AI is stepping onto the trading floor. Not as software, but as an actor. Agents don’t just analyze markets, they strike deals, set terms and move capital across decentralized rails where settlement is final. For institutional crypto desks, that means faster trades, better products and entirely new exposures.
Now imagine two agents negotiating a derivatives contract but recording different numbers. One books $100 million, the other $120 million. Who is accountable when the gap triggers failures or investigations? This is not theory, it is the reality of the agentic era. AI learns, negotiates and acts inside financial systems where even small mismatches can create systemic risk.
But there’s a growing problem: agents could be acting on false or unverifiable data with real consequences. One AI system used by the UK’s national healthcare provider misdiagnosed a patient, citing a fictitious “Health Hospital” with a fake postcode. As we move beyond basic automation, we need systems
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