Stablecoins and Crypto Could Power the AI Agent Economy
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Beyond workforce automation, AI agents are increasingly intersecting with crypto. Jeremy Allaire, CEO of stablecoin issuer Circle, recently predicted that billions of AI agents could use stablecoins for everyday transactions within five years. Meanwhile, Changpeng Zhao has argued that crypto will become the “native currency” for AI agents due to blockchain’s compatibility with autonomous systems.
AI agents are already operating on networks like Ethereum Layer 2 Base and Fetch.ai, executing micropayments and managing digital assets. This week, OpenAI even launched a benchmark to test how AI models handle smart contract vulnerabilities — signaling that autonomous systems may soon play a pivotal role in securing, and potentially exploiting, blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
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