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Trust in agentic commerce: The problem that could derail an industry

Author: Marc Vanlerberghe, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, Algorand Foundation.

Agentic commerce promises a future where AI agents can shop, negotiate, and manage finances on our behalf—but without verifiable identity, permissions, and provenance, a critical trust gap could derail the industry. Get the full report to discover how open standards and cryptographic trust could make autonomous commerce safer and more accountable.

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Algorand targets broad quantum resilience by 2027

Algorand has been leading in blockchain quantum resilience since 2022.

And now, we have announced our roadmap to target broad quantum resilience by the end of 2027 – including native PQ accounts with related SDK and developer tooling support; PQ multisig for institutions, treasuries, and high-value operations; and research into PQ-resilient VRF and signatures for consensus messaging. The first milestones from this roadmap begin in Q3 2026.

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class Dao extends Contract {
registeredAsaId = GlobalStateKey<Asset>();
proposal = GlobalStateKey<string>();
votesTotal = GlobalStateKey<number>();
voteInFavor = GlobalStateKey<number>();
inFavor = BoxMap<Adress, boolean> ();
endTime = GlobalStateKey<number>();
createApplication(proposal: string, length: number): void {
this.endTime.value = globals.latestTimestamp + length;
this.proposal.value = proposal;
}
bootstrap(): Asset {

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