Bitcoin Losing AI Payments Battle per Blackrock, but Not the War
A new report from Blackrock and new findings by the Bitcoin Policy Institute show that bitcoin is losing the agentic payment battle in the medium term at least, but the longer-term war is still undecided. The latest pape...
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