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Ran Neuner, founder and CEO of Crypto Banter, tells Laura Shin why social trading alone can’t get crypto to a $30 trillion market cap, and why he thinks AI agents can.

He walks through a study projecting 1 billion agents by 2029, a new BlackRock report arguing machine-to-machine payments favor blockchain rails over ACH and card networks, and his simple test for which protocols capture the value: could an AI actually use it?

Host:

    • Laura Shin – Founder, CEO and Host of Unchained

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This clip is from a longer conversation on AI agents, social trading, and crypto’s first real bull market. Full episode here.

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