In a post on social media, Alliance co-founder Imran Khan stated that public chains will become secondary for most people, with the focus shifting to products that serve end users. He noted that launchpad platforms are being commoditized, and platforms with the deepest network effects or niche differentiation (e.g., stock trading pairs) will have an edge. Khan also argued that on-chain front ends are eroding the stickiness of single venues, as users can neutrally access multiple venues in one window, reducing switching costs. This trend extends to lending, swap routers, cross-chain bridges, and most trading infrastructure, with stickiness moving toward the party controlling user relationships.

Alliance co-founder Imran Khan tweeted that public chains will become less important for most users, with the focus shifting to the products that serve end users. Launchpads are being commoditized, and platforms with deep network effects or niche differentiation (e.g., stock trading pairs) have an edge. On-chain frontends are weakening single-platform stickiness, as they allow neutral access to multiple venues from one window, lowering switching costs. Lending, exchange routing, bridges, and most trading infrastructure will follow the same trend, with stickiness moving to the party that controls the user relationship.

Alliance co-founder Imran Khan argues that Chris Dixon’s core thesis on crypto remains largely intact: blockchains add an economic and ownership layer that the internet never fully built into its base architecture. In Khan’s view, early attempts to embed payments into the web, from Netscape’s work with Visa to the long-unused HTTP 402 status code, showed the idea was old even if the tooling was not ready. Crypto later introduced concepts such as user-owned assets, permissionless markets, decentralized identity, open social graphs, portable reputation, decentralized storage, and programmable finance, but most people never prioritized decentralization over convenience. That is where Khan sees AI changing the picture. He says AI agents are becoming a new class of internet participant and may be the real demand-side users for open protocols. As machine-to-machine activity grows, agents may need permissionless access to services, datasets, markets, identity systems, programmable money, storage, reputation, and discoverability across open networks. Khan’s broader conclusion is that the next internet will not be defined by crypto alone. He describes it as a stack shaped by crypto, AI, robotics, compute, energy, and eventually biotech, with crypto serving as the ownership layer and AI handling intelligence and interaction.

Alliance co-founder Imran Khan said creator tokens should not be judged by whether they move existing revenue streams such as YouTube or X earnings onto the blockchain. In his view, their real value lies in creating net-new on-chain demand. Khan argued that creator tokens should function more like infrastructure, turning audience attention into new products, companies, deposits, and customers, rather than existing only as meme assets. He also said the model still carries execution risk. For the concept to prove its case, a small number of creators will need to show they can build sustainable businesses that generate real on-chain transaction volume. His comments frame creator tokens less as a simple monetization wrapper and more as a tool for forming new crypto-native business activity.

Kevin O’Leary’s social media account was compromised and used to promote a fake giveaway of 5,000 BTC and 15,000 ETH, highlighting the persistent threat of crypto scams across major social platforms.

Kevin O’Leary’s Twitter account was compromised and used to promote a fake crypto giveaway promising 5,000 BTC and 15,000 ETH, underscoring the persistent threat of social-media-driven cryptocurrency scams.

Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary's Twitter account was compromised on Thursday, used to promote a fraudulent Bitcoin and Ethereum giveaway claim of 5,000 BTC and 15,000 ETH, with links leading to a phishing site.

Kevin O'Leary's Twitter account was compromised to push a fake cryptocurrency giveaway scam, claiming 5,000 BTC and 15,000 ETH. Similar scams have plagued social media platforms, often using hacked celebrity accounts.