Articles by // Sasha Shilina

Sasha Shilina

Sasha Shilina is a Ph.D. researcher working at the crossroads of science, technology, and philosophy. With a background in blockchain since 2018, Sasha is CRO at Paradigm Research Institute, a researcher at the Humanode crypto-biometric network, and the founder of Episteme, a platform for AI-resolved prediction markets in science.
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By Sasha Shilina // 4d ago

Points of Focus XRPL passed 1 million agentic payments as Ripple joined the x402 Foundation. XRP traded between…

By Sasha Shilina // 4d ago
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Ripple and XRP recap: XRPL passes 1 million AI payments as Ripple joins x402 Foundation | July 8 to 15

Points of Focus XRPL passed…

XRP Ledger Processed Nearly 1 Million Transactions in 24 Hours: Why XRP Barely Moved
By Sasha Shilina // 20d ago

Points of Focus XRPL processed 900,189 transactions on June 15, 2026, with payments leading activity. XRP’s muted price…

By Sasha Shilina // 20d ago
XRP Ledger Processed Nearly 1 Million Transactions in 24 Hours: Why XRP Barely Moved

XRP Ledger Processed Nearly 1 Million Transactions in 24 Hours: Why XRP Barely Moved

Points of Focus XRPL processed…

Who Owns the AI Checkout? Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, and the Race for Agent Payments 
By Sasha Shilina // 26d ago

Points of Focus AI Agent payments shift checkout from humans to autonomous software. Visa and Mastercard bring proven…

By Sasha Shilina // 26d ago
Who Owns the AI Checkout? Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, and the Race for Agent Payments 

Who Owns the AI Checkout? Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, and the Race for Agent Payments 

Points of Focus AI Agent…

Solana vs Hyperliquid: Which Architecture Wins Long Term?
By Sasha Shilina // 1mo ago

Points of Focus Solana’s strength is its broad ecosystem across DeFi payments apps, DePIN memecoins and trading on…

By Sasha Shilina // 1mo ago
Solana vs Hyperliquid: Which Architecture Wins Long Term?

Solana vs Hyperliquid: Which Architecture Wins Long Term?

Points of Focus Solana’s strength…

By Sasha Shilina // 1y ago

From late-night group-chat giveaways to viral tap-to-earn games, Telegram’s “wallet-in-a-chat” design is turning digital money into social glue….

By Sasha Shilina // 1y ago

This Telegram Feature Lets You Send Crypto Like It’s Candy (And People Love It)

From late-night group-chat giveaways to…

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