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KCVision

KCVision, who publishes under the name KC VISION, is a commentator on blockchain, artificial intelligence, and crypto assets, the author of The On-Chain Money War, and a co-host of MagoTalk. He is a co-founder of ABAB News and lists himself as a co-founder of ABAB Club in his public biography.

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First Exposure to Crypto Assets

He began learning about cryptocurrency after attending an introductory session advertised on a street investment poster. Alongside his investments in stocks and funds, he gradually explored Bitcoin, Ether, and Dogecoin and learned about investing fixed amounts at regular intervals.⁠[1]

Deeper Involvement in NFTs

He became more involved in NFTs, exploring projects in Hong Kong, whitelists, and airdrops. Through trading, he came to recognize differences in volatility and liquidity between NFTs and major cryptocurrencies.⁠[1]

Joining Holder Communities Through NFTs

He bought a small number of NFTs from leading profile-picture collections to join holder communities and learn about members’ views and project development, focusing on community exchanges and the development of products based on intellectual property.⁠[1]

Registration of His Public Commentary Account

KCVision publishes public content through the X account @KCVisionGo, whose profile lists April 2024 as its registration date. His public biography identifies blockchain, artificial intelligence, and crypto assets as his areas of interest and links to his personal website, kcvision.space.⁠[2][3]

Participation in MagoTalk’s First Episode

MagoTalk launched its first episode, “A New SEC Chair Takes Office: Easing Regulation or More of the Same?”, on April 26, 2025. The episode’s poster listed KCVision alongside Mago, TigerHunter, and Steven Zhu, documenting his involvement in the program from its first episode. The discussion addressed the regulatory direction following the arrival of the new chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, covering ICOs, NFTs, DeFi, and on-chain assets.⁠[4]

MagoTalk is a Chinese-language interview and live audio program covering blockchain, DeFi, artificial intelligence, and finance. Its current website lists KCVision as a co-host, describing his responsibilities as contributing to topic selection and live discussions, with an emphasis on market and industry context.⁠[5]

Sharing His Experience With Snekkies NFTs

In a post on X, KCVision said that he had bought Snekkies NFTs through JPG.store and participated in staking. The post described his involvement in an NFT community through his personal experience.⁠[6]

Commentary on Liquidity Risk in Private Credit

KCVision discussed redemptions in private credit. He focused on the liquidity mismatch between long-term assets and investors’ desire to exit, examining redemption pressure in relation to funding maturities and the ability to liquidate assets.⁠[7]

Discussion of Monero and Digital Cash

KCVision assessed Monero in terms of privacy by default, long-term miner incentives, and the prospects for the FCMP++ upgrade. On the condition that the upgrade could be implemented, he discussed its potential to approximate digital cash. This was his personal assessment of the technology’s direction and monetary uses.⁠[8]

Discussion of AI Agents and Personal Assistants

After reading Kevin Kelly’s 2049, KCVision discussed on X the possibilities of AI agents using stablecoins for small payments, trading directly with one another, and personal AI assistants becoming part of work, education, and daily life. He connected payment tools with AI’s capacity for autonomous action, focusing on how an agent economy could affect interactions between people and software.⁠[9]

He also argued that people tend to overestimate the pace of AI change in the short term while underestimating its longer-term impact. Different forms of AI might develop specialized roles, and personal assistants might also provide companionship. These discussions reflected his views about the future.⁠[9]

A Functional Framework for Digital Sovereignty

KCVision proposed a functional distinction among Bitcoin, Cardano, and Monero. He associated Bitcoin with value, Cardano and Midnight with compliance and data rights, and Monero with privacy and resistance to censorship, using these distinctions to discuss different needs for digital sovereignty. This was his personal analytical framework.⁠[10]

AI, Web3, and Individuals’ Organizational Capabilities

KCVision was listed in the lineup for MagoTalk episode 82, “AI Meets Web3: Has the Era of the Super Individual Arrived?”, alongside Mago, Steven Zhu, and hizz.io co-founders DaftADAPunk and Leo Chen. Connecting AI’s automated work with blockchain’s automated settlement, the episode began with the question of whether traditional companies would still be needed in the future and discussed “super individuals” and changes in organizational forms. A live audio broadcast on X Spaces was scheduled for May 23.⁠[11]

Publication of The On-Chain Money War in English

Writing as KC VISION, KCVision published the English-language e-book The On-Chain Money War: How Banks, Stablecoins, Blockchain, and AI Are Redefining Financial Power. The Amazon Kindle listing identifies it as a first edition in English, with a publication date of May 26, 2026, a listed length of 59 pages, and the ASIN B0GX34ZYG8. His personal website displays both the Chinese title and the corresponding English title.⁠[12][13]

The English product description connects themes of banking, stablecoins, blockchain, and AI through the experiences of Ashin, an ordinary person. It explores changes in financial power and how individuals understand control over their money, liquidity, and options for exiting. The book examines monetary systems through a narrative approach.⁠[12]

His personal website also offers a Traditional Chinese EPUB edition of The On-Chain Money War, likewise credited to KC VISION. The file contains a preface and nine chapters covering money moving on-chain, on-chain dollars, privacy coins, AI wallets, the transformation of banking, blockchain risks, financial crises, and monetary autonomy. Its narrative is organized around characters including Ashin.⁠[14][13]

An Episode on Dario Amodei and AI Development

MagoTalk episode 83, “The Man Behind Claude: What Is Dario Amodei Worried About?”, used Amodei’s departure from OpenAI and founding of Anthropic as a starting point for discussing his concerns about the power and impact of AI. KCVision was listed alongside MagoMagoMago is an investor, founder and host of MagoTalk, author of books on technology and finance, and founder of the ABAB News series of products, using the X account @magotalk. His public content covers Web3, artificial intelligence, and finance. He is the author of "Money Code" and "AI is eating the world."Open the full entry and Steven Zhu. By connecting a personal career story with technological questions, the episode broadened the discussion from specific AI products to developers’ views on the future of artificial intelligence.⁠[15]

Comparing AI With Earlier Industrial Revolutions

KCVision was listed alongside Mago and Steven Zhu for MagoTalk episode 85, “The Fourth Industrial Revolution Is Here: Will AI Repeat the Wealth-Creation Stories of Railways, Electricity, and the Internet?”. Against a background of approximately 250 years of technological and economic change, the episode traced developments from steam engines, railways, electricity, and the internet to AI. It placed artificial intelligence in a comparative framework of industrial transformations and discussed the relationship between technological change and economic opportunity.⁠[16]

Attendance at a BAYC Community Gathering in Hong Kong

KCVision attended a BAYC community gathering held in Hong Kong on June 25–26. The event was part of the Hong Kong portion of Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge’s Asian itinerary at the time. On June 27, KCVision responded to content about the event and thanked the organizers for arranging the gathering.⁠[17]

Crypto Payments and Traditional Payments

KCVision was listed alongside Mago and Steven Zhu for MagoTalk episode 88, “Crypto Payments vs. Traditional Payments: The Next-Generation Payments War Has Begun”. The episode considered traditional payment networks such as Visa and Mastercard alongside stablecoins, focusing on changes in payment methods and industry competition over the following decade. It examined crypto-asset applications within the payments system, including the relationship between traditional participants and new settlement tools.⁠[18]

Prediction Markets and AI

MagoTalk episode 91, “Prediction Markets × AI: Who Can See the Future Sooner?”, brought collective intelligence and artificial intelligence together to discuss how prediction markets might affect judgments about investment, business, and major events. KCVision was listed alongside Mago and Steven Zhu, and a live audio broadcast on X Spaces was scheduled for August 8. The topic continued the program’s exploration of the intersection of AI and finance, with a further focus on evaluating information and prediction tools.⁠[19]

Inclusion in MagoTalk Episode 93

The official webpage and poster for MagoTalk episode 93, “The Smurfs and Sesame Street: How Have Two Major Franchises Captivated the World for Half a Century?”, are dated August 29, 2026, and list Mago, KCVision, and Steven Zhu. The episode description concerns how the two cultural properties have endured through animation, film and television, toys, licensing, and other forms. The webpage provides a link to the corresponding X Space.⁠[20]

The episode’s poster identifies KCVision as a blockchain investor and co-founder of ABAB News. His personal website also describes ABAB News as a news platform he co-founded, while his public X biography additionally lists him as a co-founder of ABAB Club.⁠[20][3][2]

Sources

  1. From Bitcoin in a Taxi to 96 Conversations: MagoTalk EP96 Traces a Personal Path into Crypto (opens in a new window)
  2. KCVision (@KCVisionGo) / X (opens in a new window)
  3. KCVision:联系与平台介绍 (opens in a new window)
  4. EP001:新SEC主席上任:监管松动?还是“换汤不换药”? (opens in a new window)
  5. About | MagoTalk (opens in a new window)
  6. KCVision:购入 Snekkies NFT 并参与质押的自述 (opens in a new window)
  7. KCVision谈私募信贷赎回与流动性错配 (opens in a new window)
  8. KCVision谈Monero与FCMP升级前景 (opens in a new window)
  9. KCVision:阅读 Kevin Kelly《2049》后的 AI 代理与个人助手思考 (opens in a new window)
  10. KCVision谈比特币、Cardano与Monero的数字主权框架 (opens in a new window)
  11. EP082:AI 遇上 Web3:超级个体时代来了? (opens in a new window)
  12. The On-Chain Money War: How Banks, Stablecoins, Blockchain, and AI Are Redefining Financial Power (opens in a new window)
  13. KCVision:内容与书籍 (opens in a new window)
  14. 鏈上貨幣之戰(繁体中文 EPUB) (opens in a new window)
  15. EP083:Claude 背后的男人:Dario Amodei 在担心什么? (opens in a new window)
  16. EP085:第四次工业革命来了:AI会复制铁路、电力和互联网的财富神话吗? (opens in a new window)
  17. ABAB News联合创始人KCVision出席香港BAYC聚会 (opens in a new window)
  18. EP088:加密支付 vs 传统支付:下一代支付战争已经开始 (opens in a new window)
  19. EP091:预测市场 × AI:谁能更早看见未来? (opens in a new window)
  20. EP093:蓝精灵与芝麻街:两个超级IP,如何风靡全球半个世纪? (opens in a new window)