AI Agents Poised to Transform Crypto Market with Autonomous Transactions
Fidelity's analysts are studying the impact of AI on the crypto market and predict that autonomous agents will drive new activity in digital assets.
The use of digital assistants for programming increased the number of commits by up to 180% and the number of releases by 30%, according to Fidelity's study of over 100,000 GitHub developers.
A similar trend was observed within the crypto industry itself. In 2026, amid declining digital asset prices, both the number of developers and the volume of commits decreased, although the latter fell more slowly.
Fidelity believes that AI agents will be able to conduct payments, trade assets, provide liquidity, and issue and take loans independently, leveraging blockchains' 24/7 availability and programmable settlements.