Why Every Company Will Launch a Stablecoin: verUSD with Verona’s Anthony Anzalone

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Verona, the network formerly known as XION, launched verUSD: a dollar stablecoin built for AI agents, with more than $100 million in launch commitments. On his fourth time on Crypto Coin Show, founder and CEO Anthony Anzalone explains why a network built to verify data decided to create its own money, after being the first chain to use USDC as gas.

Anthony covers why every company should have its own stablecoin after the GENIUS Act, why he tells people not to hold verUSD, how USDC and USDT become the “last mile”, why AI agent payments came in at a fraction of the predictions (“probably absolutely nothing” yet), whether AI is the next crypto bubble, the US-China AI race, proof of reserves for new stablecoins, Verona’s post-quantum upgrade, and booking his own flights with an AI agent. Not financial advice.

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Chapters:
0:00 What are AI agents actually buying?
0:25 Intro: Anthony Anzalone, Verona and verUSD
2:00 From USDC as gas to launching verUSD
3:16 The GENIUS Act and why every company will want its own stablecoin
4:27 Why stablecoins fit AI agents
6:07 How agents and people choose a stablecoin
7:25 Starbucks, yield and invisible stablecoins
7:57 “I actually tell people not to” hold verUSD
8:55 Fortune 500 partners and payouts
10:40 Can new stablecoins compete with USDC and USDT?
12:45 Will Visa and Mastercard launch their own?
13:55 AI agent payments at 5-10% of predictions
15:32 AI for everyday users
17:56 Building for where the puck is going
19:16 Is AI the next crypto bubble?
20:36 MCP, x402 and Verona’s AI integrations
23:01 The US-China AI race
26:38 Proof of reserves and stablecoin fraud
28:16 What’s next: a post-quantum upgrade
30:11 Booking flights with his own AI agent
33:00 Where to follow Verona

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