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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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Bhutan is taking another deliberate step toward building a sovereign, sustainable digital economy. This week, Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) and Cumberland DRW signed a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding to develop digital asset infrastructure in Gelephu Mindfulness City, Bhutan’s flagship economic zone designed around innovation, sustainability, and long-term national resilience.
Crypto moves at internet speed, but wallets still expect users to slow down. Most interfaces are built around manual inputs, nested menus, and fragmented tools that force people to constantly switch between charts, social feeds, and dashboards just to keep up. The result is a familiar pattern across the industry. Missed moments. Delayed execution. Decisions driven by FOMO instead of clarity.
On stage at Solana Breakpoint in Abu Dhabi, Abra Founder and CEO Bill Barhydt unveiled AbraFi, a new Solana-native protocol designed to bridge real-world assets with scalable, onchain financial instruments.
Every week now, another major blockchain steps forward with a real-world asset announcement — and the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore.
UAE — Crypto.com and LuLu Financial Holdings (LuLuFin) have partnered to develop regulated digital asset services across global markets, starting in the UAE. The collaboration combines Crypto.com’s crypto infrastructure with LuLuFin’s financial network to deliver secure, compliant digital asset access at scale.
Abu Dhabi — At Solana Breakpoint today, Keel — the Solana-native onchain capital allocator backed by Sky (formerly MakerDAO) — unveiled one of the most ambitious RWA liquidity programs Web3 has seen to date: the Tokenization Regatta, an open competition designed to deploy up to $500 million into Solana’s rapidly growing Real-World Asset ecosystem.
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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