Abra CEO Bill Barhydt said that artificial intelligence (AI) capability only compounds forward, and that crypto would end up as a coordination layer under it, arguing Bitcoin’s (BTC) most important role was as collateral rather than as an investment

“AI is never going to be dumber than it is now,” Barhydt said on the Wolf of All Streets podcast on Sunday, adding that models got smarter every six months and that real artificial superintelligence would arrive once systems begin solving real-world problems, which he foresaw in the next 4 years. “And I think crypto gets dragged along as the orchestration layer for how to make this work at global scale,” he added.

Bitcoin As Pristine Collateral

Barhydt said that the premise that AI agents…