Stripe Founders Say Blockchains Must Scale to 1T TPS to Support Agent-driven Commerce
Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison said this month that blockchain networks may need to reach roughly 1,000,000,000 transactions per second to support an economy shaped by autonomous AI agents. Their argument is that current systems simply are not built for the throughput, fee levels, and latency that machine-speed commerce would demand.
Meta to test stablecoin payments in H2 2026, leaning on third‑party partners
Meta Platforms is reportedly preparing to build infrastructure to accept stablecoin payments across its apps in the second half of 2026, with an approach centered on integrating third-party providers rather than issuing a proprietary coin. The strategic pivot is that Meta is positioning itself as an orchestrator of stablecoin payments, not an issuer—explicitly distancing the […]