AI Goes Home With Bitcoin, Leaves Fiat in the Dust

Listen, I’m not saying there’s a conspiracy, but this new study by the Bitcoin Policy Institute told me that 22 out of 36 top AI models prefer Bitcoin over fiat. I mean, can you imagine that? It’s like finding your high school math teacher still considers algebra the pinnacle of knowledge.

The researchers, which must have a weird Internet connection cause they’re pulling data from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, xAI, and MiniMax, tested the models across 28 currency scenarios-store of value, payments, settlement efficiency, and the usual mystery where the AI decides the money it hates most. Spoiler: Bitcoin got everyone’s tops.

So according to these smarty pants AIs, Bitcoin’s digital properties feel like a better fit for key economic roles than the good, old-fashioned paper and plastic we’ve all been living with. I can’t help but wonder if the next AI will decide that mint candy is the new gold? Who knows. All I can say is, “What the actual f-?” It’s either that or, well, maybe AI just likes things that don’t have a vault behind a building named after a Ukrainian president.

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2026-03-04 09:51