// Hacker Noon · 17 February 2026

AI Agents Need Their Own Money, and Stablecoins Aren’t It

Autonomous AI agents do not naturally participate in that institutional economy. They cannot (yet) walk into a bank, sign contracts, pass KYC, or enforce disputes in court without human intermediaries. We need money that maps directly onto the resources agents actually consume. Energy Money.

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