AI agents don’t operate on opinions. They don't have feelings or hunches or "call their buddy" and then execute tomorrow. They operate on instructions, access, and capital. Right now, it's the access to capital that's the bottleneck. Asheesh Birla of @evernorthxrp is hinting at something most people are missing entirely: If AI agents will be transacting, allocating, hedging, or settling,...they need programmatic finance. Not apps. Not interfaces. Infrastructure. That changes the demand profile entirely. Humans: log-in, manually approve transactions, take breaks. Agents: Execute instantly, operate 24/7, require continuous liquidity access. Forget about "growth curves" That’s a system load shift...entirely different volume. That'll require different and new rails. Blockchains that win: won't be about the most users It'll be the ones that: -provide deterministic settlement -handle high-frequency instruction flows -Integrate identity + permissions -Support liquidity access w/out friction Because agents don’t tolerate delays or ambiguity. The future of blockchain usage: won’t be human-driven It will be: agent-driven Which means the demand isn’t for wallets. THE DEMAND WILL BE FOR: **Liquidity rails **Collateral layers **Settlement systems that can operate autonomously It won't be about "more users" in the traditional sense. The shift is toward more machines using financial rails than humans ever will.