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Host John Gillen speaks with OKX global chief commercial officer Lennix Lai about the convergence of traditional finance and crypto. They examine how tokenized equities, Treasuries, and other assets could become collateral and yield-generating building blocks across DeFi, creating new demand for blockchains and onchain applications.
Lai also explains OKX’s approach to AI agents that can translate plain-language instructions into trading workflows while preserving human approval for sensitive actions. The discussion explores why exchanges may evolve toward agent-friendly APIs, permission controls, and compliance layers as AI becomes an intellectual layer and crypto supplies the economic rails for agent-to-agent transactions.
Lai argues that tokenization paired with composable DeFi could represent a new capital wave after ICOs, stablecoins, and Bitcoin ETFs. His outlook rests on improving regulatory clarity, broader institutional access, and product innovation that connects regulated assets with global crypto markets.
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