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Sticky inflation and geopolitical tension are stalling Bitcoin's momentum - rate holds by the Fed and ECB combined with Iran-linked oil shocks have pushed BTC under $69k as liquidity shifts and markets brace for higher-for-longer volatility.
“Agentic commerce could reshape how crypto payments work entirely.”
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Regulatory clarity is finally arriving but the market is unfazed - joint guidance from the SEC and CFTC classifying major assets like Solana and Ether as digital commodities provided long-awaited legal certainty but failed to trigger a meaningful price rally.
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Agentic commerce is the next major frontier for crypto payments - new protocols from Stripe, Google, and Coinbase are building the infrastructure for AI agents to conduct autonomous machine-to-machine micropayments, potentially solving the long-standing demand issue for crypto rails.
“Agentic commerce could reshape how crypto payments work entirely.”