BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with over $10 trillion in assets under management, published a white paper envisioning a future where computational power becomes a tradable digital asset. The document identifies three areas of convergence between artificial intelligence and programmable finance: automated machine-to-machine payments, tokenized financial assets, and emerging markets for computing capacity. BlackRock’s researchers estimate that hyperscaler cloud services revenue will reach approximately $1.1 trillion annually by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate of 29% from 2025. The firm notes that these markets remain largely speculative at this stage and that robust infrastructure around permissions, identity, and compliance must be developed before any real implementation.
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