BlackRock highlights the synergy between AI and crypto in its new report, The Machine-Native Economy 🧚

The premise: as AI agents evolve, hundreds of thousands of autonomous models will form a new economic layer, purchasing servers, paying for APIs, and executing microtransactions on their own. Legacy payment rails aren’t built for this scale and velocity, making blockchain the natural backbone.

While BlackRock doesn't explicitly name specific tokens, reading between the lines points to strong potential for several key projects:

🖤 BTC – the premier digital reserve asset for AI agents to store accumulated capital

🖤 Solana & Ethereum – the core settlement infrastructure for stablecoin payments

🖤 Aptos, Sui, NEAR Protocol – next-gen networks designed for autonomous agents to manage crypto wallets seamlessly and securely

🖤 Render, Akash Network – decentralized compute marketplaces

🖤 Bittensor – an incentivized network where AI models compete, share data, and train collaboratively

🖤 Chainlink – the oracle standard for verifying, securing, and validating AI agent workloads

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