BLOCKSTER · FOUNDER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEFEditor-in-chief of Blockster. Leads the newsroom covering the business of AI and digital money, from the daily Briefing to the conference floor.
AI companies are raising billions to expand. Faster loans, useful business software and paid robotaxi rides show where the money could come back.
Oct 26, 2026 · 8 min readRead the storyTesla production and Cava foot traffic are already tradable. Kalshi’s next push with Carbon Arc groups business indicators into sector-wide bets.
Oct 23, 2026 · 4 min readHSBC’s Hong Kong dollar stablecoin is rolling out through PayMe, bringing digital money to everyday payments before a planned expansion into tokenized investments.
Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min readCoFHE lets applications compute on encrypted financial data, bringing privacy controls to tokenized assets, payments and trading strategies.
Oct 22, 2026 · 4 min readDefiLlama’s new Flare report finds 129 million FXRP deployed across DeFi, with demand holding up after incentives ended and more capital moving across chains.
Oct 21, 2026 · 5 min readThe network reports subsecond finality at a theoretical capacity of 1 million transactions per second, aiming to help independent chains move money faster without giving up control.
Oct 20, 2026 · 4 min readPaolo Ardoino says early wallet freezes helped cut Iran-linked stablecoin activity. Senate investigators allege gaps in enforcement. The dispute turns on which wallets were blocked, when, and how much money still moved.
Oct 20, 2026 · 3 min readFlare’s Filip Koprivec explains why the next step for XRP is making yield and credit accessible from the wallet holders already use—and why simplifying the experience still requires painstaking work underneath.
Oct 14, 2026 · 9 min readRead the storyHalsey Huth is already letting agents help manage his money. At TOKEN2049, MoonPay’s Global Head of AI and Ecosystems explains what comes next: booking the trip, paying the merchant and sending money through an X handle.
Oct 13, 2026 · 12 min readAt TOKEN2049, Kenneth Shek talks to Blockster about AI’s usability problem, who controls customer data, Europe’s digital identity push and the permissions agents need to act.
Oct 9, 2026 · 12 min readPharos CEO Wish Wu joins Blockster at Korea Blockchain Week (KBW 2026) to discuss real-world assets, liquidity and how agents could make onchain finance easier to use.
Oct 5, 2026 · 10 min readGoMining CEO Mark Zalan talks Bitcoin mining, AI infrastructure and GoBTC Pay as the company expands into a broader Bitcoin ecosystem.
Sep 8, 2026 · 6 min readAt Consensus 2026, TON Foundation Head of Growth Martin Masser argued that crypto's biggest challenge is no longer technology—it's distribution. And with Telegram now taking direct control of TON, the opportunity may be larger than ever.
May 22, 2026 · 6 min readAt Consensus 2026, Transak's Sami Start and Andy Werner argued that crypto's future may be invisible—powered by stablecoins and blockchain infrastructure quietly embedded into payments, banking, and everyday financial services.
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