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Agentic commerce
Article · Forbes ·
A starting point for understanding what agents buy—and the trust and authorization questions that follow.
Read on Forbes ↗The U.S.–Brazil corridor
Newsletter · Bits & Borders ·
How a trade dispute puts domestic payments infrastructure into a cross-border policy conversation.
Read the edition ↗Cross-border payments
Podcast · Bits & Borders ·
An operator’s view of supplier and treasury payments across Latin America, recorded on site in Mexico City.
Listen to episode 187 ↗Bits & Borders
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Forbes contributions
By Aaron Stanley, Forbes contributor. Full articles open on Forbes.
What software agents are buying today—and the identity, authorization and trust questions that will shape a larger machine economy.
How real-denominated stablecoins and tokenized sovereign debt are attempting to widen access to a trade long dominated by institutional investors.
Beyond headline market size: why access, distribution and the design of tokenized assets matter as much as issuance.
Uruguay’s digital identity pilot explores how countries can verify one another’s credentials without handing control to a single regional authority.
As transfer fees compress, the commercial opportunity shifts toward credit, treasury operations, compliance and the services surrounding a payment.
From the archive · 2013–2016
By Aaron Stanley, Financial Times. Full articles open on FT.com
An interview with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss on the exchanges, price discovery and regulatory foundations needed to bring bitcoin into mainstream finance.
How changes in US healthcare policy and payment incentives opened a market for digital therapeutics, data-driven care and new insurance models.
The settlement of a decade-long trade dispute, and the negotiations, domestic interests and commercial stakes behind the US–Brazil agreement.
Inside an experiment in expert-led scenario planning: how distributed networks approached geopolitical risk, and the questions surrounding their forecasting methods.
How migration and remittance flows were reshaping the money-transfer market in central and eastern Europe, from cash collection to digital distribution.
Early reporting on the Bitcoin industry’s engagement with Washington as companies sought to address regulatory concerns and explain the technology’s potential.
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Newsletter ·
Plus: 7 firms have applied for Brazil VASP licenses; BNDES pushes crtiical minerals projects
Newsletter ·
With Brazil's elections, foreign pundits are missing the key point
Newsletter ·
Plus: Visa + Mastercard file for stablecoin joint venture in Brazil
Podcast ·
Kristin Smith is President of the Solana Policy Institute. She joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss why the Clarity Act stalled in the US Senate. Kristin explains how the politics around President Trump, opposition from the banking lobby and a shifting Democratic electorate derailed the bill, and why she believes the industry still came out ahead as the SEC…
Podcast ·
Marcos Allende is CEO and co-founder of Blerify. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss why AI is making passwords, selfie checks and passport scans obsolete as a way to prove identity online. Marcos explains how Blerify's identity wallets and blockchain-based trust registry allow digital IDs to be verified across borders, and why companies and governments…
Podcast ·
Didier Lavallée is the CEO of Tetra Digital Group, the Canadian trust company behind CAD Digital (CADD), a Canadian dollar stablecoin that launched in May. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss why Canada went so long without a usable domestic stablecoin, and how Tetra grew out of the QuadrigaCX collapse into the country's first qualified digital asset…