Finance in the intelligence era: continuous decisions, portable assets, delegated distribution

kept by eddie oct 23

Finance in the intelligence era will shift to continuous decisions (metered intelligence), portable assets (tokenized records), and delegated distribution (customer agents), with the AI industry already building this infrastructure.

Don't build tools for AI agents
The author argues that redesigning software for AI agents is unnecessary because agent-friendly tools already benefit humans and existing tools have training-data advantages.
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How Human Should Your Humanoid Be? - by Chris Paxton
Boston Dynamics' new Atlas humanoid robot prioritizes functional design over human mimicry, arguing that non-human forms can be more efficient and cost-effective for industrial tasks.
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Agents will pay like locals, not tourists - a16z crypto
Agentic commerce will shift from retail payment rails to pre-negotiated B2B credit and stablecoins, as agents behave like local businesses with long-term vendor relationships.
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Robinhood, Susquehanna to Launch Exchange to Expand Prediction Markets Offerings - WSJ
Robinhood and Susquehanna are launching a new futures and derivatives exchange to expand prediction contracts offerings tied to sports, elections, and other events.
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Ramp Agent Cards
Ramp introduces Agent Cards, a CLI tool that enables agents to access and interact with structured card-based information.
also on #fintech, Ramp, #ai-agents