26.02.202614:15 Forex Analysis & Reviews: AI agents to hardly face rosy future in cryptocurrency market

With the emergence of AI agents in the cryptocurrency market and their first deployments on major crypto exchanges this year, there is growing discussion about what will happen in this direction going forward.

A new report from Stripe paints a less bright future for AI agents. As a result of their deployment, future blockchains will have to process up to 1 billion transactions per second—otherwise, they will not withstand the load that will fall on them from online operations. This ambitious figure reflects the exponential growth of potential traffic generated by autonomous systems that will exceed human control and scale.

Today's leading blockchain networks, despite their scalability achievements, operate at only thousands of transactions per second (TPS). The gap between current technologies and the anticipated needs of the "AI era" is truly colossal. If blockchain networks remain at current performance levels, they will become a bottleneck for the widespread deployment of AI agents, limiting their functionality and ability to scale.

For this reason, the new task requires not just increases in throughput but fundamental breakthroughs in blockchain architecture, consensus mechanisms, and interaction protocols.

Successfully solving this problem will open the door to a whole range of new applications: from next-generation decentralized finance and scalable metaverses to global AI-driven supply chain management systems. Ignoring this challenge could relegate blockchain to a niche technology, unable to realize its full potential in the age of artificial intelligence.

Trading recommendations:

Regarding the technical picture for Bitcoin, buyers are currently targeting a return to $68,900, which would open a direct path to $70,600 and then to $72,100. The extended target is the peak near $74,600. A break above that level would indicate attempts to restore the bull market. On the downside, buyers are expected at $66,400. A drop below that area could quickly push BTC toward $64,400, with a further downside target near $62,600.

Regarding the technical picture for Ethereum, clear consolidation above $2,078 would open a direct route to $2,169. The extended target is the peak near $2,279. A break above that level would strengthen bullish sentiment and renew buyer interest. If ETH falls, buyers are anticipated at $1,998. A move below that zone could rapidly send ETH down to about $1,936, with a farther downside target near $1,869.

What we see on the chart:

- Red lines indicate support and resistance levels where either a price slowdown or active growth is expected;

- Green lines indicate the 50-day moving average;

- Blue lines indicate the 100-day moving average;

- Light green lines indicate the 200-day moving average.

A crossover, or a price test of moving averages, typically either halts the move or sparks fresh market momentum.