Will AI Agents Move Deposits Out of Traditional Banks?

Jennifer Sanasie and Eleanor Terrett sit down with John Lilic, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Tria, at Korea Blockchain Week. Lilic traces crypto's arc from volunteering at New York's Bitcoin Center in 2014 to today's neobank boom, explains why self-custody is his "North Star," and argues traditional banks must become technology companies. Plus: why AI agents could pull deposits out of banks, and why Korea and Japan lead his market. - Chapters/Timecodes: 00:00 The Bitcoin Center, 2014: A Long, Strange Trip 02:11 Meeting Joe Lubin and the Early Ethereum Years 02:39 Inside the Self-Custodial, Multi-Chain Neobank 04:01 Can Neobanks Beat Traditional Banks? 04:31 When AI Agents Pull Money Out of the Banks 06:17 Why Banks Must Become Tech Companies 08:05 No Customer Funds: How 'Best Path' Works 08:58 Self-Custody as the North Star 09:24 Why Korea Blockchain Week - #digitalfinance #finance #bitcoin Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoinDesk?sub_confirmation=1 CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coindesk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coindesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDesk Newsletters: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletters CoinDesk Podcast Network: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jyIhkvAQhed8AWDZiPpSP Public Keys: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rqYzRV10nfKfoTpFXZhTE Markets Daily Crypto Roundup: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sDXM8BlxsUqzL2IqmLqwE The Policy Protocol: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Fh8ffulAWcCqMu0uVuwoj