Crypto Turns to AI Agents as Humans Lose Interest
Crypto companies are shifting their focus to AI agents as new users after years of trying to win over humans.
The industry is finding that AI agents need wallets, payment networks, and ways to move money with no human in the middle, which crypto has all of those.
Kraken is redesigning its app to connect AI agents that watch markets, spot opportunities, and execute trades instantly, while Coinbase introduced a tool for assistants like ChatGPT or Claude to make crypto trades from simple instructions.
Circle's Arc blockchain is expanding as infrastructure for an economy where AI agents take over operations and contract work done by people. Stablecoins are at the center because they hold a fixed value and can be built into software, giving AI agents a payment channel that never sleeps and never waits for a bank.