Animoca Brands: Blockchain for AI Ownership at WebX Asia

Animoca Brands is exploring how blockchain can provide ownership for agentic AI systems. Co-founder Yat Siu believes AI agents will need crypto wallets and ownership frameworks. He shared these ideas at WebX 2026 in Tokyo, an event with over 13,000 participants. Siu argues that without these frameworks, the value generated by AI agents will go to centralized platforms, not to the users. Animoca Brands is already testing this concept internally with hundreds of AI agents. Siu estimates that 50 to 100 billion AI agents could emerge soon. This discussion highlights the critical role of ownership as AI systems become more autonomous.