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Franklin Templeton: Agentic AI Is the Killer Use Case for Crypto
Autonomous AI agents transacting on their own behalf, without human intermediaries, need programmable money and permissionless settlement to pay each other, hold value, and execute transactions, making blockchain payments and on-chain identity the infrastructure layer for an emerging agent economy. This is a reason institutional investors should look beyond buying shares of AI-aligned companies as the primary way to capture AI-driven upside. The agentic use case, rather than speculative trading activity, is the source of durable, enterprise-grade demand for crypto rails. This signals growing institutional interest in crypto infrastructure tied directly to AI-agent adoption rather than token speculation.
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