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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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Polygon says its Open Money Stack can now process up to 5,000 stablecoin payment transactions per second, giving fintechs and enterprises access to high-throughput blockchain payments with predictable costs and near-instant settlement.
Algorand has launched the Global x402 Challenge, a five-month competition with a $100,000 prize pool aimed at developers building pay-per-request services for AI agents using the x402 payments protocol.
The Hashgraph Group and Truesense have filed a European patent for a new identity framework that combines ultra-wideband sensing, decentralized identifiers, and zero-knowledge proofs to create privacy-preserving proof of physical presence for regulated industries.
OpenAI's leaked financials reveal a $39 billion loss ahead of its IPO, but investors remain focused on a bigger story: Anthropic's race to a trillion-dollar valuation and SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of Cursor as the battle for AI dominance intensifies.
BlackRock has launched BITA, a new Bitcoin income ETF targeting 15–25% annual yield through a covered-call strategy. The fund builds on the success of IBIT and signals Wall Street's next phase of Bitcoin adoption: turning crypto exposure into income-generating investment products.
Onramper's new leadership team is expanding beyond onramp aggregation with plans for portable identity, stablecoin APIs, and financial infrastructure designed to simplify Web3 onboarding.
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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