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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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San Francisco — Aave Labs has announced the acquisition of Stable Finance, a San Francisco-based fintech startup known for building intuitive onchain savings experiences. The move marks Aave Labs’ latest step toward merging decentralized finance (DeFi) with everyday consumer banking.
Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem just gained a major upgrade. VyFinance, one of the network’s most established decentralized finance platforms, has launched cstAPEX, a staked version of the APEX token that mirrors the potential 10% APY return of staking APEX on Prime.
Chicago — Hemi, the world’s largest Bitcoin yield-generating programmability layer, has partnered with Aster, a high-performance decentralized exchange (DEX), to list the $HEMI token for spot trading — unlocking a new onchain gateway for institutional Bitcoin yield.
In a move uniting digital finance and luxury travel, KuCard, the Visa-issued crypto debit card developed by KuCoin, has partnered with Plaza Premium Lounge, the world’s largest independent airport lounge network
New York — The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) and the Tezos Foundation have announced a major new partnership that will transform how artists engage with blockchain technology.
Singapore — The future of intelligent systems is about to go global. Neo, the Layer-1 blockchain powering the vision of the Smart Economy, and SpoonOS, a Web3-native AI operating system, have announced the worldwide launch of the Scoop AI Hackathon — a four-month competition spanning continents and offering $100,000 in prizes for projects that merge artificial intelligence and blockchain.
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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