Arthur Hayes Says AI Agents a ‘New Lifeforce’ Entering Crypto Space – Here’s What He Means
The chief investment officer of the Maelstrom Fund family office and BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes is saying that artificial intelligence (AI) agents and crypto assets are a natural fit.
In a Bankless interview, Hayes says that AI memecoins are a “completely new life force” that is entering the cryptocurrency industry.
“I think that AI agents will be able to fill all anti-money laundering and know-your-customer forms, so they’re all digitized anyway, right? They can fake an image, they can deepfake s**t, they’ll have big accounts for sure. But again I think … to like [engage in] commerce that’s frictionless, that’s cheap enough for them, crypto makes the most sense.
Now, whether they create their own…