Bitwise CIO: AI agents and tokenizing assets may drive a 50-100x increase in blockchain transactions
Comparing news, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Matt Hougan said that the market may seriously underestimate the scale of future blockchain trading activity, and as real-world asset tokenization (RWA) and artificial intelligence agents (AI Agents) reshape the financial market, on-chain transaction volume may increase 50 or even 100 times in the future.
In his latest investment memorandum, Hougan pointed out that current crypto investors have three major misconceptions, one of which is underestimating the future coverage of blockchain applications. He believes that traditional assets on the chain and the participation of AI agents in transactions will significantly increase the scale of on-chain activity, and the tokenized stock market alone may lead to a 10-fold increase in trading volume. He pointed out that at present, the traditional stock market is usually only open from 9:30 to 16:00 EST on weekdays, with a weekly trading time of about 33 hours; while tokenized stocks can be traded around the clock, increasing the available trading time to 168 hours per week. If AI agents automatically execute transactions on behalf of investors in the future, the frequency of transactions may increase further.
However, Hougan also acknowledged that the increase in transaction time does not mean that trading volume will increase year over year, but artificial intelligence and automated trading may be important factors driving the expansion of on-chain activity. Investors are still mainly evaluating the value of relevant platforms based on the current size of the crypto market, ignoring the potential market expansion brought about by tokenization. For example, the decentralized trading platform Uniswap may expand its scope of services from crypto assets to traditional asset markets such as stocks, bonds, and real estate in the future. (The Block)
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