Alchemy CEO: Why AI Agents Need Crypto More Than Humans Do with Nikhil Viswanathan
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Alchemy CEO: Why AI Agents Need Crypto More Than Humans Do with Nikhil Viswanathan

Consumer apps are becoming neo-banks, and AI agents are becoming first-class financial citizens

Today, Nikil Viswanathan from Alchemy explains how Starbucks-style balance loading will reshape banking, why agents need crypto more than humans do, and how his autonomous agent Dave built its own website and portfolio over a single weekend.


We cover:

- How Starbucks Pioneered the Neo-Banking Model- Why AI Agents Need Crypto More Than Humans Do- Dave the Minion: An Agent That Coded Its Own Website- Blockchain as the Internet's Missing Property Rights Layer- The Four Components That Make Agents Actually Magical

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:10 Frax Ad & Intro

00:37 Codex Update: $1B+ Volume

02:29 What Is Stablecoin FX?

03:08 Traditional FX's Hierarchical Problem

05:48 Why Crypto Rails Change Everything

06:36 Who's Using Codex Today?

08:14 The Path to Liquidity & Scale

10:07 Crypto's Payment Graveyard Problem

10:21 Hibachi, Trezor, YEET Ads

11:21 Griffin Companies: Crypto + TradFi DNA

17:26 Regional Stablecoin Thesis

20:48 FX Speculation vs. Real Use Cases

22:37 infiniFi, Hlaliday, Kalshi Ads

24:58 Off-Ramp Economics Explained

27:00 Tether's US80 & Regional Strategy

28:29 Stablecoin Regulation Drama

32:28 Yield Debate: Banks vs. Issuers

36:46 Who Benefits From Zero Interest?

39:14 Next Fed Chair Impact


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𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥: 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘍𝘪 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴.

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