🚨 Ep. 10 of Agentic Commerce: Why Stablecoins Won’t Kill Cards
@sytaylor &
@bamazizimesh are joined by:
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@nlevine19, Partner,
@a16zcrypto
To discuss:
🔂 Agentic commerce is still very early in development
🌅 New class of merchants and buyers emerging
⛓️ Stablecoin and blockchain for AI payment needs
💳 Stablecoins won't kill cards but fill gaps
✅ Card networks offer trust and brand value
💰 Value accrues above payment protocols not in them
🗝️ Wallet aggregation and headless merchants are key
💸 Compute orchestration and real time payment opportunities
📈 Jevons paradox and streaming payments in finance
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
2:20 Agentic commerce is still very early in development
4:14 New class of merchants and buyers emerging
6:17 Stablecoin and blockchain for AI payment needs
7:37 Stablecoins won't kill cards but fill gaps
11:50 Card networks offer trust and brand value
13:23 Value accrues above payment protocols not in them
16:45 Wallet aggregation and headless merchants are key
21:51 Compute orchestration and real time payment opportunities
29:20 Jevons paradox and streaming payments in finance
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