Moca’s Kenneth Shek: AI Is Having Its MetaMask Moment
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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Pred has opened public access after generating nearly $5 million in beta trading volume, introducing live sports prediction markets and on-chain trading ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Nearly $4.88 million in XRP-backed liquidity rolled seamlessly into a new yield market on Flare, demonstrating how automated infrastructure can support uninterrupted fixed-income DeFi markets.
Zakariya Mahdadi of Nawa Finance argues that DeFi must move beyond speculative yields and embrace sustainable, asset-backed strategies capable of delivering long-term returns across market cycles.
Kula has partnered with Lionhart Capital to develop regulated title tokenization, allowing tokens to represent legal ownership of real-world assets rather than simply referencing them.
Bitget Wallet has partnered with Polymarket to bring World Cup prediction markets, AI-powered insights, and $200,000 in rewards to its 90 million users.
Fhenix and Monaco Research have launched a research collaboration exploring encrypted order flow, confidential RFQs, and private execution using fully homomorphic encryption.
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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