Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmain (BMNR), stated that Ethereum will become the core payment infrastructure for the finance and AI industries in the future. He emphasized via X, "Based on its leadership and developer ecosystem, Ethereum will maintain its status as the core payment layer for finance and AI. The current market sentiment is similar to the pessimistic outlook seen during the lows of past crypto winters. At that time, debates over responsibility and extreme pessimism spread among market participants. It is highly likely that blockchain is the only way for agentic AI to interact in commerce. Furthermore, blockchain will significantly improve the profit structure of financial systems."
