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Mastercard In Crosshairs: Citrini Models AI Agents Bypassing Interchange As Stablecoins Threaten Card Economics
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80% confidenceMastercard's stablecoin infrastructure investment could prove prescient against AI agent disruption
80% confidenceCard-focused banks' moats were made of friction, and friction was going to zero
80% confidenceAI agents optimizing consumer transactions would eventually identify the 2-3% card interchange rate as an obvious cost to eliminate
80% confidenceAI agents would migrate toward stablecoin settlement on Solana or Ethereum Layer 2 networks where transaction costs are measured in fractions of a penny
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