Raoul Pal, co-founder and CEO of Real Vision, posted on X on Friday, October 9, 2026, that traditional economic measures are on the verge of becoming irrelevant. Pal stated, "Once you have an infinite population of economic actors, all running on compute that keeps getting more efficient, GDP growth goes crazy. The whole GDP formula blows up. By the mid-2030s its not even a measure we care about anymore. Everything collapses into one formula. intelligence per unit of energy. Markets, blockchain, geopolitics, politics. all of it is organising around that one thing right now. And its going to happen much faster than anyone is prepared for."
Pal's comments come as digital assets continue to see significant activity. Bitcoin holds at $82,494, up 1.0% over the last 24 hours, while Ethereum trades at $2,483, up 0.2%. Recently, Grant Cardone disclosed his company holds 3,000 Bitcoin, positioning it as a major private holder, and a Bitcoin life insurer raised $37.5 million, reaching $180 million in total funding. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index currently sits at 59, indicating Greed in the market.
Pal's view suggests that the increasing efficiency of computing power and the expansion of economic actors will alter how value and growth are measured. He implies that investors and policymakers should shift their focus from GDP to a metric of intelligence per unit of energy, indicating a profound structural change in global markets and geopolitics that he believes will occur rapidly.
