Tim Copeland
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1 week ago |
theblock.co | Tim Copeland
Web3 • May 2, 2025, 9:14AM EDT Amid the charade of crypto-AI booths, panels and pitches at Token2049, I sat down with Aptos Labs CEO Avery Ching to find out if any of it was more than just smoke and mirrors. Ching suggested the real value lies in enabling AI agents to interact with blockchain-based assets — both crypto-native assets and tokenized assets like real estate. “There's no reason why we shouldn't have real estate onchain,” he said, in an interview.
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People • May 2, 2025, 4:45AM EDT Crypto firms continued to staff up last month, with a steady stream of hires across legal, policy, growth, and ecosystem roles. While crypto prices remain muted, teams are still making selective additions — particularly in functions tied to revenue, compliance, and user acquisition. We also saw rising movement in the policy and advocacy world, with several former regulators and policy experts stepping into new roles.
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2 weeks ago |
theblock.co | Tim Copeland
Companies • April 30, 2025, 8:11AM EDT UPDATED: April 30, 2025, 8:13AM EDT Changpeng Zhao, founder and former CEO of Binance, says he wants crypto-AI agents with tokens to demonstrate real utility, stating that nearly all of them are useless. “Today there are so many different AI agents with a token but agents don’t have a utility. I want to see real agents that have real utility that can really help you, with tokens.
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2 weeks ago |
theblock.co | Tim Copeland
Regulatory clarity that will enable big institutions to put more capital across the crypto ecosystem will help it achieve serious scale, according to Mathew McDermott, Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs. “One of the things you need is scale. Having big institutions being able to deploy capital in a cross-section of the marketplace takes it to the next level,” said McDermott in a fireside discussion at Token2049 in Dubai.
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2 weeks ago |
theblock.co | Tim Copeland
Markets • April 30, 2025, 2:58AM EDT Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes expressed a bullish outlook on the crypto markets at Token2049 in Dubai. “It’s time to go long everything,” he said in a keynote speech, referring to both crypto and stocks. To support his view, Hayes laid out his oft-repeated argument that the U.S. will need to effectively print more money in a form similar to quantitative easing, something that he reckons could eventually push up crypto prices.
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