{"id":633227,"date":"2026-07-22T13:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/franklin-templeton-calls-agentic-ai-next-killer-use-case-for-blockchain\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:53:59","slug":"franklin-templeton-calls-agentic-ai-next-killer-use-case-for-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/franklin-templeton-calls-agentic-ai-next-killer-use-case-for-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Templeton calls agentic AI next \u2018killer\u2019 use case for blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Franklin Templeton\u2019s digital assets lead said that the autonomous AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols hosting machine-to-machine micropayments.<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are the next \u201ckiller\u201d use case for blockchain and cryptocurrency, according to investment management giant Franklin Templeton\u2019s head of digital assets and innovation.<\/p>\n

Sandy Kaul said in a X post<\/a> on Wednesday that the AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols hosting machine-to-machine micropayments, as legacy card networks are unsuitable for agentic payments due to high fees and settlement times.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo capture the AI growth opportunity today, most investors buy shares of AI-aligned companies and related verticals. But will the same playbook work for agentic AI,\u201d Kaul said in the introduction to his more-than-1,800 word post.<\/p>\n

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Franklin Templeton\u2019s digital assets lead said that the autonomous AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols hosting machine-to-machine micropayments. Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are the next \u201ckiller\u201d use case for blockchain and cryptocurrency, according to investment management giant Franklin Templeton\u2019s head of digital assets and innovation. Sandy Kaul said in a X post […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":633229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-633227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}