Tools: Latest $30 Trillion Economy That Doesn't Need Humans 2026

Autonomous AI agents are becoming economic actors, but today’s payment systems are built for humans. Crypto-native rails and stablecoins enable machine-to-machine payments without identity checks, accounts, or human approval. New protocols (like x402 and agent verification systems) are forming the infrastructure for agentic commerce. Analysts project this economy could reach tens of trillions of dollars within a decade. The real winners will be not AI agents, but the payment and identity infrastructure they use to transact.

Source: HackerNoon