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Why You Should Never Give AI Your Private Key | Markets Outlook

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4.7698 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Holonym co-founder and CEO Shady El Damaty on AI agents and crypto’s builder season. Holonym co-founder and CEO Shady El Damaty joins Jenn Sanasie on Markets Outlook to explain why you should never give your AI agent a private key. Plus, the state of retail as crypto enters a "builder season" amid high uncertainties. When will the industry move on from the post-Trump liquidity drain? - Timecodes: 01:09 Macro Uncertainties 02:12 The State of Retail 05:22 From ZK Identity to Wallets 08:58 Agentic Workflows Explained 11:19 Human Friction and Compliance 12:45 AI Alignment and Key Control 16:11 Crypto Endgame Super Apps - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

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0:00.0

Don't ever give your agent a private key. Don't do it. It's the last thing you want to do.

0:04.7

If possible, don't even have a private key. It's probably best to take your key and shard it into pieces.

0:18.6

Hey, everyone, you're watching Markets Outlook on Coin Desk.

0:21.6

I'm Jen Sanassi, and today I'm joined by Hollenem CEO and co-founder Shadi El-Domadi.

0:26.5

How's it going?

0:28.3

It's good.

0:29.5

I'm staying optimistic somehow in a market structure that is all doom and gloom.

0:35.0

I can tell you my secret if you like.

0:36.9

Yes, please do. Pain is temporary. and gloom. I can tell you my secret if you like. Yes, please do.

0:38.1

Pain is temporary.

0:41.0

That's it.

0:43.2

I mean, I think that's a good reminder given what's been going on in the markets.

0:46.8

If we look at the volatility, it feels like every time it feels like we're at a bottom

0:52.2

where it feels like there's an end in sight, something else happens.

0:55.9

So as someone who's just like really focused on the plumbing, who's really focused on the building, how are you watching the volatility?

1:03.9

Are you just telling yourself pain is temporary, keeping your head down?

1:08.2

Yeah, absolutely.

1:09.1

I think there's only two scenarios currently.

1:12.6

One is the Dumer scenario that the market structure of the wider economy is reaching

1:20.6

this transition point where the assumptions that we have about where economic productivity is coming from,

1:29.7

where the most valuable commodities and services really are coming from and what their future

1:37.0

future, say, like productivity rates are going to look like are going to change.

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