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

In fact, the act of “empowering” humanity is being done by both Crypto and AI, but the ways and depths of 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 is a better way, it exists. This implies that as long as decentralized empowerment is maintained, 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-related stocks. This form of empowerment is “offensive”—meaning, the growth of the AI industry follows a trajectory similar to the “Moore’s Law” industry growth curve, known as the Scaling Law;

This law tells us that AI capability growth is predictable, sustainable, and exponential. We can already foresee a future with an arms race in computing power, revolutionary algorithms, and large-scale adoption of Agent applications.

But Crypto is different. Its growth logic has shifted from regulatory arbitrage of capital to orderly penetration under regulatory approval. Therefore, in terms of “barbaric” growth, Crypto’s speed of expansion is indeed slower than 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 generates massive payment demands and automated trading needs, it will enable Crypto to keep pace with the scaled growth of the AI industry and eventually share in its dividends.

The time window is also very clear. If 2027 is set 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, get immersed in these pirate philosophy ideas, and cling desperately to the lifeline of AI industry growth. Successfully riding the wave of AI economic explosion and grabbing a share will already be considered a win.