Web3

Today is June 1st. Children’s Day. It feels like the right day to talk about things that are young. Not young like a startup. Young like a child — full of potential, not yet sure what they’ll become, occasionally embarrassing, occasionally breathtaking. The children in Miami Just a few weeks ago, 20,000+ people gathered in Miami for Consensus 2026 — founders, executives, policymakers, all there to watch crypto, AI, and traditional finance collide in real time. The theme wasn’t just blockchain anymore. AI agents are becoming participants in global markets — executing trades, managing portfolios, creating entirely new economic models. The conference had a name for it: Agentic Commerce. ...

A few days ago, on May 19, Trump signed an executive order called “Integrating Financial Technology Innovation into Regulatory Frameworks.” After the news came out, the crypto space got excited again. Most people immediately saw it as another bullish signal for crypto. But honestly, I think the bigger story is not about token prices. What feels more important to me is that the U.S. seems to be seriously thinking about what the next financial system could look like — and how crypto might fit into it. Because this is no longer just a “crypto industry” conversation. It’s becoming a conversation about global payments, stablecoins, digital infrastructure, and even how the U.S. wants to maintain the dollar’s influence in a future where finance is becoming increasingly digital. ...

Over the past few days, we spent quite a bit of time watching livestreams and panels from the Miami Web3 conference. Before that, I honestly thought most of the conversations would still be around crypto, tokens, or blockchain infrastructure. But after listening to different founders, investors, and builders, one thing became pretty obvious: AI has become impossible to ignore in the Web3 world. A lot of speakers kept mentioning the same topics over and over again — AI agents, decentralized AI, data ownership, digital identity, automated systems, and how AI might completely change the way online businesses work. ...