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Can decentralized AI really compete with OpenAI and Anthropic? Bittensor co-founder Const joins Alex Richardson at Exploit Summit in Montreal to explain why he believes the future of artificial intelligence should be open, permissionless, and owned by its users rather than controlled by a handful of powerful companies. Const breaks down Bittensor’s vision as a Bitcoin-style network for intelligence, where people can contribute compute, mine subnets, participate in validation, and help shape a decentralized AI economy. They also discuss the rapid evolution of Bittensor subnets, incentive computing, private versus public inference, access to global compute, AI-driven validation, and what Const means by “harnessing the exploit” and “fighting the cabal.” 🎧 Listen to the full conversation to hear why Const believes ordinary users still have a chance to participate in the next era of AI.

What happens when one of Wall Street's biggest banks goes all in on digital assets? Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy at Morgan Stanley, joins Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. She explains how the bank passed $1 billion across its crypto ETPs in under six months, why some clients want an ETP while others insist on self-custody, and how its advisor models approach Bitcoin allocations. She also explains why digital assets change the economics of hacking, what Morgan Stanley's new Digital Asset Lab is testing, and why she expects AI agents and digital assets to converge. They discuss: Why crypto hacks pay off instantlyIs Morgan Stanley already the everything app?ETPs vs self-custodyHow advisor models treat BitcoinThe Digital Asset LabTokenized assets beyond stocks and bondsAI agents and the end of web browsers A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. Not investment advice. 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► OrangeRock: https://orangerock.com/ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

What happens when agentic AI produces more work than anyone can check? Will O'Brien, Founder & CEO of Provenonce and a co-founder of BitGo, joins Alex Richardson at Exploit Summit in Montreal. He explains the assurance gap, how a 2014 essay on machine-to-machine commerce became Subnet 87's Proof of Assurance (on testnet), and why he thinks the greater risk with AI is ignorance, not dystopia. Topics covered: From BitGo multi-sig to Proof of Assurance on BittensorThe Zappos / Gmail analogy for agent customer-service decisionsWhy enterprise will "come in droves" once assurance is solvedBittensor as Bitcoin circa 2013–2014Promethean fire, Elysium, and the 300 Spartans🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

What does it take for a crypto company to earn trust when things go wrong? Tim Stanyakin, Head of Growth at ChangeNOW, joins Matthew Owens at TOKEN2049. He traces ChangeNOW from a 2017 swap service to a crypto super app, and explains why crypto and traditional finance will collaborate rather than compete, and how compliance and security build user confidence. Topics covered: Building a crypto super app around what users ask forOn- and off-ramps under tighter regulationTradFi on crypto rails, US policy and MiCA in EuropeKYB/KYC, address scoring, AML partners and licensed custodyCrisis response, Bybit, and ChangeNOW's nine-year no-hack claimTokenized real-world assets and privacy vs compliance 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Could autonomous AI agents become major users of blockchain payments? TRON founder Justin Sun believes machine-to-machine transactions could become a significant source of crypto adoption. In this interview at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026, Sun joins David Sencil to discuss TRON's position in stablecoin settlement and its plans to introduce tokenized U.S. stocks. They also examine TRON's U.S. expansion through the Canary Staked TRX ETF and a publicly traded TRX treasury company, alongside blockchain transparency, illicit finance investigations, and cybersecurity. Sun explains how B.AI connects users and developers with AI models and why cryptocurrency could become an important payment mechanism for autonomous agents. Chapters: (00:00) Interview highlights(00:33) Justin Sun at TOKEN2049 Singapore(00:59) Tokenized stocks and AI as crypto growth drivers(02:00) TRON’s stablecoin adoption and real-world use(05:29) Expanding global access to tokenized U.S. stocks(07:21) OrangeRock sponsor break(07:46) Blockchain transparency and tracing illicit funds(10:46) Cybersecurity and protecting crypto assets(12:37) TRON’s account growth and machine-to-machine payments(14:57) TRON’s U.S. strategy and institutional expansion(16:54) Why institutions choose crypto ETFs(17:35) AI agents, crypto payments and B.AI(20:01) B.AI explained: the toy-and-battery analogy(21:14) AI coding and the future of work 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Is "crypto" about to disappear into finance? Robbie Klages, co-founder of fintech media channel The Rollup, joins Graham Stone at TOKEN2049 Singapore. He found Bitcoin through online poker, traded altcoins, and now hosts conversations at the point where TradFi and DeFi meet. Klages explains why he thinks the meme coin grift is dying while the useful parts of the industry become everyday finance, how he thinks about Bitcoin and Zcash as hard money, and why he's bullish on on-chain businesses that generate real revenue. We cover: Why the word "crypto" may not survive, and what willPatience, cash flow and time horizons in investingThe Bitcoin thesis in a money-printing worldZcash, privacy, and the gold-and-silver frameworkThe revenue meta and the token-versus-equity problemTokenization at a scale of trillionsHow to think about quantum risk Filmed at TOKEN2049 Singapore. Host: Graham Stone Is crypto dying, or just becoming finance? 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Tony is Director of Institutional Propositions at RootstockLabs. Antonio brings 20 years of experience at the intersection of capital markets, derivatives, and digital assets, with a focus on Bitcoin monetisation at institutional scale. Before joining RootstockLabs, he served as CIO of a thesis-driven digital asset investment fund, delivering an average Sharpe ratio of ~2 and 80% positive months through the crypto winter, and structured over 1,000 BTC in institutional on- and off-chain yield strategies for large allocators. Earlier in his career, Tony led a global derivatives trading desk to average annual returns of 650% on AUM, and served as Group CEO of an award-winning Proptech business with £120m GDV. Follow RootstockLabs on X.

Who actually makes money in the meme coin game? Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly and co-host of The Chopping Block, joins Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. He explains why riding launchpad meme coins is a losing game for anyone outside the supply chain, and why celebrity coins do lasting damage to crypto's reputation. He also breaks down why token markets reward Hyperliquid for burning nearly all of its revenue, why institutions may want their own chains, and why most predictions that AI agents would use crypto en masse were mostly wrong. They discuss: How much non-crypto retail has really come backDogecoin, celebrity coins and the launchpad wave machineToken-equity splits and why BNB is not equityHyperliquid's buybacks versus reinvesting in growthInstitutional chains and liquidity fragmentationWhere AI agents will and won't use cryptoWhy top new grads pick AI over crypto A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► OrangeRock: https://orangerock.com/ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Is crypto more undervalued now than it has ever been? Hunter Horsley, co-founder and CEO of Bitwise, joins David Sencil at TOKEN2049 Singapore. He describes the past 12 months as the best and worst of times: prices fell, but investors and large wealth managers kept leaning in. Horsley explains why he thinks crypto's substance has gotten ahead of its price, what the consolidation of digital asset treasury companies means, why newer crypto ETFs haven't seen Bitcoin-level demand, and what institutional allocators are asking about now. We cover: What a changing dress code says about institutions in cryptoBitwise's flows during a down yearWhy crypto may be the most undervalued it has beenDATs and why consolidation is constructiveETF demand beyond Bitcoin, and the BNB ETFHow mainstream investors evaluate crypto assetsWhy being out of the spotlight helps crypto build Filmed at TOKEN2049 Singapore. Host: David Sencil Is crypto's substance finally ahead of its price? 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Has Bitcoin already bottomed, and are we entering the next bull market? Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan joins Alex Richardson and David Sencil to explain why he believes Bitcoin bottomed in June and has since entered an early-stage bull market, despite potential volatility surrounding the U.S. midterm elections. Hougan breaks down why Federal Reserve rate cuts may matter less than many investors think, how inflation, recession and government intervention could shape Bitcoin’s next move, and why institutional adoption still has significant room to grow. The conversation also explores the future of Bitcoin self-custody, Bitwise’s investment thesis on NEAR and AI agents, the growth of tokenized assets, and why central-bank Bitcoin adoption could become one of the market’s most important yet overlooked narratives. 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► OrangeRock: ⁠https://orangerock.com/⁠ ► YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews⁠ ► X (⁠Bitcoin.com⁠): ⁠https://x.com/Bitcoincom⁠ ► X (⁠Bitcoin.com⁠ News): ⁠https://x.com/bitcoinnews⁠ ► Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com⁠ ► Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW⁠ ► LinkedIn (⁠Bitcoin.com⁠): ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/⁠ ► LinkedIn (⁠Bitcoin.com⁠ News): ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

What if you never had to hold cash in a bank? Dr. Lin Han, founder and CEO of Gate, joins Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 on the day of Gate's "One Gate, Everything Money" upgrade. He explains his idea of holding Bitcoin, gold or stocks instead of cash and spending them directly, with the switch to fiat at the point of sale. He also tells how a Bitcoin scam 13 years ago led him to build Gate, why he sees Bitcoin as a store of value that should change slowly, and why social engineering is now the biggest security risk for exchanges. They discuss: How a Bitcoin scam led to GateBitcoin vs gold and the dollar as a store of valueBitcoin's quantum riskTokenized stocks, dividends and 24/7 tradingCustody versus self-custodyNorth Korean hackers and social engineeringGate's "One Gate, Everything Money" upgrade A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. Learn more about Gate: ► Website: https://www.gate.com/ ► X (Gate): https://x.com/Gate ► X (Dr. Lin Han): https://x.com/Han_Gate 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► OrangeRock: https://orangerock.com/ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Are crypto exchanges still competing with each other, or with your bank? Alex Kozenko, WhiteBIT’s Group CMO and Denys Stukalenko, Chief Commercial Officer, join Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. Kozenko says the real rivals now are Robinhood, Revolut and Nubank, and that within a few years users won't see a line between banks, neobanks and Web3 banks. Stukalenko explains why bank customers shouldn't have to leave their bank to access crypto. They also share what WhiteBIT has learned from sponsoring Juventus and FC Barcelona, and what it means to build a global business from Ukraine. They discuss: Marketing a crypto exchange when the market moves dailyWhy marketing only multiplies a good productCrypto as a service for banks and brandsHashbank and Web3-first bankingThe WhiteBIT Nova card and everyday crypto paymentsFootball sponsorships and the Juventus jersey storyBuilding a global company from UkraineWhat's next for W Group A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► OrangeRock: https://orangerock.com/ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Why do so many good crypto ideas fail the first time? Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 to talk about timing in venture: what made Polymarket click after years of trying, and why Ethena worked where an earlier version of the same idea didn't. He also shares where he sees perp DEXs and prediction markets heading, why Dragonfly's AI investments stay focused on money and markets, and why crypto is becoming invisible inside everyday startups. They discuss: Crypto companies that don't call themselves cryptoBottom-up vs. thesis-driven investingThe Polymarket momentRight idea, wrong time: EthenaPerp DEXs onshore and offshorePrediction markets: feature or product?AI, Venice and token-equity alignment A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at Korea Blockchain Week 2026. 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► OrangeRock: https://orangerock.com/ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Fomo co-founder Se Yong Park joins David Sencil live from Korea Blockchain Week to discuss how fomo grew from a single-chain trading product into a broader platform spanning multiple chains, perps and social features. They cover user growth, first-time traders, crypto’s onboarding problem, education, slippage and cross-chain execution, before moving into fomo’s longer-term vision for tokenized equities, RWAs, verifiable trading reputations and social finance. Park also explains why fomo wants to become a distribution layer for assets moving on-chain, how the team approaches expansion into markets such as Asia, and why the company sees trading activity itself becoming a form of content. A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at Korea Blockchain Week 2026. 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► OrangeRock: https://orangerock.com/ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Three months after launching Robinhood Chain's mainnet, what has Robinhood learned? Johann Kerbrat, SVP and GM of Crypto at Robinhood, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week to look back on the chain's first months, from its growth in TVL to the meme coins paired with tokenized stocks that even Robinhood didn't see coming. He explains how Robinhood's stock tokens are backed one-to-one by shares, why he sees the recent public debate over them as more of a marketing stunt, and why he thinks tokenization can give billions of people outside the U.S. access to American stocks. The conversation closes with Robinhood's new agentic trading accounts, announced at the HOOD Summit, and whether everyday investors will trust AI agents to trade for them. They discuss: Robinhood Chain's first three months on mainnetMeme coins paired with stock tokensHow stock tokens are backed and regulatedBase vs. Solana vs. Robinhood ChainTokenizing assets beyond U.S. stocksAgentic accounts and trading loops A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at Korea Blockchain Week 2026. 🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance. Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️ ► OrangeRock: https://orangerock.com/ ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews ► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom ► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews ► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com ► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/ ► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/