WalletConnect’s Smart Sessions Cut Through Crypto Clutter—AI Wallets Just Got Smarter
WalletConnect’s latest upgrade slaps legacy wallet UX into the 21st century. Smart Sessions let AI agents negotiate permissions dynamically—no more manual spaghetti-code approvals.
Founder Pedro Gomes claims this kills the ’wallet jank’ holding back DeFi adoption. TradFi banks, take notes: your ’secure’ 90s-era auth flows look prehistoric next to this.
One catch? The feature assumes crypto degens will actually read permission prompts. Good luck with that.
A bite of the Apple
The crypto ecosystem is set to receive a big boost from recent changes to Apple’s App Store policies, after the EU mandated that the multinational electronics giant open up its App Store to third-party payment providers. A new bill passing through the U.S. Congress would place similar requirements upon Apple.
The opening up of Apple’s App Store will afford Web3 apps and wallets “more freedom to guide users toward decentralized payment options, external wallets, and onchain transactions,” Gomes wrote—enabling mobile-first crypto experiences to “scale to their full potential.”
WalletConnect’s Smart Sessions will FORM a “critical” part of this infrastructure as they evolve into “Automated Onchain Actions,” Gomes said—powering “seamless, trusted interactions” between users, decentralized apps and AI agents.
Speaking to Decrypt earlier this year, Gomes outlined his long-term vision for Smart Sessions, explaining that they will “change not just how wallets work, but how we interact with dapps." Ultimately, he said, crypto wallets leveraging WalletConnect’s infrastructure will have a “persistent connection that protects you from any malicious activity, and it just happens magically in the background.”
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