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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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KuCoin Web3 Wallet has integrated Ondo Global Markets, giving users access to 260+ tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs — including Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, and more — directly inside a self-custodial wallet.
Nexo has expanded its 0% APR Zero-interest Credit product to Solana and XRP holders, becoming the first platform to offer zero-interest crypto-backed borrowing using either asset as collateral.
MoonPay has acquired crypto security startup Sodot and launched MoonPay Institutional — a new division focused on institutional trading, stablecoin infrastructure, custody, DeFi access, and tokenized asset services.
Meta has quietly reentered the stablecoin market, rolling out USDC payouts for creators in Colombia and the Philippines through the Solana Labs and Polygon Labs networks — four years after abandoning Libra.
Stables is expanding deeper into Asia’s stablecoin economy through a new partnership with eStable, adding institutional banking rails and local stablecoin issuance backed by USDT and Tether’s Hadron infrastructure.
AI agents are rapidly becoming financial actors. With protocols like x402 and EIP-8004 now powering autonomous payments and onchain coordination, the infrastructure for an agent-native DeFi economy is already taking shape — and platforms like CoinFello are building directly into it.
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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