A new class of software is being deployed faster than the infrastructure to govern it. Autonomous AI agents — systems that can plan, reason, and act across networks, applications, and counterparties — have moved from research demos to live commerce, customer support, software engineering, and financial workflows in roughly eighteen months. McKinsey found that nearly two-thirds of organizations are experimenting with agents and almost a quarter are scaling them inside at least one business functi

Our newest blog post is a little different, an interview with Daren Guo, co-founder of Reap. Reap is a Hong Kong-based stablecoin infrastructure platform that lets businesses issue cards, manage business accounts and expenses, and make global payments using stablecoins. Reap was acquired by Payward, the parent company of US-headquartered crypto exchange Kraken, for $600 million. The deal is one of the largest acquisitions of a Hong Kong tech startup ever. Daren shared his views on the adoption

In December 2025, Australia did what everyone said was impossible and banned teenagers from social media.  In a few days, Meta, X and other platforms had removed 4.7 million accounts. The Australian approach sparked a chain that has seen dozens of countries follow with their own versions or efforts to introduce bans. France announced plans for a 15-year threshold by September 2026. Portugal passed legislation in February. Malaysia, Norway and then Brazil followed. In the United States, 25 stat