PANews reported on May 7th, citing CoinDesk, that Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and partner at Greylock, stated at the Consensus conference that as the number of AI agents on the internet surpasses that of humans, the online world needs a better layer of identity, and NFTs may be poised for a "rebirth." He pointed out that when AI agents transact with each other, a trusted digital identity system similar to what NFTs initially attempted to solve is needed, and cryptocurrency is an obvious answer to this problem.

Hoffman stated that he recently purchased a CryptoPunk token because online identity is central to his AI and crypto investment logic. He cited his own AI clone, Reid AI, as an example, illustrating how tracing origins will become increasingly important as generative media technologies advance. Hoffman urged the crypto industry to maintain a bipartisan political stance rather than overly favoring the Republican Party, arguing that excessive commitment to a single party is detrimental to the ecosystem in the long run. As an investor, he is seeking crypto concepts that may see a resurgence due to AI's transformation of the internet, including NFTs and DAOs.