Vitalik Buterin just published his vision for Ethereum and AI. The core thesis is clear: Ethereum becomes a critical economic coordination layer for autonomous AI agents as AI moves from experimentation into mass production. I called this out in my 2026 predictions and I believe this is one of the most underestimated tailwinds for ETH. We are quickly moving toward an Ethereum autonomous machine economy, where task-specific AI agents transact, coordinate, and establish reputation (enter ERC-8004) without intermediaries. As enterprise software evolves from AI copilots to fully autonomous agents, and then to networks of collaborating agents, those agents will need a neutral, programmable settlement layer to operate across systems. That activity implies a step-function increase in transaction volume, network demand, and TVL. A 10x expansion to over $500 billion is not aggressive in that context. And it will happen on Ethereum. Ethereum’s decentralization, liquidity, and emerging agent standards make it uniquely suited to support autonomous market participants that trade, rebalance, provide liquidity, and allocate capital continuously, onchain, 24/7. @VitalikButerin also emphasizes a non-negotiable point: responsible AI requires privacy and trustless interaction, especially for payments. These are requirements, not nice-to-haves, and they only work on infrastructure that is genuinely decentralized. Put simply: AI needs Ethereum. Ethereum isn’t just scaling for humans anymore. It’s scaling for machines. And if AI agents are becoming active participants in financial markets, owning ETH means owning the foundation of that agentic economy. This is one of many reasons we’re singularly focused on the Ethereum opportunity @SharpLink