We used to think of the internet as a place where humans clicked buttons to buy things. Now, it is becoming a place where software agents do the clicking for us, and the plumbing underneath is finally starting to look like it was built for the job. For the past few years, the financial industry has been obsessed with the settlement layer. We watched as Visa settled $20B in stablecoins annually and eventually became a founding validator on Circle's Arc L1. We saw SoFi launch the first bank-issued stablecoin on Mastercard, signaling that traditional finance was ready to move value at the speed of code. These were the heavy-duty pipes being laid in the dark. Then came the distribution layer.
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