Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, October 28, 2026 — ChangeNOW ran a four-panel program at TOKEN2049 Singapore, one of the crypto industry's flagship annual conferences, featuring speakers from MetaMask, Trezor, WalletConnect and other projects, alongside a series of NOW Effect interviews and a keynote by Chief Strategy Officer Pauline Shangett.

Speaking on the Bit Digital Stage, Shangett delivered a keynote titled “Next Billion Users Should Never Touch Blockchain.” She argued that people should be able to use crypto without choosing networks, managing gas or navigating separate services, and presented crypto super apps as a way to bring everyday financial tasks into a single product. The theme targets a friction point that has long defined crypto onboarding, and one that super app-style products increasingly attempt to remove by design.

At the ChangeNOW booth, The Block’s Kelvin Sparks moderated a wallet-focused panel with MetaMask, Trezor and ChangeNOW. The discussion covered how wallets are expanding as more services move into a single interface, together with security and user approval for AI agents — an area drawing attention as automated tools begin acting inside wallets on users’ behalf.

“The user shouldn’t have to think about gas. The user shouldn’t have to go through multiple steps to switch from one network to another, when a lot of that can be done in the background,” said Yana, Head of Business Development & Account Management at ChangeNOW.

The infrastructure session gathered Banxa, RocketX, WalletConnect and Aztec Labs to discuss transaction routing, privacy for on-chain payments and collaboration among specialized providers. Transaction routing — the behind-the-scenes work of deciding where and how a payment executes across chains and services — is part of the plumbing behind the kind of background execution Shangett described.

A panel on crypto super apps, featuring Pulsar Money, Rubic, Hercules and CoinRoutes, debated whether payments, trading or a broader variety of financial services would give consumers a reason to return regularly. Shangett identified payments as one potential foundation for these applications. The exchange reflects an open product question in consumer crypto: whether retention comes from doing one thing well or offering many services in one place.

The fourth panel featured CoinEasy, The Block of Media and ChangeNOW. Speakers examined AI’s impact on search, SEO and audience monetization, discussing communities, podcasts and video, as well as opportunities to integrate crypto swaps into media and analytics platforms. The discussion reflects a broader shift in which AI-generated answers are changing how audiences discover content online.

Journalist Ramia Farrage hosted the NOW Effect interviews with representatives of Stellar, Injective, NEAR Intents, USDD, Sonic and Zcash. The conversations covered cross-border payments, institutional participation in DeFi, stablecoins, privacy and blockchain usability — topics that rank among the most actively discussed areas in the sector.

The panels and interviews were recorded for release as part of ChangeNOW’s TOKEN2049 coverage. Recorded sessions are available at the following links: 1, 2, 3 and 4. Further highlights from the event can be found in the company’s Day 1 and Day 2 recaps. Together, the recordings offer a direct look at how wallets, infrastructure providers and media platforms are approaching usability, privacy and payments.

About ChangeNOW

ChangeNOW.io is a crypto super app built for every crypto move, giving newcomers, professionals and businesses the tools they need to access Web3 finance in a simple and secure way. Since 2017, ChangeNOW has grown from a fast, secure and limitless instant exchange into a trusted platform where storage, swaps, trading, staking and asset management are covered in one simple experience for millions of clients worldwide.

Media contact: PR Team, CHN Group LLC — pr@changenow.io

This article is based on a Chainwire press release.