I followed Raoul Pal's speech at Consensus, and honestly some points made me think a lot. This guy coming from Goldman Sachs and leading Real Vision keeps saying things that sound strong but actually make sense if you think about it carefully.

The concept that struck me the most is this: we are not talking about simple automation of work as before. We are facing AGI entities that will be smarter, more adaptable, and more powerful than us. Capabilities are doubling every year, and by 2028, AI will produce more text in a year than humanity has generated throughout history. All of this in the next five years.

This is where Raoul Pal introduces an interesting idea: traditional Universal Basic Income is not the solution. He talks about Universal Basic Equity, where ordinary people can own the underlying networks through crypto infrastructure tokens. It means that while Agents transform the economy, regular people can actually benefit from this transition by owning pieces of the network.

I like that Pal emphasizes how institutional access to crypto assets represents the original spirit of decentralization. Anyone, anywhere, can access BTC, ETH, and SOL just like BlackRock. That’s not something to underestimate.

A detail that surprised many: when asked to choose between Bitcoin and Solana, Raoul Pal preferred Solana. And he predicts for DeFi in the next five years: the ratio of Agents, humans, and DeFi will be 3:2. It means Agents will become the main driver of activity in the sector.

I don’t know about you, but these trends deserve attention. The future Pal describes isn’t science fiction; it’s a reasonable projection of where we’re heading.