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Is the attention economy breaking? 🧐 CCN speaks with ElizaLabs (@elizaOS) Founder Shaw Walters (@shawmakesmagic) about autonomous agents, AI-driven disruption, decentralized infrastructure, the future of work, and why optimism may shape how #AI evolves. 🤖 Full interview now
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🌟 #42 on CCN’s Top 101: Stani Kulechov (@StaniKulechov). From launching Aave (@aave) to championing embedded #DeFi, he continues to shape how crypto lending reaches mainstream users. Read more: https://t.co/B6AJz4c2SG
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“The AI is not separate from us. It’s the collection of everything that humans have said and done.” 🤖 Eliza Labs (@elizaOS) founder Shaw Walters (@shawmakesmagic) shares his vision for #AI agents, decentralized networks, and the future of the internet. 👇
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10/ Buying groceries with crypto once sounded futuristic. Now it’s happening in Switzerland. If experiments like this succeed, crypto payments could slowly move from niche to normal. Would you pay for groceries with ADA? 🛒 💳
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9/ The big question for investors: Will real-world adoption impact ADA’s price? 🧐 Historically crypto prices are driven by speculation, but long-term adoption could boost: • Network activity • Token demand • Institutional interest
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8/ Cardano isn’t alone in pushing crypto retail payments. Other approaches include: • Bitcoin Lightning payments • Crypto debit cards (Coinbase, Crypto. com, Binance) • Stablecoin payment rails The race for everyday crypto payments is heating up.
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7/ The ecosystem also includes urble, a fintech app by Brick Towers. It allows users to: • Set ADA-based savings goals • Save for family members or long-term plans • Spend and save crypto within the same system Think: crypto savings + payments combined.
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6/ Another key piece: fiat integration. 🔑 @DFX_swiss provides on/off ramps that allow users to: • Buy ADA with Swiss francs • Convert ADA back into fiat • Move funds between bank accounts and crypto wallets Bridging crypto and traditional banking.
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5/ For retailers, the appeal is simple: lower costs. According to DFX. swiss, transaction fees using Open Crypto Pay can be ~2/3 lower than traditional card payment providers. For supermarkets operating on tight margins, that’s a big deal.
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4/ Key features of the system: 👀 • Direct wallet payments with $ADA • Instant transaction settlement • No centralized exchange required • Lower fees for merchants • Checkout experience similar to card or mobile payments This removes one of crypto’s biggest barriers:
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3/ Here’s how it works: 📑 Shoppers can now pay directly with $ADA at checkout in 137 SPAR stores. No centralized exchanges involved. Instead, payments are made directly from native ADA wallets and settled on-chain in real time.
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2/ The rollout comes from a partnership between: • @Cardano_CF • Swiss crypto-financial platform @DFX_swiss It enables ADA payments through Open Crypto Pay, bringing blockchain payments into physical retail stores. Full story 👇 https://t.co/yQIsfSkXkL
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Cardano (ADA) payments launch at 137 Swiss SPAR supermarkets via Open Crypto Pay, enabling real-time grocery purchases from ADA wallets.
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📢 #43 on CCN’s Top 101: EigenLayer. “Agents can massively accelerate open innovation — but only if we can trust them,” says @sreeramkannan, founder of @eigencloud. Restaking is entering its next phase. Read more: 🔍 https://t.co/xk2sk8eEuR
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2/ Read the full guide ⬇️ https://t.co/mu5DBfyZOi Sponsored by: @ChangeNOW_io
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Retail traders finally have tools that used to belong only to institutions. 💥 🏛️ #AI analysis. Cross-chain liquidity. Non-custodial swaps. Crypto trading in 2026 is becoming a different game. We created a 5-point checklist to help crypto Citizens navigate the shift, including
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ZK adoption is inevitable ft Boundless CEO @sshankar
Can zero-knowledge proofs replace trust with mathematical verification while protecting citizens’ privacy? 🛡️ Digital governments still rely on institutional trust, leaving voting systems, identity infrastructure, and public oversight exposed to fraud and manipulation. In a CCN
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#Bitcoin just hit a monthly high… but the Bull Score Index says the bear market isn’t over. 🐻 Meanwhile, #BlackRock has quietly bought $1.28B worth of $BTC. 👀 Early bull signal? Find out what analysts are seeing 👇
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