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.
SpansAISECFIN
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.