Raoul Pal, speaking at the Consensus 2026 conference, expressed his preference for Solana over Bitcoin if he had to choose between the two. According to NS3.AI, Pal also discussed the potential of artificial intelligence to transform cryptocurrency into the "Universal Basic Equity" of the AI era. He further predicted that decentralized finance (DeFi) could evolve to include three AI agents for every two human users within the next five years.