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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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MENLO PARK, Calif. — Meta has made one of its most telling moves yet in the race toward AI-powered personal computing, announcing the acquisition of Limitless, the startup behind the widely discussed AI pendant that records, transcribes, and summarizes real-world conversations.
Kraken is making one of its most strategic moves yet. The exchange has agreed to acquire Backed Finance AG, the company behind xStocks — the fastest-growing standard for tokenized equities. The deal positions Kraken at the center of one of finance’s biggest emerging markets: bringing real-world assets onto open, programmable rails. (Cover: Founder & CEO, Arjun Sethi)
KuCoin, the global crypto platform trusted by more than 40 million users, has launched KuCoin Feed, an AI-powered information center designed to give traders a single, real-time gateway to the entire crypto ecosystem.
SpookySwap is leveling up trading on Sonic. The DEX has now integrated dSLTP, the decentralized stop-loss and take-profit protocol powered by Orbs Layer 3, making it one of the first platforms on Sonic to offer automated, on-chain risk management tools with zero centralized infrastructure.
Solflare — one of Solana’s most widely used non-custodial wallets with more than 4 million active users — is officially entering the hardware market. Today, the team introduced Solflare Shield, an NFC-powered, tap-to-sign hardware wallet designed to deliver true cold-storage security without sacrificing the simplicity Solana users expect on mobile
Ramp Network has been authorised as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) under the EU’s new MiCAR framework, approved by the Central Bank of Ireland — giving it EU-wide passporting rights across all 27 member states.
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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