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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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New York — MoonPay has expanded its partnership with Zengo, the MPC-powered self-custody wallet trusted by millions, becoming the exclusive payments provider behind Zengo’s Buy and Sell Crypto features.
Hong Kong — RateX, the leading yield-trading protocol on Solana, has secured a total of $10.4 million across three funding rounds, capped by a newly completed $7 million strategic raise backed by Animoca Ventures, ECHO, GSR, Crypto.com Capital, Gate, Rzong Capital, BGX Capital, Summer Capital, and others. (Cover: Sean Hu, Founder of RateX)
For all its innovation, Web3 still runs on the same old equation: creators create, communities engage, and someone else profits from the attention.
San Francisco — At Devconnect this week, Obex unveiled one of the most significant stablecoin announcements of the year: a $37 million raise led by Framework Ventures, LayerZero, and the rapidly expanding Sky ecosystem—now the world’s third-largest stablecoin network
This month, crypto meets the NBA. BTCC, one of the world’s longest-running crypto exchanges, has teamed up with NBA star Jaren Jackson Jr. (JJJ) to launch the BTCC x JJJ Black Friday Flash Deal, a limited-time global trading event loaded with exclusive prizes — from Bitcoin and gold bars to JJJ-signed sneakers and an iPhone 17 Pro Max.
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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