The Agent Economy Is Coming—with Blockchain as Its Backbone.

“This is not about crypto hype. It’s about solving trillion-dollar problems.” — Paul Brody

What You’ll Hear in 30 Minutes

• Why blockchain is thriving quietly—through real enterprise use cases

• The new agent-to-agent economy and its AI + blockchain foundation

• How stablecoins could collapse cross-border fees and reinvent payroll

• Why security and privacy are prerequisites, not roadblocks

• The coming shift from demos to delivery in blockchain adoption

• Why simplification and use-case storytelling will define what scales

Guest Snapshots

Paul Brody is EY’s Global Blockchain Leader and Chair of the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance. From privacy-first payments to agent-integrated supply chains, Brody leads global efforts to evolve blockchain from pilot to production. Joining him is Saurabh Gupta, President at HFS, with over a decade covering blockchain's rise, plateau—and now rebirth.

Timestamps

00:00 – Where Is Blockchain Now?

02:16 – From Tech Obsession to Real-World Use Cases

04:18 – Is Blockchain Still Too Secretive?

06:55 – Can Blockchain Solve AI’s Security Problem?

08:53 – Agents, Predictive Maintenance & Blockchain Execution

10:34 – What Agent-to-Agent Economies Could Look Like

13:54 – Why Supply Chain Isn’t There Yet

15:22 – Blockchain Still Lacks an “Intuitive UX”

17:16 – The Stablecoin Surge & Bipartisan Regulation

20:48 – Streaming Payments and the End of Payday Loans

24:11 – Public vs. Private Blockchains: What Won

26:40 – What’s Next for Ethereum, Assets & Smart Contracts

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