Consensus Miami 2026
Consensus Miami Day 3: Real-time coverage and highlights from on the ground
It's day three of Consensus Miami 2026 on Thursday. Stay tuned for updates throughout the day.
Kraken to buy stablecoin payments firm Reap in $600 million deal: Bloomberg
Kraken owner Payward will acquire Hong Kong-based Reap Technologies as the crypto exchange expands its stablecoin and payments infrastructure business in Asia.
Bitcoin treasury firms outline $3 trillion opportunity in BTC-backed digital credit at Consensus
Bitcoin-backed “digital credit” is scaling fast, with executives pointing to a $3 trillion long-term opportunity.
Safety first: Why Adam Back says Bitcoin is winning the 'DeFi security war'
The Blockstream CEO told Consensus Miami 2026 that sovereigns, pension funds and treasury companies will join the next wave of bitcoin adoption.
The metaverse isn't a place: Why Animoca’s Yat Siu says the future is 100 billion AI agents
Yat Siu said the metaverse is evolving beyond immersive digital worlds, with AI agents increasingly handling commerce, payments and coordination through blockchain infrastructure in the background.
Bitcoin lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi
At Consensus 2026 in Miami, executives from Two Prime, Ledn and Lygos Finance said institutional borrowers increasingly prioritize custody, transparency and standardized lending structures over complex DeFi products after the crypto credit collapses of 2022.
AI agents becoming more relevant than humans by 2035 has Big Tech 'terrified', says Hoskinson
The founder and CEO of Cardano’s Input Output said Google, Amazon and Facebook are terrified because AI agents will not behave like humans when confronted with ads.
Grant Cardone says bitcoin-real estate strategy could outperform REITs, adds more BTC to treasury
The real-estate mogul said the hybrid model brings new users into crypto and challenges traditional real estate structures.
Nasdaq's president says the SEC’s new crypto stance is letting markets 'build' again
Nasdaq’s Tal Cohen said a friendlier SEC is giving crypto firms and exchanges room to experiment with tokenization and digital market infrastructure.
Wall Street's clearinghouse seeks 'high-performance' blockchains to tokenize corporate actions
DTCC CEO Frank La Salla said the clearing giant is working with layer-1 blockchains to bring millions in corporate actions like dividend payments onchain, but challenges remain.
