If you don't plan to buy cryptocurrency in the near future, there's no need to worry about who will. The world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, published a study called "Machine?Native Economy" arguing that widespread adoption of autonomous AI agents could become a structural — and currently underestimated — driver of demand for digital assets.

The report's central thesis is straightforward: if artificial intelligence represents a machine?native mind, then digital assets are machine?native money. As autonomous systems start operating in the real economy — making purchases and financial settlements on their own — demand for programmable payment infrastructure will grow with them.

The authors point to structural similarities between large language models and blockchain. Stablecoins are named as the key payment instrument for machine?to?machine settlements. BlackRock cites a figure showing that adjusted stablecoin transaction volumes exceeded $11 trillion in 2025, while noting that the methodology is not directly comparable to volumes in traditional payment networks. It is precisely stablecoins' ability to provide 24/7 settlement, support very small amounts, and deliver instant finality that, in the firm's view, makes them the most likely leader among instruments for agent?led commerce.

Notably, the report appeared against the backdrop of already visible institutional interest in crypto. For example, BlackRock itself increased its Ether position by more than $1.57 billion via the ETHA and ETHB funds over the past 20 days — meaning the report's theses are already partly backed by the company's market actions, not just theoretical arguments. The authors also explicitly reference existing regulation — the GENIUS Act in the US, MiCA in the EU, and stablecoin regimes in Hong Kong and Singapore — as necessary infrastructure prerequisites without which scaling machine payments would be impossible.

I would not rule out that this report becomes a reference point in the institutional narrative for the coming quarters: BlackRock rarely publishes such materials without concurrently positioning its own products for the identified trend, so the machine?economy thesis could be followed by an expansion of tokenized funds and stablecoin?based products in the near future.

Technical outlook for Bitcoin

Buyers are now targeting a return to $87,300, which would open a direct path to $90,000 and then to $92,100 — a break above which would signal attempts to restore the bull market. On the downside, buyers are expected to step in at $85,300; a drop below that level could quickly push BTC toward $83,600. A further downside target is $81,600.

Technical outlook for Ethereum

Once the price settles above $2,770, this opens the way to $2,872, with a further target around $2,920 — a break above which would reinforce bullish sentiment and restore buyer interest. On the downside, buyers are expected at $2,660; a fall below that level could quickly send ETH toward $2,570. A further downside target is $2,486.

What's on the chart

• The red lines represent support and resistance levels, where the price is expected to either pause or react sharply.
• The green line shows the 50-day moving average.
• The blue line is the 100-day moving average.
• The lime line is the 200-day moving average.

Price testing or crossing any of these moving averages often either halts movement or injects fresh momentum into the market.