THE NEXT BUYERS OF CRYPTO MAY NOT BE HUMAN

Brian Armstrong just highlighted a shift most of the market is still underestimating.

At Coinbase, AI agents are now writing 50%+ of the code and handling about 60% of customer support. Automation is already deeply embedded.

But the real unlock is payments -- Armstrong says Coinbase is giving AI agents their own stablecoin wallets so they can execute machine-to-machine transactions -- spinning up cloud resources, accessing paywalled data, buying domains, and more without a human approving every step.

Traditional finance wasn’t built for this. Corporate cards require human identity. Autonomous software doesn’t fit that model -- but crypto rails do.

If agents are going to operate like digital employees, they need native internet money. Stablecoins are starting to fill that role, and that quietly expands the addressable demand base beyond humans.

Still early but the direction is clear, the AI economy is beginning to plug directly into crypto.