BlackRock Ties Crypto's Future to AI and Digital Asset Integration
- —Stablecoin circulating supply topped $300 billion as of September 2026
- —Stablecoin transaction volume exceeded $11 trillion in 2025
- —Agentic protocols x402, ACP, MCP and A2A are building rails for machine-to-machine payments
- —Cloud compute revenue tied to AI could exceed $1 trillion a year by 2030
Why it matters: The world's largest asset manager sees AI as a new source of demand for stablecoins and blockchain infrastructure, potentially accelerating institutional adoption.
Source: The Cryptonomist (IT)