Agentic commerce will run on crypto rails, PayPal and Google reps tell Consensus Miami

Burns Brief

Senior figures from PayPal and Google Cloud said open payment protocols, machine-readable merchant catalogs and multi-party crypto custody are needed to scale agentic commerce Market participants are carefully weighing the implications, with the outcome likely to depend on broader macro conditions and volume. Watch for volume confirmation — a breakout above average volume would signal the trend is likely to continue.