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KBW2026: Blockchains Are Not Ready for AI Agents, Speakers Warn

  • —0G Labs CEO says transaction-oriented L1s cannot support an autonomous AI agent economy
  • —x402 payment standard passed 200 million transactions by mid-2026
  • —0G Labs offers a stack of verifiable compute, Agentic ID and 50 Gbps decentralized storage
  • —KBW2026 ran September 29 to October 1 in Seoul with Upbit as presenting partner
Why it matters: If AI agents transact onchain, demand shifts to networks with built-in identity and compute verification rather than faster payment chains.
Source: Crypto Briefing