We are standing at the intersection of two super cycles. On one side is the explosion of AI artificial intelligence, and on the other side is the maturation of the Web3 value internet. Unfortunately, most people see them as two parallel lines, and few can see where they will intersect.

In fact, the rise of AI agents is creating a hard demand for blockchain technology. Imagine a future internet with billions of autonomous AI agents. They are not just chatbots—they are entities with real economic activity capabilities. These agents need to rent computing power, purchase data, pay for API calls, and even participate in complex financial investments.

So the question is: how do AI agents pay? With traditional bank accounts? That’s simply not feasible. Because the entire KYC system of banks is designed for biological humans—requiring facial recognition, ID documents, physical addresses. AI has none of these.

At this point, blockchain becomes the only solution. Crypto wallets are inherently decentralized and permissionless, perfectly suited to machine needs. But there is a huge compliance black hole: if hundreds of millions of AI agents are freely transferring funds on-chain, it would be a nightmare for anti-money laundering regulations. Hackers could weave vast networks of AI agents to launder money, making it difficult to trace.

Therefore, the future AI agent economy must operate on a special network—one that can support automated machine payments while meeting human regulatory requirements. This is the opportunity for a new generation of compliant settlement layers.