While AI was a major part of the conversation at Token2049 2025, Aptos Labs co-founder and CEO Avery Ching believes AI has more potential than the current hype seen in the market. He sees a future where AI agents do more than just automate tasks, but go as far as managing users’ digital wealth.
In an exclusive sit-down at the event, Ching shared a vision that goes beyond today’s hype. “The real shift,” he said, “will come when AI agents begin managing both crypto-native and real-world tokenized assets — everything from real estate to treasury bonds.”
.@Aptos Labs CEO Avery Ching says AI agents could one day manage tokenized assets like real estate and stocks onchain, building personalized financial portfolios.
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Real-World Assets, Meet AI
The rise of tokenization has already turned once-illiquid assets like real estate, stocks, and bonds into on-chain products. But Ching believes the missing puzzle piece is intelligence. The Aptos CEO specifically identified autonomous AI as the key that can interact with these tokenized instruments.
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“Why shouldn’t we have real estate or pre-IPO shares living on blockchain rails?” Ching asked. “Eventually, every asset class should be represented on-chain.”
AI agents could change the investment scene, making it more personalized. These agents, trained on a user’s financial goals and preferences, could allocate capital across tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). This would be done with the same ease as crypto trading.
The benefits of AI agents go beyond investing.
Ching believes that the implication goes beyond investing, stretching into lending and credit markets. The Aptos founder explained that once property is tokenized, it can be used as collateral in decentralized finance (DeFi). “Imagine using your on-chain real estate to secure a loan instantly, without middlemen or paperwork,” he said.
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Furthermore, he described a hybrid future where decentralized infrastructure supports centralized liquidity.
Beyond that, Ching sees decentralized AI becoming as common as smartphones. “I expect everyone to have at least one, if not several,” he said. This would mean each individual would have an AI agent handling tasks like financial decisions and data management.
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