Crypto Is A Bet On Humanity's Ceaseless Desire For Progress

Crypto is argued to be an increasingly strategically important asset class because AI agents can now take over the costly verification that has kept it niche. The article says crypto has lacked a "higher entity" to absorb verification costs, so users must check smart contracts and transactions themselves, unlike retail users who trust centralized firms such as Binance and Coinbase. It contends that AI agents, which can parse code and transactions within seconds, let users delegate that verification and interact directly with smart contracts. The author concludes that this makes crypto's trustless, composable ecosystem practical as human processes increasingly move "at the speed of compute."