May 13, 2026, 1:36PM EDT · 10:34
Mysten Labs co-founder Adeniyi Abiodun joins Gareth Jenkinson at Consensus to discuss how Sui is building blockchain infrastructure for payments, stablecoins, and AI-driven financial systems.
The conversation covers the legacy of Facebook’s Libra project, zero-fee money movement, privacy-focused payments, and why agentic finance could become crypto’s biggest use case.
OUTLINE
00:00 – Introduction
00:53 – Libra’s Legacy
01:51 – Sui Growth
03:13 – Agentic Finance
04:27 – Free Payments
06:12 – Regulation and Adoption
07:08 – AI Agents
07:56 – Fraud and Intent
08:42 – Quantum Resistance
09:29 – Bitcoin and Quantum
Guest links:
Adeniyi Abiodun – https://twitter.com/EmanAbio
Mysten Labs – https://twitter.com/Mysten_Labs
Sui – https://twitter.com/SuiNetwork
Host links:
Gareth Jenkinson – https://twitter.com/gazza_jenks
The Block – https://twitter.com/theblockco
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