Tyler Cowen, Columnist

AI Can Make Crypto Safer for Everyone

Artificial intelligence can make cryptocurrencies easier to use without the need for intermediaries that people may not trust.

So simple it can fit on a T-shirt.

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Will AI save crypto?

It is admittedly a strange question — surely two scary technologies are more dangerous than one! — and yet the future of financial innovation may depend on it. The question is all the more pressing with the ongoing collapse of FTX, a major crypto exchange. AI is relevant because it holds the potential for making crypto workable for the vast majority of Americans who do not wish to bother with the intricacies of a crypto wallet.