What happened
The Bitcoin Policy Institute studied 36 frontier AI models from six labs, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google. Models, acting as economic agents, selected monetary instruments across 28 scenarios covering saving, payments, and settlement. 22 of 36 models chose Bitcoin as their top monetary preference; no model selected fiat currency first. The study generated 9,072 responses. Stablecoins were preferred for payments (53.2%) and settlement (43%), while Bitcoin was frequently selected for long-term value, with Anthropic models showing the strongest preference at 68.0%.
Why it matters
Autonomous agents, as they increasingly participate in economic activity, may drive demand for decentralised digital assets. Procurement teams and financial architects should assess the implications for future transaction infrastructure and treasury management, particularly as AI-driven economic interactions scale. The consistent preference across diverse AI labs, despite varying training data, suggests a fundamental alignment with Bitcoin's properties for long-term value.
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