Meta executive says stablecoins are already assumed internally

Alex Schultz says agentic commerce is Meta’s next business layer, with more than 1 million weekly active businesses already using its commerce agents.

Summary

Alex Schultz said stablecoins are effectively taken for granted inside Meta, while arguing that broader adoption beyond the company remains the bigger hurdle. He also described agentic commerce as the company’s “next layer of business,” saying more than 1 million weekly active businesses already use Meta’s commerce agents and that stablecoins could become an important payment rail for supply chains and cross-border commerce.

Terms & Concepts
  • stablecoins: Crypto tokens designed to track stable assets
  • agentic commerce: Commerce systems that use AI agents to help automate transactions and business workflows
  • cross-border commerce: Trade or payments that move between different countries