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Citi exec says fragmented crypto systems risk repeating old banking problems

Miami Beach, FL – Tokenized money will fail to live up to its promise if it remains languished in individual banks, according to Ryan Rugg, Citigroup’s head of digital assets for finance and trade solutions. Speaking at Consensus in Miami, Rugg said large corporate customers are not looking for single bank solutions, but systems that

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State Street says institutions want improved blockchain security in wake of recent DeFi attacks

Big traditional finance firms need protection in a world of blockchain-based assets, especially given how decentralized finance (DeFi) remains so susceptible to hacks and losses, the head of digital assets at custodian bank giant State Street said Tuesday at Consensus Miami. Still fresh in people’s minds, last month proved to be a hacker bonanza in

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Kraken eyes IPO as it partners with MoneyGram to bridge crypto-to-cash

Miami Beach, FL – Arjun Sethi, co-CEO of Payward and Kraken, said the crypto exchange is “about 80% ready” to go public, underscoring the firm’s IPO ambitions as the company rolls out a new partnership with MoneyGram aimed at solving crypto’s “last mile” problem. Speaking with Anthony Soohoo, chairman and CEO of MoneyGram, at Consensus

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AI agents are disrupting web economics, but Cloudflare says x402 can help

For decades, the Web ran on a simple trade: Publishers and companies made information freely available, search engines and other crawlers indexed it, and those services sent human traffic back. Sites can then monetize that traffic through ads, subscriptions, or commerce. But that’s all changing fast, Cloudflare Chief Strategy Officer Stephanie Cohen said Tuesday at

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Disparate voices in product, policy and hiring change crypto outcomes, panelists tell Consensus Miami

The right voices in the right rooms can reshape product, policy and hiring outcomes in crypto, three executives told CoinDesk’s Consensus Miami conference on Tuesday. Each cited a moment from their own organization where an outside perspective changed what was being built, argued or prioritized. Mastercard SVP of Blockchain & Digital Assets Maja Lapcevic said

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The strategy weighs selling bitcoin to fund dividends amid Q1 net losses

Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest publicly traded owner of bitcoin, shot down the idea of ​​selling bitcoin to cover its dividend obligations. Director Michael Saylor suggested during its Q1 2026 earnings call that the company could sell some of its bitcoin holdings to fund dividend payments, saying, “We will probably sell some bitcoin to pay

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It’s transparency, not technology alone, that’s driving crypto adoption, panelists tell Consensus Miami

The path to mainstream crypto adoption is through more visible, verifiable product design, executives from PayPal, Robinhood, Public.com and 248 Ventures told CoinDesk’s Consensus Miami conference on Tuesday. “It’s important to tell users with AI products what the underlying system doesn’t do in addition to what it does,” said Public.com CFO Sruthi Lanka. Public has

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Trust in crypto remains biggest barrier to adoption, say Consensus Miami 2026 panelists

Trust remains a primary barrier to broader crypto adoption, according to representatives from the National Cryptocurrency Association, Circle, US Bank and ChangeNOW at Consensus 2026 in Miami. Ali Tager of the National Cryptocurrency Association said research shows that “the biggest barrier for non-crypto holders is that they just don’t understand it,” citing complexity, jargon and

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The entire world’s economy will be tokenized, says Consensys’ Joseph Lubin

“We’re moving into a world where pretty much the entire economy will be tokenized,” said Joseph Lubin, CEO and founder of Consensys during a Fireside chat Tuesday at Consensus Miami 2026. In his Fireside chat with The Rollup founder Robbie Klages, Lubin said he believes tokenization is no longer experimental but inevitable. The global economy

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