Cathie Wood is connecting two of her biggest investment convictions, Bitcoin and artificial intelligence, in a way that goes beyond portfolio strategy. <\/p>\n
The ARK Invest CEO publicly backed<\/a> an open letter calling on the world’s leading AI labs to give qualified open-source Bitcoin defenders trusted access to frontier AI models. <\/p>\n The letter, published by the Bitcoin Policy Institute alongside a broad coalition from across the digital asset ecosystem, argues that attackers are already using AI to probe<\/a> and exploit vulnerabilities, and that defenders cannot be left working with inferior tools. <\/p>\n Wood’s endorsement was direct. “AI could become the most powerful defensive technology in history. Attackers already are exploiting it. Defenders cannot be left behind,” she wrote on X. <\/p>\n Her framing positions AI access not as a competitive advantage for Bitcoin but as a baseline security requirement<\/a>. <\/p>\n Bitcoin as critical public infrastructure <\/p>\n The open letter asks frontier AI labs, a category that includes companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, to establish clear pathways for open-source security researchers working on Bitcoin infrastructure to access models that are<\/a> currently restricted or unavailable to independent developers. <\/p>\n Related: Elon Musk’s AI warning about the dollar is starting to come true<\/a> <\/p>\n The underlying argument Wood is making is about classification, not just security. <\/p>\n “We believe Bitcoin is critical public financial infrastructure,” she wrote, a framing that carries significant implications for how regulators, institutions, and AI labs should treat the network’s security requirements. <\/p>\n “Those securing it should have trusted access to the most powerful AI models available,” Wood wrote. <\/p>\n Critical infrastructure in traditional finance, banking systems, payment networks<\/a>, market exchanges, receives specialized treatment from government and industry when it comes to security resources and threat response. <\/p>\n Wood’s position is that Bitcoin deserves the same level of institutional seriousness, including access to the most capable defensive AI tools available. <\/p>\n Trending on TheStreet Roundtable: Why the timing matters <\/p>\n