"Most critical piece for agents is instant finality." "When I have a dollar, I hand you a dollar and now you have the dollar and you're certain that you have the dollar." "That [certainty] doesn't exist with any of the other digital forms of payment that we have, whether that's ACH, wire or SWIFT, credit card." Every one of those methods forces both sides to wait for settlement to clear, which can take anywhere from days to weeks. "There's T+2 at best and then up to T+30, T+60 days." Between humans, that waiting period is manageable because you can verify who you're dealing with and pursue them if payment falls through. Between AI agents, that trust model breaks. You could try IP checking to verify who's on the other side. "Or you could just use stablecoins." "If I have a stablecoin and I hand it to you now, you have a stablecoin. We're good to go." "If you're a merchant transacting with hundreds of thousands of agents and doing millions of dollars of volume a year, stablecoins are really compelling." @samrags_, Founder & CEO of @merit_systems