Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that the rapid development of artificial intelligence technologies will not diminish the significance of the cryptocurrency sector; on the contrary, digital assets will play a much more important role in the new era.
Speaking on the social media platform X, Armstrong emphasized that artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies are not competing technologies but rather complementary infrastructures.
Armstrong said that artificial intelligence has become one of the most important technological trends of our time, and at the same time, the value of cryptocurrencies continues to grow. According to the Coinbase CEO, cryptocurrency technologies represent a kind of universal infrastructure, similar to electricity or the internet, and will become one of the fundamental tools for conducting financial transactions by AI systems in the future.
Armstrong argued that the need for digital assets will increase, especially with the proliferation of autonomous AI agents, and stated that existing financial systems are not fully adapted to this new technology.
Armstrong said that AI agents cannot open bank accounts or wait for international money transfers to be completed, therefore cryptocurrencies offer a significant advantage as a programmable, real-time payment system.
According to the Coinbase CEO, in the future, AI agents will not only make payments but will also be able to independently perform many economic operations, such as fund management, investment deals, trading, financial advising, and capital raising. In this scenario, blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies will form the fundamental infrastructure, enabling AI systems to conduct secure and seamless financial transactions.
Recently, many technology companies have been working on scenarios where artificial intelligence and blockchain technology can be used together. In particular, the integration of decentralized finance (DeFi), smart contracts, and tokenization applications with AI-based systems is considered one of the most important development directions in this sector.
This is not investment advice.
