TOKEN2049 Summit Tracking

ChainCatcher live report, at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, World Liberty Financial co-founder Eric Trump stated that over the past year, funds have rotated from the cryptocurrency market to the AI sector, suppressing Bitcoin prices, but "this is the greatest thing that could happen"------the faster AI grows, the faster digital assets will grow. He provided a practical example: in the future, people will let AI agents book hotels and arrange travel, and these transactions "will not use fiat currency, will not use cash," but will be completed directly by agents through cryptocurrency wallets.Eric Trump pointed out that funds have now flowed back into the cryptocurrency market, and prices are rising, "the faster our peers in AI sprint towards their goals, the better it will be for our industry," and the industry should embrace AI with open arms.

ChainCatcher live report, at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, World Liberty Financial co-founder Eric Trump stated that the era of paying salaries with stablecoins has arrived. He revealed that his family business, as a "super employer," has tens of thousands of employees in global hotel assets and is "undoubtedly researching" salary payments in stablecoins. He pointed out that it has become common for athletes to request payment in Bitcoin for contracts, and the appreciation of underlying assets often far exceeds the contract amount; for ordinary employees, check clearing takes 24-36 hours, while people want money "immediately in their accounts."

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan stated at Token2049 that they are exploring an on-chain asset linked to the Polymarket economy that also has true programmatic utility, which he referred to as "the way stocks should be."Shayne Coplan also emphasized very cautiously that this is not investment advice.

The global crypto event series TOKEN2049 announced its expansion into the United States at the Singapore venue, launching TOKEN2049 New York. The inaugural U.S. event is scheduled for June 16 to 17, 2027, with an expected attendance of around 15,000 participants from around the world. New York will become the third flagship location after Singapore and Dubai, serving as a permanent stop on the annual event circuit covering Asia, the Middle East, and North America.In addition to the two-day conference, the event will host a city-wide TOKEN2049 Week. This announcement was made before the main stage segment featuring Eric Trump and Zach Witkoff. Tickets are now on sale, priced at $599. PR Newswire is the community partner for TOKEN2049 Singapore.Co-founder Alex Fiskum stated that the expansion into the U.S. has been in the works for a long time, with attendees and partners consistently requesting a presence. The timing and venue are now set in New York, which will join Dubai and Singapore as a permanent annual location. The report notes that the TOKEN2049 flagship event brings together entrepreneurs, institutions, investors, and builders.

ChainCatcher live report, at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, Hyperliquid Labs CEO Jeff Yan stated that the market may have "overcomplicated" the combination of AI and finance: Agents are already superhuman in many capabilities, and this gap will continue to widen; from a technical perspective, there are no barriers for Agents to interface with any system's API. He believes that what may truly hinder the widespread adoption of Agents is that existing systems do not place data and value at the same level of abstraction, meaning that while requests and responses can be transmitted freely over the internet, when it comes to the flow of funds, it still relies on specific institutions to "give a nod or shake their head."Jeff Yan assesses that such compliance steps will still exist in the future, but they will occur above the internet layer and protocol layer, rather than within the protocol layer itself; once the protocol layer can natively carry value like it does with data, and compliance is positioned at a higher level, Agents can truly showcase their capabilities in on-chain financial systems.He also predicts that a common future scenario will be that users set high-level goals, and the purpose of financial systems is to help people accumulate wealth and live better lives, with superintelligent agents transforming those goals into specific actions, where Agents play a complementary role, which requires the underlying systems themselves to be open and accessible.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan stated in a discussion at TOKEN2049 in Singapore that in July this year, the HIP-3 market contributed about 51% of Hyperliquid's trading volume at one point, reflecting a significant product-market fit in the related market. He mentioned that users are willing to migrate from existing financial products and try new on-chain markets, indicating a substantial gap in product supply previously and demonstrating users' trust in the execution capabilities of the relevant deployers.The discussion mentioned that perpetual contracts for real-world assets such as crude oil and Pre-IPO have become important application directions for HIP-3. Jeff Yan noted that one of the more concerning changes over the past year is that more markets are allowing users to participate in trading opportunities that were previously inaccessible. He believes that in traditional finance, some assets are often only accessible to a few people in the early stages, and by the time they are open to the public, the main growth phase may have already been captured by a few with access advantages. The financial system should be as open as possible to a broader range of users.Jeff Yan also stated that Hyperliquid hopes to become an open protocol and infrastructure for various financial products and applications rather than directly competing with front-end platforms. Builder Codes allow developers to create mobile applications, institutional trading terminals, and other products without having to build their own underlying systems for matching, clearing, etc., and directly connect to Hyperliquid's market and liquidity. He said, "No one is competing with the internet," and Hyperliquid is similarly more like a layer of infrastructure that can be adopted by different companies.

Chairman of BitMine, Tom Lee, stated during his speech at the TOKEN2049 summit in Singapore that the cryptocurrency market has entered a "full bull market." If a starting point for this bull market were to be determined, he believes it would be in August of this year. Tom Lee mentioned that, from a four-year cycle perspective, the market bottom has already appeared, and this cycle could become "the largest cryptocurrency bull market in history."Tom Lee indicated that there are four new driving forces behind this bull market compared to previous cycles, including institution-driven asset tokenization, intergenerational wealth transfer over the next decade, the continuous absorption of cryptocurrency supply by Digital Asset Treasury companies (DAT), and the development of AI and Crypto integration scenarios such as AI Agent payments. He believes that the migration of traditional financial assets to the blockchain will become an important source of incremental funds, and that AI Agents are more likely to use cryptocurrency wallets for payments and settlements in the future.

TOKEN2049 Singapore Conference officially opens today, with the event taking place from the 7th to the 8th. This year's event features 6 venues and has attracted 25,000 participants from 160 countries. The speakers include Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan, Hyperliquid Labs CEO Jeff Yan, Eric Trum, Nasdaq Chairman Adena Friedman, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee, and Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson, along with hundreds of top founders, corporate executives, investors, and project builders from around the world.

The TOKEN2049 official Side Event "Stablecoins & Payments: Funds Flow," hosted by the global stablecoin payment infrastructure service provider WasabiCard, grandly opened today in Singapore. The event gathered industry guests from traditional finance, blockchain, stablecoins, payments, and AI fields, focusing on cutting-edge topics such as asset tokenization (RWA), real payments with stablecoins, and AI Agents.Guests from institutions and companies such as Circle, Plume, Mirae Asset, NIUM, Lotus Tech, Safeheron, AWS, and WIDTH participated in on-site discussions, sharing industry practices and cutting-edge viewpoints around three main directions: tokenized capital markets, the transition of stablecoins from settlement to real-world payments, and autonomous execution and payment infrastructure in the era of AI Agents.In addition, WasabiCard will appear as a Gold Sponsor at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 from October 7 to 8. During the conference, the WasabiCard team will showcase its two core businesses, global card issuance and global remittance, at booths PB4-24 and 25, and engage with partners from the global finance, payment, and digital asset industries to explore more collaboration opportunities.