Ah, John Collison. The man who co-founded Stripe, the payment giant, and now, as if from the heavens, he graces us with a prophecy. According to him, we are on the precipice of a “torrent” of AI agents taking over commerce-no, not in a distant sci-fi future, but now, today, in a blockchain-powered avalanche. These agents will handle business with stablecoins and high-throughput blockchains. Brace yourselves.
In a chat with Solid Intel, shared on X-because, of course, Twitter’s now X, let’s just pretend that makes sense-Collison let slip that AI agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity (remember those names, they might be in your dystopian future) are already using Stripe’s tools for commerce. So, while we’re out here manually approving payments, the robots are already busy making purchases.
INTEL: STRIPE CO-FOUNDER PREDICTS “TORRENT” OF AI AGENTIC COMMERCE RUNNING ON STABLECOINS AND HIGH-THROUGHPUT BLOCKCHAINS
– Solid Intel 📡 (@solidintel_x) February 25, 2026
Collison, with the weight of the future on his shoulders, states, “Forget those slow card networks and those endless manual approvals. These agents need fast rails that cost pennies and never need sleep.” Surely, he’s not talking about the kind of sleep most of us crave, but rather the kind that comes from a cold, unfeeling AI agent.
Stablecoins, according to our prophet Collison, are the key to the future. Why? Because, unlike the quaint and slow traditional payment methods, they offer speed, cost-efficiency, and, best of all, the ability to operate globally without needing to take a nap. The tech world, too, has long realized that traditional payment systems choke when it comes to micropayments and rapid-fire trades. Enter stablecoins: programmed to settle instantly at the price of a laughable fraction of a cent. Yes, you heard that right. Micropayments that don’t require a mortgage.
As the rest of us sit in awe, Collison’s words echo the rise of Solana-somehow becoming the blockchain chain to rule them all. On-chain data shows Solana eating up the bulk of x402 protocol transactions-AI-native payments, for those keeping track-into early 2026. So, while we’re pondering the slow death of our wallets, Solana’s quietly doing the heavy lifting. Go figure.
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2026-02-25 11:00