DeFi and AI discussions from September 20, 2026 focus on emerging infrastructure: TermiX introduces AACP protocol enabling autonomous agents to take jobs and settle payments onchain, Quip Network develops SDKs for quantum-resistant smart contract upgrades, and participants debate centralization trends in both DeFi and AI sectors.
Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon argue that the internet has become a centralized, extractive system analogous to monoculture forests, with a few corporations controlling infrastructure like browsers, search engines, and operating systems that capture most global market share. They contend that this concentration destroys the complexity and diversity that made the internet resilient, much as scientific forestry devastated ecosystems by replacing diverse forests with single-species plantations.