Jonathan King: This Is How Crypto Actually Becomes Useful | DSH #1725

Jonathan King: This Is How Crypto Actually Becomes Useful | DSH #1725

The next financial system won’t be run by humans alone.


At the AI4 Conference, Jonathan King explains how AI agents and crypto infrastructure are converging to create an entirely new digital economy — one where software agents can transact, pay, trade, and execute workflows on your behalf.


From agentic commerce and programmable money to stablecoins, decentralized finance, and AI-driven trading — this conversation reveals how Coinbase Ventures is investing behind the scenes in the “picks and shovels” powering the next wave of innovation.


📚 What You’ll Learn


🤖 What AI agents really do

💸 Why crypto enables programmable money

🧠 How AI reduces emotional decision-making

🌐 Why stablecoins power global payments

🏗️ How new financial infrastructure is built

📈 What Coinbase Ventures looks for in startups

🔐 Why decentralization removes intermediaries

🚀 Where the digital economy is heading


Chapters

00:00 The AI + Crypto Thesis Explained

00:42 What Is Agentic Commerce?

01:18 Can AI Agents Actually Transact Money?

01:46 Why AI Beats Humans at Emotional Trading

02:52 Crypto Markets Never Sleep — Humans Do

03:35 Why Coinbase Ventures Is Investing Here

04:28 From Speculation to Utility

05:17 The 4 Investment Themes for 2025

07:28 What Coinbase Looks for in Founders

13:49 The Future of Programmable Money


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