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BlackRock Says AI Agents Could Drive New Digital Asset Demand

  • BlackRock links AI agents to stablecoins, tokenized assets and blockchain settlement
  • Fink: nearly $150B in digital assets under management, $65B in stablecoin reserves
  • Mitchnick names stablecoins, BTC and ETH as possible money for agents
  • Coinbase's x402 and Stripe's Machine Payments Protocol already test agent payments
Why it matters: The world's largest asset manager is shaping the narrative for AI-driven stablecoin and tokenization demand, a potential tailwind for the sector.
Source: The Coin Republic