Source: The Next Web
The confluence of agentic AI and on-chain infrastructure is moving from concept to operational reality—AI systems can now independently execute financial transactions, not just simulate them. This collapses decision-making and value transfer into a single act, but inverts traditional consumer protection models: legal and financial liability frameworks don't yet map to non-human actors holding and moving capital. Crypto infrastructure providers and enterprises building internal automation gain immediate advantage, while regulators and fraud-detection systems confront a threat surface they haven't managed before.