Forget retail traders: The real multi-trillion-dollar crypto future is building infrastructure for machines
While legacy banks keep corporate money idled in slow regional accounts, a new protocol allows software systems to settle multi-currency trade instantly.
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Summary
- Singapore-based startup Stables is building AI-native payment middleware to route stablecoin transactions across Asia’s fragmented cross-border trade infrastructure.
- CEO Bernardo Bilotta says the real growth opportunity is in machine-to-machine payments, as AI agents increasingly move money on behalf of businesses rather than human retail users.
- By embedding an Anthropic Model Context Protocol server into payment rails, Stables aims to let autonomous software handle compliance, FX and settlement for a share of a B2B e-commerce market projected to top $28.9 trillion in Asia-Pacific this year.
