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AnalysisNX-2026-0129

Agents holding keys is a governance problem, not a crypto one

The question is not whether a model can sign. It is who is accountable when it does.

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9 minAI + CyberSec + Crypto

Giving an autonomous process spending authority is technically trivial and organisationally unresolved. Existing controls assume a person behind each authorisation, and audit trails record that person.

Designs that bind a decision trace to the transaction, and retain both for the same period, are the only ones we have seen survive a serious internal review.

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