# AI agents won't need crypto — they'll use your bank account

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-05-13
- **Theme:** AI Agents — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/ai-agents/
- **Source:** Ep. 654 The Intersection of AI and Cryptocurrency with Akash Network (CRYPTO 101)
- **Watch at:** 00:43:23 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-654-the-intersection-of-ai-and/id1262351840?i=1000708305733
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/ai-agents/2025-05-13-ai-agents-won-t-need-crypto-they-ll-use-your-bank-j2w6/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "AI agents won't need crypto — they'll use your bank account," Ep. 654 The Intersection of AI and Cryptocurrency with Akash Network (CRYPTO 101), 13 May 2025, 00:43:23. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-654-the-intersection-of-ai-and/id1262351840?i=1000708305733

## Quote — verbatim

> I would never give an AI full access to my wallet... an agent, I believe, in my life... will act on my behalf. So if it needs a bank account, it's going to use my bank account... So the \[thesis\] around, oh, crypto is the only savior — it's not. Let's be real.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Contrarian take for a crypto podcast on the "AI agents need crypto payment rails" narrative (spans into the 00:44:04 block); he argues legislation (DAO LLCs, UAE) will let agents use traditional finance, and crypto's real edge is incentives and coordinating "arcane industries" (DePIN).