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The addressable market for smart contract infrastructure just expanded from crypto-native users to every enterprise that processes contracts.

Most of those new customers have never heard of DeFi.

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The most interesting smart contract adoption in 2026 is happening outside DeFi.

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Many run them on private or hybrid infrastructure, taking the automation and leaving the ideology. The technology only needs to save them money.

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@0x_Kalista Every regulatory framework creates a new compliance layer and every compliance layer is a startup opportunity.

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Last Week in Blockchain - 24 August, 2026

1. SEC proposes new Regulation Crypto Assets: creating a $5M startup exemption, a $75M annual fundraising exemption, and safe harbor delinking tokens from investment contract status. [https://t.co/d0DbLbN33H: https://t.co/vUlShtkwem]

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@0xsam_nft It is. But regulatory ceilings tend to move once adoption proves the floor is solid.

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@payamsky716 It does.

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"Hands-on" is the most common claim in venture capital and the least defined. BFF's version is specific, and it lives in four places.

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@LisaFlorentina8 Exactly.

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Crypto conferences stopped debating whether the technology works. In 2026, they debated who is liable when it does not.

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@mr_quora Agreed. Infrastructure debates have moved from “does it work” to “who’s accountable when it does".

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@ItsSnibby Agreed. The conversations at conferences this year are fundamentally different from two years ago.

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@payamsky716 Always does. The framework is only as strong as the implementation and enforcement behind it.

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Last Week in Blockchain - 5th October, 2026

1. Fed proposed two rules implementing the GENIUS Act framework: Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers to hold reserve backing in short-term Treasuries, with a 60-day comment period. [Federal Reserve: https://t.co/64pcgDHPNv]

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@Ethanoshi They are, and set to attract serious capital.

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@promground121 Trust follows clarity, that's the unlock.

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5. European Securities & Markets Authority stated opinion that crypto-asset service providers authorized under MiCA must stop providing EU clients services involving noncompliant asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens until authorized. [CryptoNews: https://t.co/IqQ4WzlyFO]

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This Week in Blockchain - 16th Oct, 2026

1. Thailand's SEC finalized 11 notifications permitting Bitcoin & Ether ETFs on Stock Exchange of Thailand requiring passive funds with 80% net exposure to single assets and SEC-regulated custodians. [The Block: https://t.co/fQ29mtocBn]

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4. Ledger confirmed investigating asset losses tied to hardware wallets sold through authorized reseller CryptoBilis after attackers drained $92.9M from 311 wallets in suspected supply-chain compromise affecting Southeast Asia customers. [Shattered: https://t.co/jiSDFpAS9E]

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6. As always, great conversations with @theaadedewe , @NirupRam , @zane_suren and Maks Baranov.

Met Ahan or Nirav in Singapore, or building in stablecoin infra, agent payments or tokenization? We’d like to keep the conversation going.

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TOKEN2049 Singapore was all about what's working today.

Who's actually using the infrastructure? How is AI changing the way companies build and operate? Where is the revenue coming from?

@AhanRajgor and @niravbakshi1 spent the week in Singapore. Five shifts stood out.

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5. Tokenized assets are landing on more than one chain.

OKX and ICE filed to trade 63 tokenized NYSE stocks via permissioned Uniswap v4 pools on X Layer. Nasdaq’s pilot settles through DTC.

Venues are picking chains on cost, settlement and counterparties.