Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) agents will expand cryptocurrency adoption. He believes AI agents will require their own financial infrastructure, as they cannot use traditional banking systems, and will need cryptocurrencies as "real-time programmable money" to conduct autonomous transactions. Armstrong suggested this shift could make cryptocurrencies a foundational layer for the agentic AI market, with stablecoins, blue-chip cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether, and high-throughput networks such as Solana likely to benefit.