Feels like industry innovation has slowed down a lot with the arrival of the bear market and VCs pulling out. After all, the easy money from token launches is drying up, while AI is swimming in hot money. When you crunch the numbers, it’s pretty easy to understand. But interestingly, this is when CEXs are actively embracing and pushing new innovations forward. They don’t have to worry much about raising funds or launching tokens—they’re deep-pocketed and not short on cash. Instead, they’re more focused on improving the industry and driving it forward. Take @okx’s Agent Payment Protocol, for example—it’s setting the standard. Not only is OKX the core driver and initiator of the protocol, but it’s also playing multiple roles as the standard setter, infrastructure builder, and ecosystem connector. Regardless of how far this ends up going, at least they’re doing a solid job here. CEXs really do need to shift away from the traditional “casino” image and become engines for continuous innovation and development in the industry, whether it’s a bull or bear market. It’s like they’re reinvesting the rake from gamblers back into the industry. If they can later find a way to tie this to OKB, that’d be even better @star_okx