Day 1 • The digital asset industry arrives in Miami

🎊 Day 1 Highlights   Tokenization, agentic payments, and digital security took center stage as thousands descended on Day 1 of Consensus Miami.   Consensys' Joe Lubin and a panel of Wall Street executives agreed: the global economy is moving onchain — while Cloudflare CSO Stephanie Cohen revealed that more than half of all internet traffic now originates from AI tools.    Networking was already at record highs, with over 165,000 minutes of meetings requested on the first day and the Bridge Deal Flow zone converting cold contacts into new partnerships.   CFTC Chair Michael Selig closed the day defending his agency's oversight of digital assets and prediction markets, before attendees scattered across Miami for an evening of parties across the city. 📰 Breaking News   Bullish to acquire Equiniti from Siris in $4.2 billion transaction, creating the global transfer agent for tokenized securities (Source: CoinDesk)   OwlTing Group launches self-custody wallet built for AI agents, targeting the emerging multi-trillion-dollar agentic commerce economy   Babylon & GoMining plan integration to activate up to 1,000 BTC through trustless Bitcoin vaults   Kraken eyes IPO as it partners with MoneyGram to bridge crypto-to-cash gap (Source: CoinDesk) 📣 Overheard in Miami   “AI agents will help people pick their next partners instead of regular dating apps”  — Yat Siu, Animoca Brands   “Consensus Miami is the best crypto conference of all time”   — @chilearmy123   “My belief is all value will be digital, and everything that can be tokenized will be tokenized because it’s too attractive not to.”  — Tom Zschach, Swift   “2031 we’ll [stablecoins] hit $3T in market cap”   — Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple   WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS Share Your Experience Not here IRL or missing a session?  STREAM WITH A VIRTUAL PASS Copyright © 2026 CoinDesk. All rights reserved. CoinDesk, Inc., 61 9th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10011, USA Unsubscribe Manage Preferences