Franklin Templeton, which manages nearly $1.8 trillion in assets, released a paper arguing that agentic AI — software capable of acting, paying, and deciding autonomously — will run on blockchain infrastructure rather than traditional financial networks. According to Bain & Company forecasts, AI agents are expected to account for 15% to 25% of all U.S. e-commerce sales by 2030, while McKinsey values the agentic commerce market at $3 trillion to $5 trillion that same year. High-speed blockchains like Solana and Aptos already process transactions at speeds comparable to Visa, but with instant finality versus the traditional network’s 1- to 3-day settlement delay. Franklin Templeton recommends investors position in underlying cryptocurrencies such as Solana and Ethereum to capture the value of this revolution.
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