Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum will become the main foundation of an AI-based economy Vitalik Buterin emphasizes that blockchain is the most natural foundation to support autonomous AI interactions. According to Vitalik, a decentralized economic system is highly necessary for various AI agents to collaborate without relying on centralized authority control. The latest report from Etherealize released on April 9, 2026, reinforces this vision through the phenomenon of autonomous AI agents called Felix. In five weeks, Felix has earned more than $300,000, but is hindered by traditional banking regulations that prohibit non-human entities from opening accounts. Ethereum becomes a crucial solution because it allows AI agents to manage capital, borrow funds on Aave, and access permissionless tokenized treasury products like BlackRock's BUIDL. Currently, Ethereum dominates with a 71.9% market share in tokenized fund assets and a TVL of $55 billion in DeFi. With a stable network free of downtime, Ethereum offers code-based legal certainty for the machine economy. The growth of AI agent populations is predicted to continue increasing the structural demand for ETH as transaction fees and collateral in the future.
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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum will become the main foundation of an AI-based economy
Vitalik Buterin emphasizes that blockchain is the most natural foundation to support autonomous AI interactions. According to Vitalik, a decentralized economic system is highly necessary for various AI agents to collaborate without relying on centralized authority control.
The latest report from Etherealize released on April 9, 2026, reinforces this vision through the phenomenon of autonomous AI agents called Felix. In five weeks, Felix has earned more than $300,000, but is hindered by traditional banking regulations that prohibit non-human entities from opening accounts. Ethereum becomes a crucial solution because it allows AI agents to manage capital, borrow funds on Aave, and access permissionless tokenized treasury products like BlackRock's BUIDL.
Currently, Ethereum dominates with a 71.9% market share in tokenized fund assets and a TVL of $55 billion in DeFi. With a stable network free of downtime, Ethereum offers code-based legal certainty for the machine economy. The growth of AI agent populations is predicted to continue increasing the structural demand for ETH as transaction fees and collateral in the future.