BlackRock: Stablecoins Will Become Payment Rails for Autonomous AI
- —BlackRock says ACH and card networks are mismatched for high-frequency AI-agent micropayments
- —Stablecoin supply topped $300 billion; 2025 adjusted transaction volume exceeded $11 trillion
- —Stablecoin transaction volume has compounded ~80% annually since 2020 vs ~8.5% for ACH
- —TRM Labs data cited in the report puts AI agents at 0.6%–7.5% of activity on leading payment protocols
Why it matters: The world's largest asset manager has formally endorsed stablecoins as the settlement layer for the AI economy, reinforcing institutional demand for USDT and USDC.
Source: Crypto Briefing
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