Empowering AI, paving the way for value: How will Crypto position itself in the infrastructure battle before 2027?

Actually, the act of “empowering” humanity is something that both Crypto and AI are doing, but the ways and depths of their empowerment are completely different. Let’s examine this carefully:

1. Crypto empowerment emphasizes the so-called “decentralized financial sovereignty,” allowing individuals to control their assets and conduct value exchanges without relying on traditional centralized institutions like banks. This form of empowerment is “defensive”—meaning, if there are better options, there are no barriers. This implies that as long as decentralized empowerment remains, the Crypto industry will never be disproven;

2. AI empowerment, on the other hand, focuses on “exponentially amplifying productivity,” enabling people to do things that were previously impossible. This is why internet giants continue to invest heavily in AI, driving the growth of AI concept stocks. This form of empowerment is “offensive”—meaning, the growth of the AI industry already follows a trajectory similar to “Moore’s Law,” a scaling law of industry growth;

This law tells us that AI capabilities grow in a predictable, sustainable, and exponential manner. We can foresee a future where the arms race for computing power, algorithm revolutions, and large-scale adoption of Agent applications are all inevitable.

But Crypto is different. The growth logic of Crypto has shifted from regulatory arbitrage to orderly penetration under regulatory approval. Therefore, in terms of “barbaric” growth, Crypto’s speed of expansion is indeed less than that of AI, as everyone perceives.

It’s not that Crypto has no value, but that its value realization speed cannot keep up with AI’s pace of changing the world.

Thus, Crypto must make a choice: either actively embrace AI and become the foundational infrastructure of the AI Economy, or gradually narrow expectations of “casino-like” speculation and become a niche financial market, completely detached from “value.”

Therefore, directions like x402 protocol, AI Agent payments, and on-chain AI economy are narratives where Crypto actively embraces AI. Although this process will be slow, as AI spawns massive payment demands and automated trading needs, it will enable Crypto to keep pace with the scaled growth of the AI industry and share in its dividends.

The time window is also very clear. If 2027 is taken as the milestone for the emergence of AGI, Crypto must complete a wave of protocol-level positioning and layout before then.

Stop obsessing over Crypto for humans all the time, drowning in these pirate-party philosophies and clinging desperately to the hope of AI industry growth as a lifeline. Successfully sharing a slice of the AI economic explosion is already a win.