World Liberty Co-founder Eric Trump: AI Will Accelerate Crypto Growth
Eric Trump, co-founder of World Liberty Financial, stated at Token2049 in Singapore that AI trading will be the fastest catalyst for the growth of digital assets to date. The event is scheduled for October 7. He added that the faster those working on AI across the aisle push forward, the better the industry will be.
He acknowledged that funds have shifted from crypto to AI over the past year, which has depressed Bitcoin and other digital assets. The money that could have been used to buy coins has likely pursued AI, affecting prices. He also mentioned that the outflow seems to be reversing, and as prices begin to rise, funds are starting to flow back into digital assets. His remarks did not name any specific tokens or protocols, referring instead to the entire sector.
More specifically, he discussed agents. He expects that such software will complete transactions directly using digital asset wallets, without the need for human intervention. He positioned blockchain as a layer for AI payments and financial systems. He described the combination of AI, crypto, and payments as capable of creating a new market.
Bloomberg reported that massive investments in AI are one of the factors that have depressed coin prices, but in his view, they are ultimately the fastest growth driver. Seeking Alpha relayed additional comments from the event, including that crypto has "defeated" major banks, and tokenization can open up real estate, art, and music investments to more people. He suggested that the growth of stablecoins could increase demand for U.S. Treasury bonds. Regarding the dollar, he stated that regardless of personal feelings, everyone wants it.
Buyers are treating AI capital expenditures as the next wave of crypto purchases, while sellers are the AI trades that have siphoned off funds over the past year. This narrative is driven by the conference speeches, not by disclosed amounts of inflow. He redirected funds from model company financing back to wallets and stablecoins that can facilitate agent payments. The beneficiaries are the digital assets positioned as settlement layers for agents, while traditional channels, which he claimed have already been defeated by crypto and still settle on bank time, are under pressure.
He did not provide details on the scale of the inflow, the number of agent wallets, or which segment of settlement World Liberty itself would engage in.
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Eric Trump's crypto narrative is tied to family projects. World Liberty Financial has made stablecoins and tokenized finance into marketable products, and he has repeatedly appeared at industry conferences. The Token2049 event did not launch new coins but explained the next wave of purchases as a spillover from AI capital expenditures. The family project seeks a position in the settlement layer, not just to reiterate halving.
He reversed the direction of money. Over the past year, funds have shifted from Bitcoin and other digital assets to AI, putting pressure on prices. He now claims that the outflow is reversing, and as prices rise, funds are flowing back. Agents are positioned as the spending side: software pays using wallets, which could increase demand for U.S. Treasury bonds. The dollar is described as a reserve currency that everyone wants. The motivation is to frame the AI companies' sprint as an order source for their stablecoins and tokenized assets.
This is similar to the narratives from 2017 that framed token issuance as internet financing and 2020 that framed public company inventories as Bitcoin purchases. The difference lies in the opponents. Back then, the opponents were banks and cash; this time, the opponents are the AI trades that have siphoned off funds, now being described as future clients. The industry is stuck in a phase of expected reversal, not in a phase where agent payments have already captured settlement volumes. He did not name any protocols.
The essence is the transfer of pricing power. Over the past year, coin prices have been determined by the capital-raising of AI trades. If agents must pay with programmable money, the quotes will shift from model company financing amounts to whoever can provide wallets for the software. The mechanism is not that AI companies announce buying coins, but that the software, which does not sleep, cannot use bank operating hours. Stablecoins and wallets are first included in this narrative, but the quantities have not yet been specified.
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- Trades that siphon off funds may also become the next order.
- When agents need to make payments, bank hours may not be sufficient.
- The reversal at the conference first changes the narrative, not the transaction volume.