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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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Cardano is known for security and rigor, but many applications still need faster finality and higher throughput—especially in DeFi and institutional use cases.
DeFi has spent years stacking primitives on top of one another—DEXs here, lending markets there, perpetuals somewhere else—often stitched together with fragile integrations and external oracles. Everything Protocol is taking a different approach. (Cover photo: Jean Rausis, Founder of Everything)
Real-world assets are moving beyond treasuries and real estate — and into global sports.
Carbon markets are growing fast—but trust hasn’t kept pace. As governments and enterprises ramp up climate commitments, carbon credits have become a core tool for compliance and net-zero strategies.
MoonPay is bringing crypto payments closer to everyday use. This week, the company unveiled the MoonPay Commerce App, a shopping app built exclusively for the Solana Seeker mobile phone. The app is designed to make spending crypto feel as natural as using a traditional mobile wallet — whether that’s buying coffee, apparel, digital collectibles, or art
Crypto conversations often jump from trend to trend, but when you zoom out, a clearer picture starts to form. The a16z crypto team’s view of 2026 is not about one breakthrough or a single killer app. It is about a set of shifts happening across infrastructure, intelligence, finance, media, and privacy that together point to a more mature and integrated crypto ecosystem. (Cover photo: Maggioe Hsu, Head of GTM @a16zcrypto)
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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