The Ledger Podcast The AI and Crypto Revolution
Aug 21, 2025
Pascal Gauthier, the CEO of Ledger, known for enhancing security in the crypto space, shares the mic with Anne Bouverot, France’s special envoy for AI and a pivotal figure in Europe’s tech evolution. They discuss how AI, blockchain, and quantum computing are intertwined forces driving our digital future. The conversation dives into the complexities of regulating cryptocurrency, the impact of GDPR in Europe, and the synergy between AI and crypto, highlighting their crucial roles in shaping innovation and economic growth.
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Paris AI Action Summit Impact
- Anne Bouverot served as France's Special Envoy for AI and led the Paris AI Action Summit.
- She describes the summit as geopolitically and economically impactful for tech, climate, and work agendas.
AI And Crypto Are Complementary
- AI and crypto are complementary technologies that will increasingly interconnect in payments, identity, and automation.
- Pascal argues AI brings data abundance while crypto provides cryptographic proof and digital scarcity for trust.
Cryptography Enables Verifiable Identity
- Cryptography underpins proof of identity and humanity in an AI-heavy future.
- Pascal highlights cryptographic proofs can verify attributes (like age or humanness) without revealing full identity.