Vedang Vatsa

Vedang Vatsa

Founder, Hashtag Web3 (100,000+ member community of AI & Web3 professionals)

BE, Mtech, MBA, Chartered Engineer, IIT Kanpur alumnus, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Recent Papers

Essays

Device-to-Device Economics and AI Agent Transactions

AI agents can now buy and sell things without human help, creating new market patterns that old economic theories can’t explain. This article looks at how major platform developments are changing device-to-device economics and what new patterns suggest for market fairness and economic stability.

An Internet of Lies and How We Can Fix It

AI tools like Sora can create video that looks perfectly real. This blurs the line between fact and fiction, creating a huge trust problem. The solution isn’t just better hardware, it’s a new system of verification, and blockchain could be the answer.

A Look Inside the Stablecoin Market's Power Structure

The stablecoin market seems vast, but a closer look reveals a powerful duopoly. This piece explores the extreme concentration of USDT and USDC, the network effects that protect their reign, and the systemic risks that come with a market where two players hold all the cards.

How Stablecoins Are Actually Being Used

With trillions in transaction volume, stablecoins are clearly a cornerstone of crypto. But what are people doing with them? This piece dives into on-chain data to uncover the real-world use cases, from high-frequency trading to institutional settlement and DeFi.

An Economy of AI Agents

In the coming decade, AI agents with the ability to plan and execute complex tasks with little human oversight may be deployed across the economy. This piece explores the questions this raises for economists and what it means for markets, firms, and the institutions that govern them.