Stablecoins are exploding, projected to hit $230 billion in 2025, bridging traditional finance and blockchain. They’re slashing cross-border payment times and costs, and powering DeFi’s growth. As on-chain finance continues to grow and innovate, banks and other established financial institutions face a choice: adapt or risk obsolescence. But are they a valuable inroad for institutions or a Trojan horse?

Vana recently hosted a wide-ranging live X discussion between Binance and YZi Labs’ CZ, (Vana Advisor) and Anna Kazlauskas (creator of Vana), moderated by Art Abal (Managing Director of the Vana Foundation), exploring the future of decentralized AI and user-owned data. Here's what these industry leaders had to say.

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