388: How AI Agents Are Forcing Crypto Adoption, With David from Mangrove.ai

About this episode

David from Mangrove.ai discusses the impact of AI agents on crypto adoption and the intersection of traditional finance and decentralized finance.

I sat down with David, co-founder and president of Mangrove.ai, live at Consensus Miami. David's journey is one of the most unexpected paths into Web3 I've come across — starting with Snoop Dogg tickets in India and ending up building one of the most interesting risk-compliant trading infrastructure platforms in the space. We talked about why traditional financial advisors are losing clients to Robinhood, how AI agents will force global crypto adoption whether banks like it or not, and how Mangrove is bridging TradFi and DeFi with a suite of tools built for the messy, brackish world we're all living in right now. If you care about where institutional crypto adoption is really heading, this one is worth your time. Disclaimer: Nothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this podcast with a friend. Be a guest on the podcast or contact us - https://www.web3pod.xyz/ Connect: Website: https://www.mangrove.ai Keypoints with timestamps: • [00:00] David shares his background producing large-scale music festivals globally and how fans asking to…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Kamani

Guest: David

Topics covered

• AI agents
• crypto adoption
• risk-compliant trading
• TradFi and DeFi
• financial advisors
• institutional crypto

Keywords

• crypto
• AI agents
• Mangrove.ai
• financial advisors
• trading infrastructure
• institutional adoption
• Snoop Dogg
• Consensus Miami

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mangrove.ai, NASA, Department of Defense

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