-buildout-off-balance-sheet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mardeni.io/research/ai-buildout-off-balance-sheet/</guid><description>Meta&apos;s $27 billion Louisiana campus carries no debt on Meta&apos;s balance sheet. Four structures keep the AI buildout in the footnotes, and each one breaks differently.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Stablecoins Actually Do for the US Debt</title><link>https://mardeni.io/research/stablecoins-and-the-us-debt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mardeni.io/research/stablecoins-and-the-us-debt/</guid><description>The popular story says the US legalised stablecoins to create a captive buyer for its debt. The conclusion is half right, the mechanism is wrong, and the real one is more interesting.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>