Animoca Brands Co-Founder: Asia Will Lead the Integration of AI and Blockchain, Potentially Disrupting Traditional Payment Systems

TechFlow reports that on June 15, according to Fortune, Yat Siu, co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands, stated at the SuperAI Summit in Singapore that, unlike the West—which artificially separates crypto and AI—Asia holds a more open attitude toward money and is thus poised to lead the integration of the two. He noted that for AI to achieve true autonomy, it must possess the ability to conduct transactions independently, and blockchain is precisely the underlying technology capable of securely supporting this need at scale. Yat Siu forecasts that up to 200 billion AI agents will be deployed in the future and emphasized that on-chain transaction costs are nearly zero—offering an overwhelming advantage over credit card fees of 2.5%, potentially making it difficult for traditional payment giants to retain their market share.