BlackRock said the spread of artificial intelligence agents could increase demand for cryptocurrencies, as software rather than retail investors may become a major source of demand. It said card networks and ACH systems are built around human onboarding, are inefficient for micro-payments and can be slow to settle. It highlighted blockchain-based payment rails as suited to high-frequency, sub-cent machine-to-machine transactions, while distinguishing stablecoins for daily payments and bitcoin for long-term value storage.

Publicvoid, which runs the AI saju service Yongyong Saju, said on Tuesday it has filed three patent applications for generative AI technology to improve the accuracy of saju readings. The applications cover verifying errors in AI-generated interpretations, generating long personalized reports and implementing images of people. The company said the technology compares actual saju calculation values with AI results, structures long readings by chapter and visualises characteristics as images.