Metaplanet CEO: AI drives capital concentration, Bitcoin may become digital capital held by machines

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich posted on the X platform, stating that the benefits of productivity booms are almost entirely flowing to the owners of computation and capital, rather than to workers or governments. He said, "Every company holding cash or bonds is extracting from a system where the tax base is disappearing, and the system's response will be to print money. This trend is accelerating."

Simon Gerovich further emphasized that AI agents do not have bank accounts or brand loyalty, and when machines optimize the financial system, they will bypass traditional banking systems and payment networks, opting to use digital assets for transactions. When it comes to storing value, AI will not park in money market funds but will hold digital capital—especially Bitcoin. As the AI economy expands, digital assets may become the primary means of value storage in the machine age.