#BlackRock says AI will use stablecoins to buy computing power on its own
BlackRock released a research note saying that AI agents will soon be able to spend money to buy computing power and data themselves—using stablecoins. The world’s largest asset manager explicitly named this track; it carries real weight.
I looked at the market, and the AI sector is actually pretty dull today. $FET is quoted at 0.2087 USDT, up just 0.3%; $RENDER is quoted at 1.831 USDT, up 0.6%; TAO is quoted at 309.9 USDT but down 2.2%. The only one that looks decent is $FIL —quoted at 1.0306 USDT, up 4.9%, with the storage segment moving first.
BlackRock says payments are an opportunity in the near term, while the computing power market is still early. Machines paying machines—and stablecoins are the ready-made pipeline.
The question is: when the day truly comes that AI buys computing power by itself, will the money flow to decentralized chains, or to the coin BlackRock itself issues? Which side are you betting on?
BlackRock released a research note saying that AI agents will soon be able to spend money to buy computing power and data themselves—using stablecoins. The world’s largest asset manager explicitly named this track; it carries real weight.
I looked at the market, and the AI sector is actually pretty dull today. $FET is quoted at 0.2087 USDT, up just 0.3%; $RENDER is quoted at 1.831 USDT, up 0.6%; TAO is quoted at 309.9 USDT but down 2.2%. The only one that looks decent is $FIL —quoted at 1.0306 USDT, up 4.9%, with the storage segment moving first.
BlackRock says payments are an opportunity in the near term, while the computing power market is still early. Machines paying machines—and stablecoins are the ready-made pipeline.
The question is: when the day truly comes that AI buys computing power by itself, will the money flow to decentralized chains, or to the coin BlackRock itself issues? Which side are you betting on?