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By Julie Binoche
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The Infrastructure Problem Nobody's Solving Fast Enough. The bigger issue, per Lin, isn't just the legal side. It's the plumbing.
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Regulators and Companies Need to Move Together. Lin doesn't let regulators off the hook here. Her view is that regulatory bodies and companies…
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What Slow Banking Rails Actually Cost AI. It's worth dwelling on the banking rails point because Lin keeps coming back to it.
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Gracie Lin has a clear message. The OKX executive wants accountability baked into AI payment systems from the start — not patched in later when things go wrong.
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Lin's argument is pretty straightforward: current legal structures around the world aren't moving fast enough to keep up with AI technology. That gap is already a problem.
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The bigger issue, per Lin, isn't just the legal side. It's the plumbing. The infrastructure underneath AI payment systems wasn't built for what AI actually needs.
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Sub-cent payments matter more than they probably sound. When an AI agent is executing dozens or hundreds of micro-transactions, a banking system that stumbles over tiny amounts…
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Lin's point is that adding accountability mechanisms after the fact makes this worse. Retrofitting systems that are already live is expensive, slow, and tends to create new…
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That's not a new argument in tech circles, but it's one that financial services has historically ignored until a crisis forces the issue.
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Lin doesn't let regulators off the hook here. Her view is that regulatory bodies and companies need to be working together now — not sequentially, where tech develops and then…
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Collaboration, in her framing, isn't optional. It's the only way to get clear standards that actually work in practice.
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More context: One in Ten Americans Now Uses Crypto but Speculation Still Runs the Show
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What that collaboration looks like in practice — she didn't specify. No details on specific proposals or timelines. But the direction is clear enough.
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And the urgency is real. AI agents handling financial transactions isn't a hypothetical anymore. It's happening.
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It's worth dwelling on the banking rails point because Lin keeps coming back to it. Outdated payment infrastructure doesn't just slow things down — it probably caps what AI can…
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