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Miami Beach, FL — After years of experimentation, crypto today has come down to two main uses: trading and payments. Speaking during a fireside chat at Consensus 2026 in Miami, Dan Romero, Tempo’s head of go-to-market, said the industry is settling into a “dumbbell” shape, with speculative exchanges like Hyperliquid’s market on one side and

Large traditional financial firms need guardrails 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 custody banking giant State Street told Consensus Miami on Tuesday. Still fresh in people’s minds, last month proved to be a boon for hackers

For decades, the Web operated on a simple bargain: publishers and companies made information freely available, search engines and other crawlers indexed it, and these services returned human traffic. Sites could then monetize this traffic through advertisements, subscriptions or commerce. But everything is changing quickly, Stephanie Cohen, Cloudflare’s chief strategy officer, said Tuesday at CoinDesk’s

The path to mainstream crypto adoption involves designing products that are more visible and controllable, executives from PayPal, Robinhood, Public.com and 248 Ventures said Tuesday at CoinDesk’s Consensus Miami conference. “It’s important to tell users of AI products what the underlying system doesn’t do in addition to what it does,” said Sruthi Lanka, chief financial