Ownership Podcast S1 E9: Hunter (Laso)
Hunter from Laso Finance on private crypto prepaid cards, raising on MetaDAO, and the case for agentic commerce.
We cover privacy at the point of spend, how Laso stays compliant with no ID upload, why the 4% of volume from AI agents may matter more than the 96% from humans, and why he's building agents to start businesses rather than to ease shopping. Plus Bitrefill, x402, and the on-chain endgame with Tempo and Plasma.
Guest: Hunter, Laso Finance Host: 8bitpenis
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