“Agentic stablecoin payments” is dumb. It's still a problem for banks

The big crypto × AI use case everybody talks about is agents using stablecoins for payments. I think this is one of the worst predictions I’ve ever heard. As far as I can tell, the amount of thinking

The big crypto × AI use case everybody talks about is agents using stablecoins for payments. I think this is one of the worst predictions I’ve ever heard. As far as I can tell, the amount of thinking that people have done is roughly: “Oooohhh agents are computers and computers will use computer money.” This is wrong and lazy. Some disclaimers before you get mad at me: I love agents, and I think agentic payments will be huge. I am already reserving restaurants, booking flights, and buying my Hall