AI Agent · Agentic AI · OKX · CoinDesk
The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin, it might not even have a name
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Fifty to one hundred billion AI agents.
Key facts
- The payoff could be lucrative as Juniper Research forecasts that agentic commerce will generate $1.5 trillion globally by 2030, though it does not say which currency automated agents will use
- The company pivoted from virtual worlds to an AI-driven metaverse in May and announced an investment program of up to $10 million for developers building applications on its AI agent platform, Minds
- There will be an AI currency coming,” said Erald Ghoos, CEO of OKX Europe, in a video interview
- A USD-denominated stablecoin makes sense for AI agents enabled by people and businesses in America
Summary
Animoca Brands Chairman Yat Siu expects 50 billion to 100 billion autonomous AI agents to transact online in the coming years, potentially using crypto wallets instead of bank accounts. Industry leaders disagree over whether agents will use thousands of tokens or converge on a neutral “super currency” that is not tied to any country. Agentic commerce could generate $1.5 trillion globally by 2030, but trust, identity and authorization safeguards must improve before autonomous payments can operate at scale. That is Yat Siu’s estimate of how many autonomous machine actors he expects to be transacting on the internet over the next few years. This is not theoretical for Animoca.