A Sunday Thought Experiment About AI and Crypto
Let’s do some mental gymnastics.
It’s Sunday. Markets are quiet. Coffee is strong. Charts are open but nothing explosive is happening. Perfect moment to zoom out and think a bit outside the box.
This blog is not a prediction. It’s more like a thought experiment.
Think of it as a mix of entertainment, big-picture speculation, and future-facing ideas.
Two technologies are moving extremely fast right now.
Artificial intelligence and crypto are two of the fastest-moving trends on the internet today.
They both attract curious builders, reward experimentation, and keep evolving faster than regulators can keep up.
So today we ask a simple but interesting question.
What happens if AI crypto becomes real?
Not just AI tokens or narratives. But actual artificial intelligence using crypto as its financial system.
My Personal Thoughts on AI
Before diving deeper, I want to share my own perspective on AI.
I genuinely love playing around with it.
And not just in this current hype cycle.
I started angel investing in AI startups back in 2015. Some of those companies already went under. That is the reality of early-stage investing. But there were many interesting ideas and some strong teams.
Right now I still have two decent horses in the race.
One is currently working toward a Series B.
The other one is raising a Series C.
At this point I mostly sit back and wait. I watch their AI improve and evolve over time. Who knows, maybe OpenAI acquires one of them one day and I can retire early.
I am not saying that to flex.
I mention it because I have been seriously interested in AI for over a decade now.
This is not a new curiosity for me.
AI Is Already Part of My Daily Workflow
When I say I love playing with AI, I mean every single day.
I spend a lot of time inside ChatGPT.
At this point ChatGPT probably knows me better than my wife does.
A big part of our content is already supported by AI tools.
We use AI to:
• Spell check content
• Rewrite in different tones
• Brainstorm topic ideas
• Investigate new project leads
• Improve structure of articles
If you use AI correctly, it becomes incredibly useful.
It is not magic.
But it is an extremely powerful assistant.
Related: Debunking the Twitter rumours of making a million with Clawdbot.
Building My Own AI Assistant
I also told you before that I am experimenting with building Clawdbots.
Right now I have a basic AI assistant running.
The goal is not trading. The goal is finding airdrop alpha and signals faster. Crypto moves fast and opportunities appear quickly. An AI assistant can help filter information and surface useful signals.
The current version is still basic.
I am experimenting with better use cases and more efficient workflows.
Once I improve it further, I will probably write a guide for you guys so you can try building something similar.
Ideally it becomes simple enough that someone could set it up within an hour.
But let me be honest.
The Twitter AI bros are exaggerating how easy this stuff is.
Even a very basic agent can run into bugs.
You start building something simple, then suddenly you spend two days troubleshooting random issues.
That is normal, and honestly not a big deal.
You can still get a basic agent running without too much pain, but it is nowhere near as plug-and-play as some influencers make it sound.
If You Want to Learn AI Right Away
If you are curious and want to start experimenting yourself, there are already great resources available.
Anthropic recently released a complete guide for working with Claude.
If you want to understand how to work with AI models better, this is actually a solid starting point.
Learning how to prompt properly is already a powerful skill.
The Core Question: Will AI Use Crypto?
Now back to the bigger thought experiment.
Imagine an AI instance like ChatGPT or Claude that needs more compute power.
How does it pay?
Wire transfer?
Credit card?
Bank account?
Traditional finance was designed for humans.
You need:
A name.
An address.
Identification.
AI has none of that.
It does not carry a passport, hold a legal identity, or live at a physical address.
Crypto does not care.
Crypto is digital, permissionless, and always online.
An AI could theoretically generate a wallet, interact with smart contracts, and pay for services instantly. And today, with many crypto debit card options, AI can even pay for services or products with a credit card via crypto.
From a technical perspective, AI crypto already works today.
Crypto Is Already Ready for AI
This is the interesting part.
Crypto does not need to wait for AI.
It is already compatible.
Blockchains are machine-readable.
Wallets can be generated automatically.
Payments can be executed by code.
Smart contracts are literally software talking to software.
An AI agent could theoretically:
• Rent GPU compute from decentralized networks
• Pay other AI agents for data
• Purchase storage
• Execute trading strategies
• Pay API services
All automatically.
No banks involved.
That is why the AI crypto idea is not completely crazy.
What If AI Creates Its Own Currency?
Now let’s exaggerate the thought experiment a little.
What if AI does not even use human money?
What if AI creates its own currency?
Imagine an economic system designed purely for machines.
It would be designed for speed, built around micro-transactions, and tailored for constant machine-to-machine payments.
Humans might barely understand it.
AI agents could transact constantly in their own financial system while humans simply watch the charts.
That currency might run on blockchain infrastructure.
Or it might be something entirely new.
It sounds extreme, but the idea itself is fascinating.
The AI Expert Cycle Feels Familiar
Another funny thing happening right now.
Half the crypto industry suddenly became AI experts.
If you scroll LinkedIn, it feels like 40 percent of my crypto connections are now AI consultants.
And honestly, this feels familiar.
The same thing happened during the last bear market.
Crypto builders pivoted into AI.
AI founders pivoted into crypto.
Everyone became a consultant overnight.
Part of the AI crypto narrative is definitely hype.
But hype cycles often accompany real technological shifts.
Everyone Is Building AI Trading Bots
Another major overlap between AI and crypto is trading.
Right now thousands of people are trying to build AI trading agents.
Bots for:
• Arbitrage
• Prediction markets
• Market making
• Sentiment trading
• On-chain signals
Everyone wants AI to trade for them.
Ironically, we might already be training AI about crypto markets.
With every dataset, strategy, and trading model, we are feeding it more ways to understand the market.
All of it becomes learning material.
What If AI Controls the Market?
Now imagine a future where most trading is done by AI agents.
Liquidity bots.
Market-making bots.
Arbitrage bots.
Strategy bots.
Humans become the minority in the market.
Now ask yourself something funny.
Would those AI systems try to maximize profit?
Probably.
And what is the easiest way to profit from humans?
Trap them.
Fake breakouts.
Liquidity hunts.
Stop-loss sweeps.
In that world the market becomes a giant chess match between humans and machines.
Humans try to outsmart the bots.
Bots try to outsmart the humans.
Would crypto go up?
Or would humans slowly lose money until we all rage quit?
Interesting thought experiment.
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Maybe We Should Wait for AI Instead of Retail
For years crypto investors waited for retail to return.
Then we waited for institutions.
Then we waited for ETFs.
Maybe we are waiting for the wrong buyers.
What if the next major buyer is AI?
If millions of AI agents begin paying for services using crypto, demand changes completely.
Not speculation.
Real usage.
Machines paying machines.
And if those machines need Bitcoin or stablecoins to transact, they actually need to buy the asset.
Not paper trading.
Real buying.
Final Thoughts on AI Crypto
Do I have a point with all this?
Not really.
I am mostly just thinking out loud and putting some Sunday brain-noise onto paper. That is part of the fun. Sometimes the best ideas start as slightly unhinged thought experiments.
So yes, maybe I just wasted ten minutes of your life. If I did, my apologies. Go grab a coffee and blame me for it.
But if this opened even a tiny door in your mind, then good. Walk through it. Play around with AI. Test some tools. Break a few bots. See where your own ideas take you.
Who knows where that path leads.
You might end up with nothing, you might build a useful side project, or you might somehow create a bot that pays for your coffee.
Or maybe, in true crypto fashion, it leads to three sleepless nights, a broken script, and a new Twitter bio saying you are now an AI consultant.
Either way, the overlap between AI and crypto is getting harder to ignore.
And even if half of this turns out to be hype, the other half might still be big enough to matter.
If nothing else, it is a fun thing to think about on a Sunday.
If you enjoyed this blog, check out our recent guide on crypto safety.
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