AI Agents Could Wipe Out $1.4 Trillion in Wall Street Fees, Sharplink CEO Says

ANALYSISAI Agents Could Wipe Out $1.4Trillion in Wall Street Fees,Sharplink CEO Says13IMPORTANCECLOSED2NEWS MEDIA2PIECESSep 24, 2026 14:23blockboard.net

SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom projected on Wednesday that AI agents could reshape fee competition across global finance. His forecast put annual investor savings at $1.4 trillion by 2035 and said more than $1 trillion in financial-services revenue could become contestable by 2030, rising to $4 trillion by 2035.

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Joseph Chalom said in an X post on Wednesday that AI agents could eliminate nearly a quarter of global finance fees by 2035.
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His team’s model placed the resulting annual investor savings at $1.4 trillion and covered 10 financial verticals through 2035.
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Chalom’s forecast also said more than $1 trillion in financial-services revenue could become contestable by 2030.
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The same model put the contestable revenue figure at $4 trillion by 2035.

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Investors and firms across global finance would notice this as a forecast that fee pressure could intensify over the next decade. The detail that the model spans 10 financial verticals suggests the projection is not limited to one corner of the industry, and it is tied to a Wednesday post from Joseph Chalom.

In practice, the figures imply a shift in what revenue pools could be up for competition by 2030 and 2035, while the model still leaves the current fee structure in place today. The revenue estimates are framed as contestable amounts, not as a statement that those sums have already moved.

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