Australia’s latest Intergenerational Report, outlining economic trends expected to shape the country over the next 40 years, spotlights artificial intelligence and four other large-scale transitions—but it notably does not mention crypto or digital assets. The Treasury’s assessment arrives as policymakers elsewhere in Australia continue to probe tokenization and “financial infrastructure” upgrades that could support the kind of automated systems now being discussed in AI policy.

Released by the Australian Treasury on Monday, the report argues that “agentic” AI—systems that can act more autonomously and coordinate tasks—has become significantly more capable and widely used, including outperforming humans on some…