Simon Taylor

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Crypto as an industry is here to stay. Far better to have rules of the road established, and if you can make them a high watermark all the better. Eleanor Terrett @EleanorTerrett 20h “Crypto: Pass legislation to stop Trump's crypto corruption, establish tough but fair rules of the road for legitimate crypto ventures, and create safeguards to protect consumers, small businesses, community banks and the financial system” — @RepMaxineWaters A glimpse of what’s Quote Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen Nov 6 Also of note here: a push for legislation that would "'AI proof' our financial system and economy"

Consumer credit is on chain And scaling rapidly. Guille Goncalvez @stablecoing Nov 6 For people in Bolivia, accessing credit through the traditional system has always been difficult. Now, @eldoradoio users can receive and repay stablecoin loans in the app. We’re the first to bring consumer credit to @tempo , with @talamobile as our lending partner. No collateral. Quote Tempo @tempo Nov 5 Introducing Credit on Tempo Businesses can connect with a broader market of lenders to fund their operations and the loans they offer customers. Draws and repayments settle in stablecoins in under a second, 24/7, so you borrow when you need funds and repay as cash arrives.

AI agents failed 42.8% of Visa's shopping tests In more than half of those failures, the agent bought something anyway 😳 Which is striking when you consider that six in ten UK adults told YouGov they'd stop using an AI shopping agent after one mistake. So we needed a