AI Agents Will Need Banks. Blockchain Is First in Line.
The next wave of crypto adoption may not come from retail investors, institutional funds, or even sovereign wealth. If Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu is right, it will come from software. Siu's argument is structurally simple: there will be somewhere between 50 billion and 200 billion autonomous AI agents operating by 2031, and every one of them will need a way to send, receive, and hold money.
Traditional banks cannot serve them. Blockchain can. That gap is the structural opportunity Siu is describing.
Key Takeaways Yat Siu (Animoca Brands, $5.9B valuation) projects 50 billion to 200 billion autonomous AI agents by 2031, each requiring financial accounts that banks cannot legally open. Blo…
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