• Kraken’s co-CEO could trust AI with 100% of his crypto - Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi isn’t convinced At NEARCON 2026, Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi delivered a sharp debate over how soon those agents can be trusted with real money. • What to know: Crypto has a habit of declaring the future early. • In recent months, that instinct has fixated on autonomous AI agents, self-driving wallets and trading systems that can move capital without human oversight. • At NEARCON 2026, Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi delivered a sharp debate over how soon those agents can be trusted with real money. • The core disagreement wasn’t about whether agents will eventually manage capital, both believe they will, but about timing and risk tolerance. • San Francisco, CA - Crypto has a habit of declaring the future early.
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- At NEARCON 2026, Kraken co‑CEO Arjun Sethi and Dragonfly partner Haseeb Qureshi debated the readiness of autonomous AI agents to manage crypto capital. Both agreed that such agents will eventually be used, but they diverged on timing and risk tolerance. Sethi, citing exponential progress, said he would place 100 % of his portfolio in an AI agent within six to twelve months, while Qureshi limited himself to five % and warned that current demos overstate reliability. The exchange highlighted a broader split in the crypto industry over how soon fully autonomous finance can be safely deployed.
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