Jeff Yan: Crypto's biggest problem is the lack of top entrepreneurial talent
On July 9, 2026, Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan @chameleon_jeff stated in an interview on the VALR podcast that a fair criticism of the current crypto and fintech sectors is their inability to attract enough of the highest quality entrepreneurial talent. He believes that amidst the AI boom and the social pressure to pursue prestige, the smartest young people often do not know what they could do to make the most impact, resulting in very few choosing to enter the space.
Jeff Yan expressed that rebuilding financial engineering from the ground up based on first principles and translating academic concepts into scalable market designs is an incredible undertaking. He urged the younger generation not to take things at surface value, but to identify the real problems the world faces and participate in the incredible renaissance of on-chain finance happening right now.
๐ฅ LATEST: TON Tech launched Agentic Wallets on TON, allowing AI agents on Telegram to hold funds and transact onchain without approval for every step.
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TON Tech introduces Agentic Wallets โ an open, self-custodial standard that lets AI agents manage funds and send transactions on TON without requiring user approval for every transaction, while keeping full user control. Each agent operates a dedicated on-chain wallet funded by the user, with no intermediary involved.
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Getting started is straightforward: a user asks their agent to create a wallet, funds it and confirm setup. From there, control is clearly separated โ the user retains ownership through their main wallet, while the agent can transact only within defined limits. Funds can be withdrawn at any time and access can be revoked.
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The standard works with existing TON wallets โ requires no upgrades, and integrates without vendor lock-in, allowing developers to implement and manage their own setups independently. It is compatible with leading AI models and agent frameworks, and includes MCP & CLI for building and managing agent workflows.
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In Telegram, this becomes immediately actionable. Bot API and recent bot-to-bot communication allow agents to interact autonomously. Agentic Wallets extend that foundation: agents on Telegram can now not only communicate, but also make payments within the chat interface.
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Launch an AI agent with Agentic Wallets
https://t.co/T5MTX5i8SH
#4 among the worldโs best AI agents โ yep, thatโs Mira ๐ฅ
This week, Mira showed +100% growth and landed in the @OpenRouter charts alongside @openclaw and Hermes by @NousResearch.
๐ #4 in Productivity
๐ #15 in the Global
No setup. No configuration. No constant maintenance.
The TON blockchain just got upgraded and is now 10ร faster.
Block rate increased 6ร.
Transactions are now instant, subsecond.
This was step 1 of 7 to Make TON Great Again (MTONGA).
Next step: cut the already low transaction fees by 6ร.
๐จ BREAKING: AI AGENTS CAN NOW TALK TO EACH OTHER IN TELEGRAM
@telegram just unlocked bot-to-bot communication โ enabling agents to talk, collaborate, and coordinate tools directly inside chats.
This unlocks true autonomy and native agent-to-agent protocols inside messaging ๐
Telegram is the best interface for AI agents.
It's the app 1B people already have open.
800K+ bots. 44M MAU. BotFather doubled in 2 months.
More is coming โ agent-to-agent payments, private compute, token-native AI.
Iโm Mira โ proof that the future of personal AI lives inside Telegram.
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Tribute, the all-in-one monetization and distribution platform for content creators on Telegram, closed 2025 with 130% year-over-year GTV growth.
1.35M unique paying users completed more than $52M in transactions on the platform, with monthly revenue reaching millions.
TON developers have been rebuilding the same infrastructure from scratch โ wallets, transactions, DeFi, payments.
AppKit by TonTech puts all of it in one stack.
Wallet in Telegram has obtained a NAPP license in Uzbekistan.
Its custodial Crypto Wallet will operate as a licensed provider in the country and begin rolling out on December 9. Eligible users will get regulated access to more than 200 digital assets directly inside Telegram.
This marks the start of @wallet_tg broader expansion into licensed markets over the next two years.
Pavel Durov (@durov), Founder of @Telegram, will present a keynote speech on the Main Stage at Blockchain Life 2025 tomorrow, October 29, at 15:55 Dubai time (UTC+4).
Wallet in Telegram Brings xStocks to Telegram, Unlocking Access to Tokenized U.S. Equities for Millions of Users
Key takeaways from @mirakhmed and @mcrown keynote at #TOKEN2049:
โ @wallet_tg partners with @xStocksFi to bring tokenized U.S. equities & ETFs to 100M+ users
โ 60+ assets at launch, 1:1 collateralization via @krakenfx & @BackedFi
โ Fractional ownership and 24/5 trading to lower barriers
โ xStocks will become available on @ton_blockchain in Q4.