Animoca Brands Co-Founder: Asia Will Lead the Integration of AI and Blockchain, Potentially Disrupting Traditional Payment Systems

According to Fortune, Yat Siu, co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands, stated at the SuperAI Summit in Singapore that Asia’s more open attitude toward money—contrasted with the artificial divide between crypto and AI prevalent in the West—positions it to lead the convergence of the two. He noted that for AI to achieve true autonomy, it must possess the ability to conduct transactions independently, and blockchain is the foundational technology capable of securely supporting this at scale. Yat Siu predicted that up to 200 billion AI agents will be deployed in the future, and emphasized that on-chain transaction costs are nearly zero—offering a decisive advantage over credit card fees of 2.5%—potentially threatening traditional payment giants’ market share.