Company
Verona
Formerly XION
3 interviews on Crypto Coin Show
Verona (formerly XION) is a verification infrastructure platform that helps distinguish human users from AI agents at scale. XION rebranded to Verona in June 2026 and the XION token swapped to VERONA. The network is built on the Cosmos SDK and CosmWasm and is designed for verified information and AI agent commerce.
Latest interview · Jun 22, 2026Anthony Anzalone on Verona's $18.5M raise and AI verification layerHalf of web traffic is already synthetic, and neither platforms nor enterprises have a reliable way to tell humans from AI agents at scale. VERIFICATION INFRASTRUCTURE is what Verona is building — and the rebrand from XION, announced June 17 alongside an $18.5M raise for…Watch the episode →Market
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What Verona told us
3 moments · 3 interviewsIn their own words on Crypto Coin Show. Tap Watch to jump to that exact moment.
“You could actually go, do a mission, get $50 from Uber, send it to your bank, send it to Venmo, send it to Cash App, or spin up a debit card right there and be able to spend it at your local Starbucks.”
- AAAnthony Anzalone, Burnt Banksy · XION pursues walletless and gasless blockchain adoption
“We've spent the last four years trying to make crypto disappear and ultimately got hit with the question of what is the use case of crypto, and the answer is proofs in the age of proofs.”
▶Watch at 0:40 - AAAnthony Anzalone, Burnt Banksy · XION is building a walletless blockchain for mainstream users
“In our test net we had about 4 million users and about 90 million transactions, and right now we've been boasting about 60,000 daily active users which puts us in probably the top five of all blockchains.”
▶Watch at 5:16
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Interviews with Verona
27:23XION pursues walletless and gasless blockchain adoptionOct 16, 2025 · Anthony Anzalone, Verona
24:36XION is building a walletless blockchain for mainstream usersJan 13, 2025 · Anthony Anzalone, VeronaRelated interviews
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