Wu Says learned that BlackRock, a global asset management giant, has released an AI and digital assets whitepaper stating that AI and digital assets are entering an unprecedented convergence. The business economics of autonomous AI agents urgently require machine-native financial settlement rails. The whitepaper focuses on three key intersection scenarios: first, high-frequency automated micropayments between agents—based on the x402 protocol, the MPP of Stripe and Tempo, and OpenAI’s ACP protocol, AI agents can use stablecoins for settlement without human intervention; second, programmable interactions of tokenized financial assets—real-world assets (RWA) and fund tokenization enable AI systems to interact directly according to rules specified in smart contracts; third, compute resources as the trading and collateralization of digital assets. BlackRock emphasizes that, against the backdrop of stablecoin adjustments in 2025 and trading volume surpassing US$11 trillion, as regulatory frameworks in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific become clearer, blockchain base layers are evolving from a mere human speculative track into a decentralized value settlement network serving the autonomous machine economy.