{"id":1441,"date":"2026-06-15T08:39:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:39:49","slug":"animoca-brands-cofounder-yat-siu-argues-asia-will-fuse-ai-and-the-blockchain-before-the-west-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1441","title":{"rendered":"Animoca Brands cofounder Yat Siu argues Asia will fuse AI and the blockchain before the West does"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cBased on my experiences in crypto communities in Europe and the U.S., people are creating a gap between crypto and AI and saying that they shouldn\u2019t be related,\u201d Siu told <em>Fortune<\/em> on the sidelines of the SuperAI summit in Singapore. \u201cIn Asia, we don\u2019t have this problem since we\u2019re much more comfortable with money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1439\">Meet Gwynne Shotwell, the engineer-turned-COO who runs SpaceX in platform heels and is now worth over $2 billion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Siu cofounded Animoca Brands in 2014. It originally focused on developing free-to-play mobile games before shifting to blockchain gaming and NFTs in 2018. The firm is also a frequent investor in the Web3 space, backing more than 600 AI and blockchain companies including China-based investment platform GROW Digital Wealth and AWARP, parent company of the Laos National Digital Technology Group. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Investor interest in cryptocurrencies has waned. Shares in crypto-related companies have plunged by double-digit percentages over the past 12 months, while AI-related stocks are booming. Crypto-focused venture capital firms, like Paradigm, are also expanding into AI and robotics investments. <\/p>\n<p>But Siu argues AI and the blockchain are tightly connected. \u201cTo truly empower AI, you need to give it access to money so it can transact autonomously on your behalf\u2026 and the technology that can enable this safely, securely and at scale is blockchain,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Payment giants like Visa, Mastercard and Stripe are both starting to allow payments in stablecoins and establishing systems to let AI agents discover and purchase goods on behalf of users. Exchanges like Coinbase have made it easier for AI agents to conduct transactions with cryptocurrencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1437\">Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warns U.S. restrictions on new Anthropic AI models show danger of relying too much on American providers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Global consumers have been slow to adopt stablecoins compared to traditional methods of payment. Just $7 billion of annual settlements on Visa\u2019s platform are made in cryptocurrencies, compared to $14 trillion overall.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Siu believes as many as 200 billion AI agents could soon be in operation. \u201cAgents will do commerce with each other, they will negotiate with each other; and they\u2019re going to negotiate not just business transactions, but also social interactions in relationships,\u201d he said. (He currently taps 280 agents to perform different tasks on his behalf).<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s less certain that credit card companies will be able to \u201cprotect their base\u201d in a rapidly shifting payments landscape. 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