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By Julie Binoche
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Machine-Native Money and the Stablecoin Edge. BlackRock's report frames digital assets as "machine-native money" — basically built for the kind…
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Computing Power as a Tradeable Asset. Here's where it gets more interesting. BlackRock doesn't stop at payments.
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What the Crypto Market Is Watching. For traders and token holders, the stablecoin piece is probably the most immediately relevant.
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BlackRock has a bold take. The investment giant put out a report saying artificial intelligence could meaningfully drive demand for cryptocurrencies — and it's not a vague…
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The core argument is pretty simple: AI systems are increasingly able to plan and execute complex, multistep tasks on their own — including financial transactions.
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BlackRock's report frames digital assets as "machine-native money" — basically built for the kind of autonomous financial activity AI agents will increasingly need to perform.
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The stablecoin angle matters for public blockchains too. Ethereum, where a large share of stablecoins actually operate, could see a real uptick in activity if AI-driven…
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Here's where it gets more interesting. BlackRock doesn't stop at payments. The report goes further and says AI's hunger for GPU resources and expensive data-center infrastructure…
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Think about how oil futures or electricity contracts function — you're trading a claim on a resource that will be delivered later, under agreed terms.
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See also: Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading Volumes Surge to Highest Levels Since March
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The details on how exactly that would work? Unclear. The report doesn't map out the mechanics.
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It's also worth stepping back. The convergence BlackRock describes — AI and crypto developing separately and now starting to intersect — is something a lot of people in both…
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The computing-capacity market idea is further out. That's a structural shift that would take time to build — new standards, new infrastructure, probably new regulatory frameworks.
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More context: $18.1 Billion Bitcoin and Ethereum Options Expire, Market Leans Bullish
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And the firm is clear that the exact pathways through which AI demand flows into crypto remain uncertain. The direction seems probable. The mechanism? Still murky.
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