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‘There’s not enough blockspace’: Avalanche Treasury CEO says AI agents could crunch L1 blockchain capacity

Smith expects traditional financial markets to shift to 24/5 trading by mid-2027, requiring new blockchain infrastructure.

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‘There’s not enough blockspace’: Avalanche Treasury CEO says AI agents could crunch L1 blockchain capacity

What happened

Smith expects traditional financial markets to shift to 24/5 trading by mid-2027, requiring new blockchain infrastructure.

Reported details

  • Avalanche Treasury Co. CEO Bart Smith has warned that AI agents could strain Layer 1 block space as automated financial activity moves onchain and traditional markets adopt longer trading hours. AI agents could test available block space The Block reported…

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