Alchemy CEO Claims Crypto is Better Suited for AI Agents Than Humans

The current financial system was designed with human limitations in mind, such as geography, sleep patterns, and physical presence. However, as AI agents start to participate in the economy, this design is becoming a hindrance. Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan argues that crypto was built for AI agents, not humans, due to its ability to facilitate seamless, global, and programmable transactions. Traditional finance assumes friction, which is normal for humans but unusable for AI agents that need to transact across borders at any time. Crypto offers a global, always-on financial layer where value can move as easily as data, making it the ideal infrastructure for AI agents. The complexity of crypto, which has long made it difficult for humans, is exactly what makes it powerful for machines. Viswanathan believes that AI agents will sit on top of crypto infrastructure, handling complexity automatically and optimizing flows of capital in real time, resulting in a more global, programmable, and autonomous financial system.