Agentic Finance: Will Agents use Crypto or Visa rails?
- Date
- 2026-03-24
- Location
- Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Host
- Agentic Finance
About this event
AI agents are moving from demos to decisions, and money is one of the first real tests. If autonomous systems start buying services, paying for compute, settling subscriptions, or coordinating across apps, what rails will they actually use: crypto-native infrastructure or familiar card networks like Visa? This event is a focused, in-person conversation for people who want to think clearly about that question before the market settles on easy assumptions. In Singapore, we are bringing together builders, operators, investors, and curious practitioners to examine what agentic finance could look like in practice, where each payment rail shines, and where the real friction still lives. About the Event At its core, this is a community gathering built around one timely debate: as AI agents become more capable and more autonomous, what financial infrastructure best fits their needs? Rather than treating this as a tribal crypto-versus-tradfi argument, the event is designed to explore the tradeoffs with precision. The most useful answers are likely to come from looking at actual agent behavior, business constraints, compliance realities, and user experience rather than ideology. The format is intentionally conversational and grounded. Expect a mix of structured discussion, audience participation, and networking with people who are actively thinking about AI, payments, coordination, and digital commerce. Whether you come from the crypto world, fintech, AI product development, or simply want to understand where agent-driven transactions may be heading, the goal is to create a room where serious questions can be discussed openly. This is also a good setting for cross-disciplinary perspective. The people building AI systems often think in terms of automation, APIs, latency, and permissions. The people working in payments think in terms of reliability, acceptance, regulation, and fraud. The people building on crypto rails think in terms of programmability, composability, custody, and global settlement. Agentic finance sits at the intersection of all three. What to Expect The evening will center on the practical implications of agent-driven payments and coordination. Rather than broad futurist claims, the discussion will likely stay close to specific questions such as: What kinds of transactions are AI agents likely to make first? Where do crypto rails offer clear advantages, such as programmability, machine-native transfers, or global interoperability? Where do established payment networks still win on merchant acceptance, consumer familiarity, and operational trust? What are the bottlenecks around identity, authorization, custody, risk controls, and compliance? How should builders think about agent wallets, spend limits, approvals, and auditability? You should expect a room that is both analytical and social. There will be space to listen, challenge assumptions, compare mental models, and meet others working on adjacent problems. If you have been wanting to test your thinking against people outside your immediate circle, this is the right kind of event. Depending on who is in the room, conversations may naturally branch into topics like stablecoins, micropayments, onchain coordination, API-based commerce, B2B settlement, marketplaces for agents, and the infrastructure needed to let agents transact safely. That range is a feature, not a distraction: agentic finance is still being defined, and the best insights often come from collisions between disciplines. Why Attend If you care about where AI meets real economic activity, this topic matters now. It is one thing for agents to generate text, summarize research, or trigger workflows. It is another for them to hold budgets, evaluate options, and execute payments. The moment agents touch money, questions about trust, architecture, governance, and market structure become much more concrete. Attending gives you a sharper framework for thinking about what "agentic finance" actually requires. You will leave better equipped to distinguish hype from infrastructure, and theory from deployable systems. You do not need to arrive with a fixed position; in fact, this is a better room if you are genuinely testing your assumptions. There is also strong practical value in the people you will meet. This event is for those who want high-signal conversations with others exploring the same frontier from different angles. You may meet collaborators, future hires, investors, product thinkers, protocol builders, or operators wrestling with the same design questions in different domains. A few reasons this conversation is especially useful now: AI capability is advancing faster than the financial rails most people assume it will use. Crypto and traditional payment systems each solve different parts of the machine-commerce stack. The winners may not be pure categories, but hybrids that combine usability, compliance, programmability, and scale. Early builders and thinkers have a real chance to shape norms, products, and infrastructure before patterns harden. Practical Details This is an in-person event in Singapore, Singapore, designed for real conversation and relationship-building. Being physically in the room matters for this kind of topic: the nuance is easier to explore, the debate is sharper, and the networking is more useful when people can move from big ideas to specific use cases face to face. The event takes place on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00 PM GMT+8. Evening timing makes it accessible for people coming after work, and the format is well suited to a mix of discussion and informal networking. A few useful points to keep in mind: Expect a community-oriented atmosphere rather than a passive lecture. Come ready to participate, ask questions, and compare notes with people from AI, crypto, fintech, and adjacent spaces. If you are building something relevant, be prepared to explain your use case clearly; this audience will appreciate specifics. If you are still learning, that is welcome too; thoughtful curiosity is a strong fit for this room. If you have been looking for a serious but approachable space to discuss how autonomous agents will actually move money, this event offers exactly that. The question is not abstract for much longer, and the people thinking carefully about it now will be better prepared for what comes next.
Who should attend
This is for you if you want a sharper, more practical view of how AI agents might transact in the real world and you value high-signal conversations over surface-level hot takes. - You are building in **AI or agentic systems** and want to understand what payment rails make sense when software starts acting with more autonomy. - You work in **crypto, stablecoins, wallets, or onchain infrastructure** and want to pressure-test where crypto is genuinely machine-native versus where traditional rails still dominate. - You are in **fintech, payments, or financial infrastructure** and want to explore how agent-driven commerce could change assumptions around authorization, trust, and transaction design. - You are an **investor, researcher, or ecosystem operator** tracking the overlap of AI and finance and want to hear how practitioners are framing the opportunity and the constraints. - You are a **founder or product leader** thinking about subscriptions, APIs, marketplaces, procurement, or automated workflows and want to understand what happens when agents need to pay. - You enjoy **smart, cross-disciplinary networking** and want to meet people in Singapore who are actively thinking about AI, crypto, and the future of digital commerce.