Consensus Miami 2026

Consensus Miami 2026

Opinion

The ‘tokenization of everything’ is no longer a theory

Wall Street is moving in. Washington has changed sides. And Consensus 2026 is where crypto’s biggest inflection point gets decided.

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Opinion

The age of Agentic Commerce has arrived. Consensus 2026 is where you can experience it IRL

AI agents are already transacting. The question now is what kind of financial infrastructure they run on -and who builds it.

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Opinion

Every blockchain transaction is a gift to your competition

As AI Agents reshape commerce, and make every business an open book, companies will need to figure out what data actually needs to be kept secret – and protect it ferociously – in order to thrive.

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Policy

CFTC's AI will review U.S. crypto registration applications, chairman tells CoinDesk

The regulator is working on new technology to stretch abilities of reduced staff, says Chairman Mike Selig, including AI monitoring of trading data.

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Signal in the age of infinite noise

The anonymous person behind the popular X account, SightBringer, explains his take on the most valuable and least understood asset of the market.

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Policy

Running out of time on Clarity: State of Crypto

April is almost over. May is the month to watch.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Crypto is built for AI agents, not humans, says Alchemy's CEO

Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan argues the global financial system was designed for humans, but the next wave of commerce will be driven by AI agents that operate natively in crypto.

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Tech

Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak says AI agents are the next big wave for crypto payments

Pollak, who will be speaking at Consensus Miami 2026 next month, also sees the open-source protocol x402 as a key part of that wave.

Jesse Pollak (courtesy Winni Wintermeyer/Coinbase)

Policy

Previewing Consensus' Policy Summit: State of Crypto

Every year policy discussions get more important, and this year's even more so.

Consensus is coming soon to a Miami near you. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)