Bitcoin's AI-Driven Rally Faces Dark Cloud of Worker Displacement
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A Bank for International Settlements model warns that automation could lead to income shifting away from labor, leaving Bitcoin dependent on wealthy investors and institutional capital. This could have significant implications for the cryptocurrency's price and adoption. As AI productivity increases, consumer demand that funds innovation thins out, potentially leading to a recession and policy intervention that boosts demand for Bitcoin.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued in an Oct. 14 memo that nearly every macroeconomic path ends with Bitcoin higher, including an extraordinary AI productivity boom that makes scarce assets more valuable. Two days earlier, the Bank for International Settlements published a working paper that models a fourth path. In it, AI automates work and lifts… Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox