The next economy will be defined by AI agents transacting at machine speed. The problem? Traditional payment rails were built assuming a human at every step. A $0.20 card fee on a $0.003 micro-transaction isn't friction — it's 6,600% overhead. Programmable settlement is a structural requirement: crypto solves this. @jmmognetti on why the timing of today's doubt is almost perfectly wrong. Read the full editorial on The Node → https://coinshares.com/insights/the-node/output-the-question-this-cycle-finally-answers/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TheNode_Output_27022026&utm_content=carousel_NA_economy-programmable-settlement(CoinShares)