In yesterday's article, I mainly quoted an idea from a reference article:
NFT project teams can also consider issuing their own AI proxies.
In fact, there are already NFT projects with such cases.
However, in this case, the AI proxy was initiated not by the project team, but by community enthusiasts. mfer was a relatively popular NFT on external networks. An enthusiast from this NFT community, @HeresMyEth, initiated an AI proxy focusing on mfer called @mferGPT.
But this project's current impact is not significant, and I haven't seen any major NFT project teams personally engaging in this kind of operation.
In fact, there is no need to limit such operations solely to NFT projects; it does not have to be restricted to issuing AI proxies, but can operate all activities related to AI proxies, such as building platforms similar to Virtuals.
I saw such a case over the weekend.
Speaking of zkSync, its airdrop once left countless opportunists with painful memories. After the token airdrop, I seem to have never heard the community discuss this once highly anticipated Ethereum layer two expansion again, and I haven't heard anyone talk about projects on this layer two expansion either.
However, while I was browsing over the weekend, I suddenly discovered that a DEX on this layer two expansion is now transforming to imitate the approach of Virtuals. This DEX is Holdstation（
https://holdstation.exchange/）。
I once interacted on this DEX purely to exploit opportunities. The only impression it left on me was: it supports Pay Master, allowing users to choose to use its token (Hold) to pay gas fees. This made my experience much smoother.
Other than that, I can't see any highlights of this DEX.
If I hadn't come across its news while browsing over the weekend, I wouldn't have thought of this DEX at all.
Now, in addition to continuing to maintain the DEX business, it has also transformed into an AI proxy financing platform like Virtuals, and it seems to have gained ecological support.
Its approach completely imitates Virtuals, allowing supported AI proxies to issue coins, and users must use its platform token Hold to purchase these AI proxy tokens.
Currently, AI proxies have been launched on this DEX, but these proxies do not have many highlights yet, and it seems that not many people know about them. Only the project team is tirelessly promoting and advertising on Twitter.
Regardless of whether this new method works or not, the project's quick action has already indicated that they see this approach as a 'lifeline'.
This sign makes me even more convinced that the Virtuals approach will rapidly expand to other ecosystems and be used by more struggling project teams to 'revive' themselves.
If this approach is linked with the countless current layer two expansions, the segmented imaginative space will be even broader.
Doesn't Uniswap have its own Unichain now?
Regarding the development direction of Unichain, there is also a specific article on Messari analyzing whether it is a general-purpose chain or a DeFi-specific chain.
It seems that there's no need to argue anymore. If Uniswap also adopts the Virtuals method, specifically cultivating AI proxies for DeFi (such as trading agents, payment agents, etc.) on Unichain, and uses its UNI token as a medium for exchanging these AI proxy tokens, it can develop its own DeFi AI proxy ecosystem on its own chain.
Moreover, this is also a legitimate, non-regulatory infringing, token empowering, safe and effective good method.
ApeCoin and Magic have their own dedicated gaming (layer two expansion) chains, ApeChain and Treasure, right?
They can also adopt the Virtuals approach to cultivate gaming-type AI proxies in their own ecosystem and empower their tokens strongly. In this way, they can establish their own gaming AI proxy ecosystem and support the price of their tokens.
If this idea can be implemented, I estimate that what will explode next will not only be AI proxies but also the simultaneous explosion of layer two expansions and AI proxies—any project with strong strength and ecosystem will consider building its own layer two expansion and then establish its own AI proxy ecosystem on that layer two expansion.
The imaginative space will be very large.
