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x402 and the Quiet Shift in How Money Moves
Visa took decades to scale. AI agents on a public blockchain have settled more than 100 million stablecoin transactions in just nine months. Stripe, Circle, and Chainalysis have confirmed the quiet shift now under way across stablecoins, tokenised assets, and blockchain infrastructure. A briefing for senior leaders responsible for payments, treasury, technology, risk, or strategy.
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Post-Mortem of 2026’s Biggest Crypto Exploit: Attributed, Not Recovered
The attacker has been attributed. The money may never come back. LayerZero says North Korea's Lazarus Group, the same actors behind the $285M Drift exploit three weeks earlier. KelpDAO and LayerZero now blame each other for the configuration. The bigger truth: you can't sanction a smart contract or extradite a wallet.