Trust, Autonomous Payments, and the Future of Finance
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Explore how trust and technology are reshaping the future of finance. In the first session, discover how blockchain and verifiable systems are rebuilding trust in humanitarian aid and high-stakes transactions. In the second, see how autonomous AI agents are transforming commerce, making decisions and executing transactions on our behalf. Together, these sessions reveal how transparency, accountability, and agentic systems are redefining value, trust, and the flow of money in the digital economy. <p> https://algorand.co/ <p>
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