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The Settlement Layer
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Recent briefings below
Recent Briefings
Today on The Settlement Layer: agent infrastructure stops being a thought experiment. Anthropic buys the SDK factory and ships perimeter-aware sandboxes, Google's AP2 lands inside Gemini Spark with ha…
Today on The Settlement Layer: agentic payments graduate from slides to live transactions, SARB extends the crypto consultation while clarifying it isn't a ban, the Gauteng Gambling Board's CEO is fir…