The New Machine Economy and the Future of Payments
The Machine Economy & The Future of Payments
AI agents are no longer just making decisions — they're moving money.
Stripe, Ant International, PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard are already building the infrastructure for the machine-to-machine economy.
Traditional rails require opening bank accounts, signing contracts, and invoicing cycles. The AI + stablecoin alternative: machines hold wallets, agents authorize spending, and payments happen per request, per second, or per usage.
Real-world use cases emerging now:
→ IoT & Smart Cities — power grids and smart vehicles autonomously negotiating resource sharing
→ AI Collaboration — agents across organizations sharing compute and data in real time
→ Supply Chain — machines can autonomously track, validate, and settle supply chain payments — without human intervention
The opportunities are real. B2B stablecoin payments hit $226B in 2025 — up 733% YoY — yet still 0.01% of the $1.6 quadrillion B2B payment volumes. AI agents are beginning to automate B2B transactions.
But scaling this infrastructure comes with challenges — from quantum computing threats to cryptographic rails, AI-enabled fraud, and defining accountability when autonomous agents make financial decisions.
Join us to explore the opportunities, the risks, and what it all means for investors and builders.
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About the Organizers
About BitAngels: The worlds Premier blockchain Angel Investor Network - Notable investments include a 7-figure position in Ethereum's 2014 ICO at $0.30 as well as helped manage and cleared 70% of Mastercoin (the first ever ICO) in 2013. Other notable investments include Tether and EOS.
Intercognitive Foundation: About Intercognitive Foundation: Making the physical world accessible to AI. Intercognitive unites top Embodied AI stakeholders to set industry standards, drive research, and grow the ecosystem — accelerating the shift from Agentic AI to Physical AI,with the goal to Enable AI to interact with the physical world in the most optimal, ethical, and human-centered manner, prioritizing safety, accessibility, and societal benefit.
Web3 Harbour: Hong Kong’s premier Web3 industry association - Engaging and representing Web3 builders, investors, users, and leaders to promote a pro-innovation, pro-collaboration, and inclusive environment for the development of the decentralized internet and digital asset economy.