CoinVoice has recently learned that analysts at research and brokerage firm Bernstein believe that crypto micropayments are the key to avoiding bottlenecks in the AI financial economy. Analysts say the real bottleneck of the AI financial economy is the inability of the current financial system to effectively handle micropayments. AI agents may need to make extremely small, frictionless payments, such as streaming funds for consuming data or content. However, due to the complexity of the technology and human involvement, the transaction costs of traditional systems are high, making this practice uneconomical. In order to meet the needs of the AI economy, the financial system needs to continue to evolve to enable seamless, low-cost micropayments that are consistent with the consumption patterns of AI agents. This is where cryptocurrencies come into play. [Original link]
