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BlackRock published a paper arguing AI agents will use stablecoins to pay for data and computing power, with machine payments as the nearer-term opportunity. It cites Coinbase's x402 protocol and analyst estimates that Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud revenue could reach about $1.1 trillion by 2030. Standardized compute contracts and liquid markets have yet to develop.
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