TLDR

• Quince Therapeutics (QNCX) shares surged over 300% Tuesday after the company hired LifeSci Capital to review strategic options
• The biotech firm is exploring partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, and licensing deals to maximize shareholder value
• Trading volume hit 1.1 billion shares as investors speculated on a potential buyout at a premium price
• Quince develops bone-targeted drug platforms for rare disease treatments that deliver therapies directly to disease sites
• The company warned no deal is guaranteed and won’t provide updates unless a transaction is approved

Quince Therapeutics shares skyrocketed Tuesday after the rare disease biotech announced it hired LifeSci Capital as its exclusive financial advisor. The stock jumped over 300% as trading volume exploded past 1.1 billion shares.

Quince Therapeutics, Inc., QNCX

The company said it’s exploring strategic alternatives to maximize value for shareholders. Possible outcomes include partnerships, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, or licensing agreements.

LifeSci Capital will also help evaluate restructuring options for Quince’s liabilities. The announcement triggered a massive surge in the micro-cap stock.

Investors appear to be betting the strategic review will result in a sale of the company or its assets at a premium. This speculation drove the dramatic price movement Tuesday.

Quince focuses on developing therapies for rare diseases using its proprietary bone-targeting technology. The platform delivers treatments directly to bone fracture and disease sites.

The Technology Behind the Rally

The company’s bone-targeted drug platform can deliver small molecules, peptides, or large molecules precisely where needed. This approach promotes faster healing with reduced off-target safety risks compared to traditional therapeutics.

This specialized technology could make Quince an attractive target for larger pharmaceutical companies looking to expand their rare disease portfolios. The platform’s precision delivery system addresses a key challenge in drug development.

Quince cautioned that no transaction is guaranteed from the strategic review process. The company said it won’t provide additional updates unless its board approves a specific deal or determines disclosure is necessary.

Analyst Views and Upcoming Earnings

The stock currently holds a Buy rating from Wall Street analysts. However, recent rating changes have been mixed.

Citizens downgraded Quince to Market Perform on January 30. D. Boral Capital also cut its rating to Hold the same day.

Just one day before, D. Boral Capital maintained a Buy rating with a $5.00 price target. That target implies massive upside from current trading levels.

Quince is scheduled to report earnings on March 23. Analysts expect a loss of 21 cents per share, better than last year’s 28-cent loss.

The stock traded at $0.57 Tuesday afternoon, representing a 338% gain from the previous close. Shares had also jumped 27.2% in after-hours trading Monday when the news first broke.

After crashing throughout the week, bitcoin BTC$66,944.44 bottomed late last Thursday at $60,000 before a mammoth Friday rally took the price nearly 20% higher to just shy of $72,000. That bounce, however, is looking more and more like the “dead cat” type.

In mid-morning U.S. trade, bitcoin is down sharply yet again, trading just below $66,000 and down more than 4% over the past 24 hours. Ether ETH$1,950.42 and solana SOL$79.68 are lower by closer to 5.5% and XRP XRP$1.3687 is down 3.5%.

Higher earlier in the session, U.S. stocks have returned to roughly flat on the day. Gold and silver are higher by 0.8% and 3.2%, respectively.

Earlier Wednesday, the U.S. government reported January job growth of 130,000, nearly doubling economist forecasts. The unemployment rate unexpectedly dipped to 4.3%.

That has interest rate traders quickly retreating on any expectations for imminent Federal Reserve rate cuts. They’re now pricing in just a 6% chance of a March easing and a 23% chance for an April rate cut, according to CME FedWatch. Prior to the report, the chances of a March move were 21%, and those of an April move were 52%.

Whether rate cuts would have pulled crypto out of its bear market is arguable. After all, this sharp downside action began in 2025 as the Fed eased monetary policy at three consecutive meetings.

Interest wanes

With so many other assets across the globe in bull markets as crypto continues to falter, it appears that investor interest in crypto is disappearing.

Coinglass on Wednesday reported that bitcoin perpetual futures open interest has fallen again and now stands 51% below its October 2025 peak, “signaling a significant retreat in trader conviction and leverage.”

“We’re seeing an ‘exit-crypto’ movement as investors grow tired,” one analyst told Bloomberg in a story about South Korean investors bailing on crypto as that country’s Kospi stock market index hits record highs.

Monthly trading volume on the Kospi was up 221% year-over-year last month, the story continued, while trading on crypto exchanges was down about 65%.

“This is a washout,” the analyst said. “Retail is exhausted and fleeing to the Kospi.”

Crypto stocks sharply lower across the board

There’s no green to be found across the entire crypto-related stock sector. Robinhood (HOOD) is lower by 12.5% after reporting a sharp decline in crypto trading revenue in the fourth quarter. That’s dragging on peer Coinbase (COIN), which is lower by 7% ahead of its earnings report scheduled for Thursday evening.

Leading bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) is down 4.5% and ether treasury giant Bitmine Immersion (BMNR) is off 3.8%.

Circle Financial (CRCL) is lower by 4.7%, Galaxy Digital (GLXY) by 3.2% and Bullish (BLSH) by 5.3%.

Two years. That’s the amount of time human beings have before artificial intelligence becomes better thinkers and strategists than us, according to Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET, a decentralized AI marketplace.

While the artificial intelligence industry is currently focused on developing automated agents to improve market efficiency, Goertzel suggested that, for the time being, people remain the primary driver of high-level strategy. He noted that while his Quantium project can predict short-term bitcoin BTC$66,944.44 volatility with high accuracy, long-term strategic thinking remains a uniquely human domain, for now.

“The human brain is better at taking the imaginative leap to understand the unknown,” Goertzel said in an interview at Consensus Hong Kong. It won’t last, though. “We should enjoy it for a couple more years.”

Goertzel’s two-year countdown isn’t just an AI expert’s prediction: It’s a roadmap for the integration of SingularityNET’s decentralized AI with the broader blockchain ecosystem. As the distinction between human-driven and machine-driven markets blurs, Goertzel explained that the current bear cycle is merely a “stress test” for the infrastructure that will eventually host artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Goertzel said he’s noted a palpable shift in energy from speculative hype to technological utility. The prevailing mindset among the conference’s attendees has changed, he said. The focus has moved from the “depressing” fluctuations of exchange rates toward the sophisticated integration of decentralized finance (DeFi) with traditional financial systems.

To Goertzel, this indicates that the technology has reached a stage where it works reliably for complex, real-world applications.

Furthermore, he highlighted the explosive growth of decentralized AI projects at the event as a sign the industry is poised for a major convergence, where blockchain provides the necessary data sovereignty and security for the next generation of artificial intelligence.

As the chart shows, Amazon (AMZN) shares have displayed pronounced bearish momentum following the release of a weak earnings report on 5 February:

→ Revenue: $213.4 bn (forecast: $211.4 bn)
→ Earnings per share (EPS): actual $1.95, forecast $1.97

According to media reports, particular concern arose after Amazon announced plans to spend $200 bn on capital expenditure in 2026, mainly on AI, data centres, and chips. This represents an increase of roughly 60% from last year and significantly exceeds analysts’ expectations of around $146 bn.

Market participants may fear that the AI arms race (against Microsoft and Google) will be extremely costly, monetisation of these technologies could take years, and success is not guaranteed. As a result, we see two wide bearish gaps under the $232 and $220 levels, formed after the earnings release.

Technical Analysis of Amazon (AMZN)

Since June last year, the thickened trendline acted as a key support, regarded by the market as an attractive level to buy AMZN shares. That line has now been decisively broken.

Using this trendline as the median and the historical peak as the upper boundary to construct a channel, we can observe that the line dividing the channel into the lower two quarters (QL) currently serves as support.

The gap areas may act as resistance, and prevailing negative sentiment is likely to continue weighing on AMZN shares. In this scenario, bears could break not only the QL line but also the psychological $200 level, heightening concerns.

Under this bearish scenario, the share price could fall towards the lower boundary of the channel, near $188.

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Infrastructure providers, including Chainlink, Alchemy, and LayerZero, are already integrating with Robinhood Chain’s newly launched testnet.

Robinhood has launched the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 network built on Arbitrum. The US-based trading platform said the testnet is designed to accelerate the development of tokenized real-world and digital assets.

This move would give developers early access to the core infrastructure ahead of a planned mainnet launch later this year.

Arbitrum-Based Layer 2 Testnet

With the public testnet now live, developers can begin building and verifying applications on Robinhood Chain, using an environment that is compatible with standard Ethereum development tools and leverages Arbitrum technology. Robinhood stated that several infrastructure providers, such as Alchemy, Allium, Chainlink, LayerZero, and TRM, are already integrating with the network.

More partners are expected to be onboarded during the early stages of the testnet. As part of the launch, participants can access network entry points to the testnet, developer documentation hosted on Robinhood’s website, and early infrastructure support from ecosystem partners.

The company stated that the testnet phase is intended to support experimentation, identify potential issues, improve network stability, and lay the groundwork for developers ahead of the upcoming mainnet.

Robinhood Chain is backed by the company’s existing infrastructure and experience. It was developed with a focus on reliability, security, and compliance, the release said. Built on Arbitrum, the network supports bridging and self-custody, along with the scalability and customizability needed for financial-grade decentralized products such as tokenized asset platforms, lending platforms, and perpetual futures exchanges.

Going forward, Robinhood said developers building on the chain will gain access to testnet-only assets, including Stock Tokens for integration testing, as well as direct testing with Robinhood Wallet. The company added that the chain is designed to provide a familiar development environment within the broader Ethereum and Arbitrum ecosystem.

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Institutional Expansion Meets Revenue Headwinds

The trading platform has continued to deepen its exposure to cryptocurrencies since rolling out crypto trading for users. Last year, Robinhood officially completed the $200 million acquisition of Bitstamp, which was touted as its formal entry into institutional crypto. However, its revenue trends have weakened in the last few months.

In the fourth quarter of 2025, Robinhood generated $221 million from cryptocurrency transactions, down 38% from a year earlier. The result contrasted with the previous quarter, when crypto revenue jumped to $268 million, amidst broader market turmoil.

Uniswap Labs and Securitize have announced a new partnership with financial giant BlackRock to enhance DeFi liquidity for institutional investors through BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, also known as BUIDL.

Following the announcement, the price of Uniswap’s native token, UNI, surged by 27% from around $3.30 to $4.36, before retracing to $3.81 by press time.

The collaboration will enable on-chain trading of BUIDL’s share on UniswapX, an auction-driven trading protocol, unlocking new liquidity options for BUIDL holders, Uniswap said in a blog post today.

Tokenization platform Securitize, for its turn, will facilitate trading for BUIDL investors who elect to participate through UniswapX’s framework.

“For the first time, institutions and whitelisted investors can access technology from a leader in the decentralized finance space to trade tokenized real-world assets like BUIDL with self-custody,” said Carlos Domingo, CEO of Securitize.

As part of the collaboration, BlackRock has also made a strategic investment within the Uniswap ecosystem, the blog post reads, though no details were given.

The collaboration comes shortly after investment management firm Franklin Templeton teamed up with Binance to launch tokenized collateral program. As The Defiant reported earlier, eligible clients can now use tokenized money market funds as off-exchange trading collateral.

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Editor’s note: Kaspersky has rolled out a significant update to its Threat Intelligence Portal, adding a new Hunt Hub alongside expanded MITRE ATT&CK coverage and a much larger vulnerabilities database. The update is aimed at giving security teams clearer visibility into how threats are detected, why alerts are triggered, and which risks matter most in real-world environments. As cyberattacks grow in volume and complexity, the focus shifts from raw alerts to context and prioritization. This release positions threat intelligence as a practical decision-making tool for analysts, CISOs, and organizations managing increasingly complex digital infrastructures.

Key points

• Hunt Hub centralizes Kaspersky’s threat hunting rules and detection logic, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
• Detection logic is presented in a structured, SIGMA-like format for deeper analyst understanding.
• The MITRE ATT&CK coverage map now unifies SIEM, EDR, NDR, and Sandbox visibility in one view.
• The vulnerabilities database has expanded to nearly 300,000 CVEs, with emphasis on exploited threats.

Why this matters

For organizations facing a rising volume of sophisticated cyber threats, transparency and prioritization are critical. By exposing detection logic and linking it directly to attacker behavior and real-world vulnerabilities, the updated portal helps security teams move beyond reactive alert handling. This approach supports more efficient threat hunting, better risk assessment, and smarter allocation of defensive resources, which is especially relevant as digital infrastructure, cloud services, and enterprise networks continue to expand.

What to watch next

• Adoption of Hunt Hub by security operations teams and threat hunters.
• How organizations use the unified MITRE ATT&CK view to assess security gaps.
• Updates to hunt libraries and vulnerability intelligence over time.

Disclosure: The content below is a press release provided by the company/PR representative. It is published for informational purposes.

Kaspersky has announced a major update to its Threat Intelligence Portal (TIP), introducing a new Hunt Hub section alongside an enhanced MITRE ATT&CK coverage map and a significantly expanded vulnerabilities database. The update strengthens organizations’ ability to investigate threats, understand adversary behavior, and proactively monitor the most relevant risks across their environments.

According to the Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2025 report, Kaspersky’s detection systems discovered an average of 500,000 malicious files per day in 2025, marking a 7% increase compared to the previous year. As cyberattacks become more sophisticated and frequent, security teams need more than alerts – they need clarity.

The newly launched Hunt Hub is designed to address growing market demand for greater transparency and deeper insight into how modern detection technologies work. Integrated into the Threat Landscape section of the Threat Intelligence Portal, Hunt Hub provides centralized access to Kaspersky’s threat hunting expertise and detection knowledge.

Hunt Hub includes Kaspersky Next EDR Expert hunts, also known as indicators of attack (IoA) or detection rules. All portal users can explore the catalogue of hunts and their descriptions, while Kaspersky Next EDR Expert customers gain extended access to detailed recommendations and detection logic presented in a convenient, SIGMA-like format. Each hunt is mapped to relevant MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques and linked to known threat actors, giving analysts clear context behind every detection.

By making detection logic visible and structured, Hunt Hub effectively removes the “black box” from threat detection. It allows security teams not only to respond to alerts, but also to understand why a detection was triggered and which threat it is designed to uncover – improving trust in security technologies and increasing the efficiency of threat investigation processes.

As part of the update, the MITRE ATT&CK coverage map within the Threat Landscape has been significantly enhanced. The portal now brings together product coverage across SIEM, EDR, NDR and Sandbox solutions, MITRE ATT&CK techniques with scoring, coverage percentages, and related Kaspersky Next EDR Expert hunts in a single, unified view. This enables organizations to assess how well their security stack covers relevant attack techniques and identify potential gaps in protection.

The Vulnerabilities section has also been expanded, with the CVE database now covering nearly 300,000 vulnerabilities. In addition, the portal provides more detailed information on vulnerabilities that have been exploited in real-world attacks, helping organizations prioritize remediation efforts based on actual threat activity.

“With the launch of Hunt Hub in the Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal, we are opening up our detection expertise and giving analysts clear visibility into how and why threats are detected. This transparency helps organizations move from reactive alert handling to informed threat hunting and proactive risk management,” comments Nikita Nazarov, Head of Threat Exploration at Kaspersky.

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Tokenized asset portfolios are rapidly becoming a core component of modern digital finance. By converting real-world and financial assets into blockchain-based tokens, enterprises unlock greater liquidity, fractional ownership, and global market access. While these advantages are significant, they also introduce a level of complexity that traditional risk management frameworks were never designed to handle. This growing complexity has accelerated the adoption of AI-powered financial analytics to improve visibility and decision-making across digital investment ecosystems.

Unlike conventional portfolios that operate within defined market hours and centralized systems, tokenized assets function in a continuous, decentralized environment. Risk factors evolve in real time, driven by on-chain activity, secondary market behavior, protocol dependencies, and regulatory developments. In such an ecosystem, identifying risk after it has already materialized is both inefficient and costly, making advanced AI in risk management a critical requirement rather than an optional enhancement.

This reality is pushing enterprises and institutional investors toward predictive risk management. AI predictive analytics enables organizations to anticipate potential risk scenarios before they escalate, allowing for timely intervention and informed decision-making. Rather than reacting to volatility, liquidity shocks, or compliance issues, enterprises can proactively manage exposure across tokenized asset portfolios using data-driven forecasting models.

Key drivers behind the need for predictive risk management include:

• Continuous market operations: Tokenized assets trade 24/7, increasing exposure to sudden market shifts and reinforcing the need for real-time Tokenized assets risk analysis.
• Data-rich environments: Massive volumes of on-chain and off-chain data require intelligent interpretation through AI-powered financial analytics to extract meaningful risk insights.
• Dynamic portfolio exposure: Asset correlations and liquidity profiles change rapidly in tokenized ecosystems, increasing demand for AI-enhanced portfolio risk optimization.

The New Risk Landscape of Tokenized Asset Portfolios

Tokenization is changing investments and transforming how investors view risks in their portfolios. While traditional asset portfolios have mostly well-defined risks (e.g., market volatility, credit risk, macroeconomic conditions), tokenized portfolios span multiple markets and three distinct areas – financial markets, blockchain infrastructure, and digital asset performance. This convergence has elevated the role of Artificial intelligence in investment risk analysis, as manual risk models struggle to process these interconnected variables.

This convergence introduces a new and unique set of uncertainties that necessitate holistic risk assessments; therefore, risk is no longer just about asset performance, but how the technology layers, market infrastructure, and regulatory interpretations affect portfolio risk.

1. Market Risk

Risk in the tokenized marketplace is exacerbated by numerous buys and sells, speculative trading, and a speculative trading environment. Because of the short-term nature of many Tokenized Assets (TAs), their prices could be significantly misaligned with their underlying asset’s industrial value due to issues such as lack of liquidity, speculative trading behavior, and larger movements in the broader cryptocurrency market. If not monitored regularly, the volatility associated with TAs may produce large impacts to portfolio value, highlighting the importance of AI predictive analytics for forward-looking risk assessment.

2. Liquidity Risk

Liquidity for TAs is typically highly fragmented (e.g., decentralized exchanges, centralized exchanges, OTC brokerage accounts) and may appear adequate prior to periods of stress; however, when stress occurs, liquidity may be very limited. As such, it becomes essential to apply AI-enhanced portfolio risk optimization techniques to anticipate liquidity constraints when planning and executing exit strategies and allocating capital.

3. Risk with Smart Contracts

Smart contracts determine how to create, distribute and move tokenized assets from one person to another. Systemic risk can arise from improper contract logic, security holes in the contract or poor upgrade management. The risk is of a technical nature; however, financial ramifications will be direct, making automated Tokenized assets risk analysis increasingly necessary.

4. Risk due to Regulation

Tokenized assets are often used across multiple jurisdictions and have changing compliance laws and regulations. Changes to the laws surrounding compliance, reporting and asset classification will change the structure of portfolios and compiler will have participation. Predictive compliance monitoring using AI in risk management helps enterprises stay ahead of regulatory shifts.

5. Operational Risk

Reliance on oracles, custodians, blockchains and other third-party services is a potential point of failure in operations. Failure at one of these points will impact either the availability of the asset, the accuracy of its price or the completion of a transaction, reinforcing the need for AI-powered financial analytics across operational layers.

Why Traditional Risk Models Fall Short in Tokenized Markets

Traditional risk management frameworks were developed for centralized financial systems with predictable reporting cycles and limited data sources. While effective for legacy portfolios, these models struggle to address the dynamic nature of tokenized assets, particularly when compared to modern Artificial intelligence in investment risk frameworks.

Conventional models rely heavily on historical data and assume relatively stable market behavior. Tokenized markets, however, evolve in real time and generate risk signals that require immediate analysis supported by AI predictive analytics.

Key limitations of traditional risk models include:

• Backward-looking analysis: Historical performance fails to capture emerging on-chain trends identified through Tokenized assets risk analysis.
• Static assumptions: Fixed correlations and volatility assumptions do not reflect real-time dynamics captured through AI-enhanced portfolio risk optimization.
• Delayed response cycles: Manual reviews and periodic reporting slow down decision-making in environments requiring real-time AI in risk management.
• Limited data integration: Inability to process blockchain data, smart contract activity, and decentralized liquidity metrics without AI-powered financial analytics.

As a result, risk is often identified only after losses occur, making mitigation reactive rather than preventive.

How AI Predictive Analytics Changes Risk Assessment

AI analytics is transforming the way risk is assessed and managed in a tokenized portfolio. AI predictive analytics employs machine learning, statistical modeling and real-time data to provide continuous risk assessments as conditions change, redefining AI in risk management practices.

AI models provide more than just static thresholds or historical averages for making risk assessments; they continuously evolve to reflect historical data while also incorporating live market and blockchain data. This allows for risk assessments based on future probabilities and scenarios, strengthening Artificial intelligence in investment risk strategies.

Here is how AI is changing risk assessments:

• Continuous intelligence: Real-time updates to risk metrics as new information comes in through AI-powered financial analytics.
• Pattern recognition: Machine learning recognizes correlations and patterns in data sets that a human may not be able to recognize, enabling deeper Tokenized assets risk analysis.
• Predictions based on probability: Risk is assessed based on probabilities of occurrence and impact, not historical averages, supporting AI-enhanced portfolio risk optimization.

The result is a shift for enterprises to move from traditional methods of risk reporting to anticipating future risks, thereby improving their overall resilience in managing their tokenized asset portfolios.

Key Predictive Risk Capabilities Powered by AI

AI-powered risk management platforms provide specialized capabilities that are particularly suited to tokenized asset ecosystems and enterprise-grade AI in risk management.

1. Forecasting Volatility

To determine future volatility, AI analyzes an assortment of factors including historical prices, volume of trades, depth of the order book and sentiment indicators. These insights support AI predictive analytics by allowing portfolio managers to anticipate price swings and manage exposure proactively.

2. Liquidity Stress Testing

Using simulated market stress events, predictive analytics evaluates liquidity behavior across venues. This form of Tokenized assets risk analysis is critical for large institutional exits and capital preservation.

3. Scenario Simulation & Stress Analysis

AI allows for advanced scenario modeling under regulatory changes, downturns, or macroeconomic shocks, strengthening AI-enhanced portfolio risk optimization strategies.

4. Anomaly Detection and Risk Signals

By continuously scanning transaction flows, smart contract data, and market behavior, AI systems enhance Artificial intelligence in investment risk monitoring by detecting early warning signals.

Where AI-Driven Risk Intelligence Delivers the Most Value

AI predictive analytics delivers the greatest value in tokenized portfolios that involve complex assets, long investment horizons, or regulatory oversight. Proactive AI-powered financial analytics helps preserve capital and maintain investor confidence.

High-impact application areas include:

• Tokenized real estate and infrastructure: Predictive valuation and liquidity modeling using AI in risk management
• Private credit and debt instruments: Default risk forecasting through Tokenized assets risk analysis
• Commodity-backed assets: Volatility and supply-demand forecasting enabled by AI predictive analytics
• Institutional multi-asset portfolios: Cross-asset correlation and AI-enhanced portfolio risk optimization

From Reactive Controls to Predictive Risk Management: How Antier Enables the Shift

As organizations build Tokenized asset portfolios that are larger and more complex than ever before, they require more sophisticated risk controls. Antier addresses this need by delivering enterprise-ready frameworks built on AI-powered financial analytics, AI predictive analytics, and advanced blockchain intelligence.

Antier’s AI-driven blockchain solutions enable organizations to move beyond reactive controls and embrace predictive, data-driven AI in risk management. By combining real-time on-chain data with off-chain market intelligence, Antier strengthens Artificial intelligence in investment risk capabilities across tokenized ecosystems.

By embedding predictive intelligence into tokenized asset operations, Antier enables enterprises to implement scalable AI-enhanced portfolio risk optimization, preparing portfolios for market volatility, regulatory change, and operational complexity.

Today’s AI trading bots are based on a limited amount of historical data which means totally unfamiliar market events like the 10/10 liquidations or even last week’s severe selloffs will leave agentic trading models short of the mark.

These historical data-driven AI models have never seen huge liquidations on a single day and would find this “very unfamiliar” said Bitget CEO Gracy Chen on a panel about agentic trading bots at Consensus Hong Kong 2026. As such human intervention is needed.

“As an exchange, we don’t plan to build our own LLM [large language model]. But trading bots are a big thing,” Chen said. “Current AI bots are a bit like an intern: faster, cheaper but needs a little supervision.”

However, further down the line this will be more like a “full employee,” and in 3-5 years AI can replace a lot of us, Chen said.

These are sentiments heard regularly in the algorithmic trading world when it comes to AI.

While complex LLM and machine learning trading technology is improving at a rapid clip, there are still plenty of people who think a human overlay is an essential part of the process – particularly in situations like the severe volatility that recently gripped crypto markets.

Joining Chen on the panel, Saad Naj, founder and CEO of agentic trading startup PiP World agreed the tech is in its infancy and that comes with risk. But he pointed out that 90% of day traders and retail players lose money.

“As humans we are too emotional. We can’t compete with AI solutions,” Naj said.

The intersection of crypto and artificial intelligence (AI) has entered a quieter, more selective phase, according to two prominent venture capitalists.

Anand Iyer of Canonical Crypto and Kelvin Koh of Spartan Group described the current climate as a post-hype moment for decentralized AI protocols, with capital and talent shifting toward more focused, utility-driven applications during Consensus Hong Kong 2026.

“I think we’re in the trough right now,” said Iyer, whose San Francisco-based firm backs early-stage infrastructure and applications built on decentralized networks. “We went through a frothy period. Now it’s about figuring out where the real strength lies.”

Both Iyer and Koh criticized what they see as overinvestment in GPU marketplaces and attempts to build decentralized alternatives to large AI models like those from OpenAI or Anthropic. The capital required, Koh noted, is “night and day” compared to what’s available in crypto.

Instead, they see potential in purpose-built, full-stack solutions, tools that start with a specific problem and build down to the model, compute, and data layers.

Iyer pointed to startups skipping expensive SaaS tools and using AI to build custom internal systems in days. “Speculation won’t drive product anymore,” he said. “We have to think about users first.”

Both investors emphasized the importance of proprietary data, regulatory advantages, or go-to-market edges as new forms of competitive moats.

For founders looking to raise capital, Koh offered blunt advice: “Twelve months ago, it was enough to have a wrapper on ChatGPT. That’s no longer true.”