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Agentic commerce is coming—and the battle to build its infrastructure is on | Fortune
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20 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire argues that agentic commerce—AI agents buying and selling autonomously—requires blockchain-based stablecoins as the settlement layer; a year after the GENIUS Act, new stablecoin platforms and partnerships are emerging to build this infrastructure.
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If your product is agent infrastructure or AI automation for commerce, you now have a regulatory path to settlement rails and a proven buyer willing to move billions through them. Circle and competitors are racing to own the plumbing before agents become the default commerce layer.
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Fintech · agentic-ai · stablecoins · settlement-rails · autonomous-agents · blockchain-infrastructure