AI Agents, Blockchain Convergence Set to Redefine Global Economy

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has published a personal treatise arguing that AI and blockchain technology are converging into a single economic system. He describes AI as an 'operating system for intelligence' and blockchain as an 'operating system for the economy.'

Allaire believes these technologies will create an economy in which autonomous software agents can perform work, enter contracts, exchange value, and access financial services on open networks.

He argues that AI agents will gradually break the conventional company into modular, automated skills. Companies may convert specific tasks into agentic workflows that can be delegated to specialized software, enabling one-person companies and highly leveraged small teams to perform work previously requiring entire departments.