Plus: AI agents might soon buy things for you

GM. Sipping today's market juice straight from a coconut with a bendy straw.

Here's what's inside:

🍍 Fed rate decision & Powell's conference.

🤝 Payments + AI + crypto.

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Crypto Market Cap: $4.02T 0.62% (24H)
Name		Price	24H	7D
	Bitcoin BTC	$115,764.97	0.69%	1.80%
	Ethereum ETH	$4,497.21	1.57%	2.25%
	XRP XRP	$3.02	0.02%	0.78%
	BNB BNB	$950.73	2.82%	5.60%
	Solana SOL	$234.36	0.49%	5.32%

The day has come, y'all.

The interest rate decision will be announced in just a couple of hours, at 2 PM ET.

Then, at 2:30 PM ET, Jerome Powell - aka Mr. Fed, aka our boy JPow - takes the mic for the press conference.

Traders will be checking the vibe of Powell to understand the road ahead: does he point to more cuts in 2025 (maybe even 2026)? Or does he sound hawkish, which could mean that rate cuts will be more gradual than some expect?..

👉 If Powell is more dovish than expected → crypto may rally;

👉 If he leans hawkish → markets may tank, or at least wobble hard, since a lot of investors have already priced in easier policy.

Sometimes it's not even what he says, it's how he says it. A weird pause, a vague answer, or just mixed signals can be enough to spark big price moves.

Basically, be ready. Volatility is almost guaranteed.

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🤝 Payments + AI + crypto

I've got this friend who uses AI for everything, and it always blows my mind. Like one time, she legit had AI write a breakup letter for her boyfriend.

Personally, I still enjoy having… idk, a thought, so I don't lean on chatbots for every little thing.

But it's fascinating to see just how much AI can actually help us.

That said, one thing that AI definitely can't do: payments.

Why? Because payments are locked behind bank accounts, credit cards, and security checks that require codes, confirmations, or logins.

An AI assistant can recommend the perfect plane ticket, but it still has to stop and wait for you to book it.

And that's what Google is trying to change with their new Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) - an open-source standard to let AI agents actually complete transactions end-to-end.

AP2 creates the rules and digital receipts that prove the AI really had your permission, that the purchase matched your request, and that there's accountability if something goes wrong.

Without that kind of framework, merchants and banks would never trust AI-led payments.

Now, get this: AP2 isn't just for credit or debit cards - it's designed to support crypto too.

To accelerate Web3 support, Google has already partnered with major crypto organizations, like Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation, and MetaMask.

Which is huuuge.

Think about it: Google's building what could become the default system for AI-driven commerce - and it treats decentralized payments on the same level as TradFi.

If AI agents ever become a dominant way people transact, crypto's gonna be integrated into the foundation. Architected into the future of commerce itself.

And it's... beautiful 🥹

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