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Animoca Brands: Partnership
Animoca Brands completed a live pilot of AI agent-powered commerce with Visa, enabling AI agents on its Minds platform to identify rewards and complete purchases on behalf of users in Hong Kong.
Source: TechNode Global — SEA/China tech
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Alliances like this can broaden web3 & blockchain commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: Backdrop: a 107.8 (Hot) Talent Market Index (up 2.4 on the month) with Asia activity steady (+1.2pts).
Animoca Brands: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Web3 & Blockchain median of 1 across 7 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.
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