The Crypto Tape – Why Most Oracles Are Brittle, and What Comes After Private Credit with Nik Kunkel

Chronicle co-founder Nik Kunkel joins Frank Chaparro to break down the convergence of traditional finance and DeFi into what some are calling "neo finance," fresh off Chronicle's just-announced partnership with BlackRock on BUIDL.They get into what the Resolv USR exploit should have taught the industry about automated pauses and run risk, why most oracles are brittle by design, and how Chronicle reconstructs funds from holdings rather than passively reporting NAVs. Nik also lays out the next RWA wave he's watching, the case for trade finance, and what AI agents consuming structured data via standards like x402 mean for the data business.