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The idea of an agentic coordination layer is especially interesting because DeFi today is still fragmented and overly manual. Users are expected to constantly monitor markets, bridge assets, optimize yield, manage risk, and execute transactions themselves. That works for experienced users, but it creates massive friction for broader adoption.

What stands out here is the shift from: “users manually interacting with protocols” to “users defining goals while agents handle execution.”

Still, this feels like a direction the industry is inevitably moving toward. AI agents combined with onchain infrastructure could fundamentally change how people interact with DeFi over the next few years.

What do you think about this news and about AI agents in general?

The official post shared by the Base page on X - https://x.com/i/status/2054460109628310002

A year and a half ago, OP Succinct sounded like a bold technical vision. Now they’re working with Base to help secure billions in onchain assets.

ZK technology is very important for Base in the long-term perspective.

The main advantages of ZK technology are better security, faster finality, and stronger infrastructure.

What do you see as the biggest advantage of the partnership between Base and Succinct?

Official announcement in x - https://x.com/i/status/2051346637767774715

For years, crypto has talked about “real-world adoption,” but most of it stayed inside DeFi loops. This feels different. When a player like Visa starts integrating stablecoin rails, it’s no longer just experimentation, it’s infrastructure.

What’s interesting here isn’t just the headline, it’s the direction. If Base can provide fast, cheap, and reliable settlement, it makes sense for payments to move onchain. Stablecoins already solve volatility — what was missing was distribution and trust. Visa brings both.

At the same time, there are still open questions. How seamless will this actually be for end users? Will people even know they’re using blockchain, or should they? And how will regulation shape how far this can go globally?

My take: this is one of those moments that feels small now but could look obvious in hindsight. If the UX gets abstracted away and the rails just work, stablecoin payments could genuinely scale to billions.