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At 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.

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At 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.

AIR and Minds are partnering with Reap and Pivota to let agents use verified customer benefits and complete purchases within approved spending limits. The collaboration will begin with a single-merchant demonstration.
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Private equity is one of the largest asset classes in global finance, and one of the least accessible in practice. Industry estimates place global private equity AUM at roughly $8.5–$9T by mid-2025. By comparison, the entire on-chain real-world asset (RWA) universe is still under $25B, with RWA protocols at roughly $17B in DeFi TVL.
Pump.fun has launched a $3 million Build in Public hackathon designed to flip the traditional startup funding model on its head. Instead of closed-door judging, founders launch openly, build in real time, and let user participation determine which projects earn support.
According to Reuters, the Trump administration will host a closed-door meeting next week with senior executives from both the banking and cryptocurrency sectors, aiming to broker a compromise on the long-stalled Senate crypto bill known as the Clarity Act.
Vienna, Austria — KuCoin’s EU Gala in Vienna marked a defining moment for the exchange’s European strategy. Hosted at a stunning venue and drawing a packed house, the evening wasn’t just a celebration — it was a clear signal of where KuCoin sees crypto heading next: regulated, trusted, and fully mainstream.
This week, Visa, KuCoin, Apple, and onchain markets all pointed to the same shift: crypto is moving from a trade to embedded infrastructure.
This week, Wire Network introduced its Liquidity Creation Offering (LCO) — a liquidity-first launch model designed to support its upcoming mainnet and serve as the only path to early $WIRE access ahead of the TGE, expected in Q2 2026.
GoMining CEO Mark Zalan talks Bitcoin mining, AI infrastructure and GoBTC Pay as the company expands into a broader Bitcoin ecosystem.
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