Headliners.
What the people running the institutions, desks and rails are saying, checked against the data.
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DateHeadlineByRegion
16 Oct 2026LayerZero's Alex Lim says moving tokens is solved and trading is nextLayerZero's Asia head says assets have outgrown the venues that trade them, as stablecoins pass $300 billion and tokenized assets near $40 billion.—Asia16 Oct 20260G Labs' George Varghese says AI agents now use more LLM tokens than humansThe 0G Labs executive says the agent economy is at an inflection point, but agent payments are still tiny and trust remains the barrier.—Global16 Oct 2026Sandeep Nailwal says stablecoins have barely touched a $2 quadrillion payments marketThe Polygon Foundation chief says banking plumbing, not regulation, holds stablecoins back, and Polygon is buying licenses to fix it.—Global16 Oct 2026M0's Luca Prosperi says stablecoin issuance is a commodity as supply tops $300 billionThe M0 chief says the money is now in what stablecoins power, not in issuing them, though two issuers still hold 85% of supply.—Global16 Oct 2026Yat Siu says blockchain will be the settlement layer for AI agentsThe Animoca Brands chairman says banks cannot serve AI agents, but card networks are already building payments for machines.—Global16 Oct 2026Steven Goldfeder says institutions should build on layer 2s, not new layer 1sThe Offchain Labs chief argues rollups keep most fees at home, as Arbitrum leads tokenized assets by count but trails by value.—Global16 Oct 2026Vlad Tenev says tokenization can't be stopped as AMC refuses U.S. stock tokensA year after calling stock tokens a freight train, Robinhood's chief faces an SEC opt-out rule and an issuer that says it does not consent.—North America