Everything on AI & Blockchain Convergence

AI agents require programmable, low-cost transaction layers to function as autonomous economic actors, making stablecoins the optimal settlement mechanism for machine-driven commerce.

Impact: Enables automated microtransactions and dynamic capital allocation, fundamentally restructuring software cost models and creating new agent-native revenue streams.

— from Crypto's Pragmatic Shift: Infrastructure, AI Convergence, and Institutional Adoption · a16z Podcast· May 07, 2026