Bitwise, SVRN bet on NEAR as AI infrastructure thesis takes shape

AP2, Mastercard, and Visa are solving transaction authorization. The custody, policy, and recovery stack that keeps agent spending bounded is still missing.

Sal Ternullo, CEO of SVRN, on how NEAR Protocol is powering the next generation of AI infrastructure, agentic commerce, and institutional adoption.

A recent op-ed I wrote for CyberScoop argued that many security conversations stall out at the infrastructure layer.