Analysts at research and brokerage firm Bernstein believe that crypto micropayments are the key to avoiding bottlenecks in the artificial intelligence financial economy. According to analysts, the real bottleneck in the artificial intelligence financial economy is the current financial system's inability to process micropayments efficiently. Artificial intelligence agents may need to make extremely small, frictionless payments, such as streaming money for consuming data or content. However, traditional systems have high transaction costs due to the complexity of the technology and the involvement of people, making this practice uneconomical. To meet the needs of the artificial intelligence economy, the financial system needs to evolve to enable seamless, low-cost micropayments and align with the spending patterns of artificial intelligence agents. This is where cryptocurrencies come into play.