OpenLedger, a Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for AI workloads, is shifting focus to mainstream adoption through a two-year business-to-consumer roadmap. At the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2026, co-founder Ram Kumar argued that AI agents cannot create bank accounts or pass KYC checks, the entry points for nearly all traditional payment rails. This structural barrier positions crypto as the default payment solution for autonomous agents, which he said will define agentic transactions for years rather than as a preference. Following payments, agentic trading will be the next step, with agents starting small-scale before scaling. OpenLedger is expanding its ModelFactory dashboard beyond developers to consumers, enabling no-code fine-tuning of AI models, access to pre-built models, and privacy protections. The platform launched its OPEN Mainnet in November 2024 to track AI data provenance and distribute rewards to contributors supplying training data or models. Backed by an $8 million seed round led by Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital, OpenLedger prioritizes open-source models for flexibility and plans to let non-engineers build customized AI applications without code.