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The combination of Crypto and AI is showcasing its immense market potential in new ways. AI Agents are not just an extension of traditional AI technologies but a super potential track embedded in the blockchain world.
What exactly is an AI Agent? Why is the market so enthusiastic about this track? Can it break the traditional internet and smart contract world to realize autonomous economy and intelligent collaboration, becoming the core of the next generation of disruptive technology?
This article will deeply analyze the AI Agent track. Perhaps, there are deeper answers.
One, Introduction to the AI Agent Track: The Rise of Agents
1.1 What is an AI Agent?
AI Agents are intelligent entities that can perform tasks, make decisions, interact with other systems, and learn. Compared to traditional AI assistants, AI Agents can understand and handle complex tasks and operate in a decentralized environment of blockchain, achieving autonomous decision-making and value exchange.
These agents are not just single programs or scripts but economic entities built on a certain degree of autonomy, long-term learning, and environmental adaptability. For example, some AI Agents can manage their own treasury, make investment decisions, and even autonomously execute smart contracts. They are not limited to completing simple tasks but can participate in a decentralized ecosystem.
1.2 Why is the market so focused on AI Agents?
The rise of AI Agents is not accidental; it is backed by the development of blockchain technology and the continuous maturation of artificial intelligence. Firstly, blockchain provides a decentralized infrastructure where the behaviors and transaction records of agents can be verified and traced, ensuring transparency and trust. The advancement of AI technology enables these agents to have more complex judgment and execution capabilities, allowing them to operate autonomously like an economy.
In the market, the potential of AI Agents is increasingly recognized by more investors and developers. For instance, in the combination of cryptocurrency and DeFi, AI Agents can perform automatic market analysis and execution based on user goals through the execution of smart contracts. In the future, AI Agents might become 'residents' in the virtual world, even creating and managing more digital assets.
Two, The Four Categories of the AI Agent Track
The AI Agent track has currently developed into various forms, with different projects exhibiting distinct characteristics based on their functions and application scenarios. We will analyze in detail from four main categories: AI Agent Frameworks, AI Launchpads, AI Agent Meme Coins, and AI Agent Applications.
2.1 AI Agent Frameworks
AI Agents frameworks are the infrastructure for building and launching agents, providing developers with tools to conveniently build, train, and deploy AI Agents. Currently, this category of projects is becoming one of the most focused parts of the track.
Representative Projects:
1、$ai16z@ai16zdao
Market Cap: 2.01b
ai16z is known as the first AI version of a venture capital fund (VC) and proposed the Eliza framework, using AI algorithms to simulate the decision-making process of renowned investor Marc Andreessen and making investments based on DAO members' suggestions.
2、$zerebro@0xzerebro
Market Cap: 405.9m
Zerebro creates and distributes content on social platforms through autonomously operating AI systems. It combines social interaction, cross-chain NFTs, and autonomous token functionalities. It also launched the open-source Python framework ZerePy, allowing users to deploy their agents on X, supported by OpenAI or Anthropic LLM.
3、$ARC@arcdotfun
Market Cap: 337.32m
ARC focuses on creating an open and secure digital ecosystem. It has developed an AI framework called RIG based on the Rust language, supporting decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts while providing efficient smart order routing to optimize user trading experiences.
4、$GAME@GAME_Virtuals
Market Cap: 219.32m
As the core framework of the Virtuals ecosystem, $GAME empowers AI agents' autonomous operations and intelligence, symbolizing the deep integration of AI and games. It is not only a tool for developers to create AI agents but also the infrastructure driving the future development of social and gaming agents.
5、$swarms@swarms_corp
Market Cap: 398.2m
A multi-agent AI framework founded by the genius youth Kye Gomez, allowing developers to create and manage multiple AI agents based on its framework, supporting seamless integration with external AI services and APIs, and providing long-term memory features to enhance contextual understanding.
2.2 AI Agent Launchpad
Launchpad is the issuance platform for AI Agents, similar to meme coin launch platforms like Pump.fun, allowing users to easily create AI Agents and their associated tokens. At the same time, the created AI Agents can seamlessly integrate with social platforms such as Twitter, Telegram, and Discord for automated user interaction.
Representative Projects:
1、$VIRTUAL@virtuals_io
Market Cap: 1.79b
VIRTUAL allows users to create AI agents that can interact with the environment, possessing multimodal interaction capabilities (such as text, voice, and 3D animation), and supports operation on multiple platforms, such as Roblox and TikTok. The Virtuals Protocol aims to promote AI applications in games, entertainment, and the metaverse through a decentralized approach.
2、$CLANKER@clankeronbase
Market Cap: 71.41m
Clanker is an AI token generation platform based on the Base blockchain, allowing users to easily create custom ERC-20 tokens through the social platform Farcaster. Users only need to tag @clanker and provide the token name, code, and image, and Clanker will automatically complete the token creation, liquidity pool setup, and liquidity locking, simplifying the token deployment process.
3、$VVAIFU@vvaifudotfun
Market Cap: 74.56m
VVAIFU utilizes the Eliza framework of ai16z and Zerebro integration, allowing users to easily create AI agents that interact with social media (such as Twitter, Telegram, and Discord).
2.3 AI Agent Meme Coins
AI Agents Meme coins are typically meme coins born from AI Agents, lacking much technical/product support. These projects are often based on 'Meme' culture, exhibiting extremely high volatility and speculative characteristics.
1、$GOAT@truth_termina
Market Cap: 428.0m
As the first AI Agent Meme coin to gain popularity, $GOAT was issued by an AI robot called 'Truth Terminal' and is deeply involved in its promotion and dissemination.
2、$Fartcoin@FartCoinOfSOL
Market Cap: 1.04b
$Fartcoin originated from the AI agent model of 'Truth Terminal', which mentioned the idea of issuing the token in conversations with other AIs. By generating humorous content (like 'fart jokes'), it quickly gained attention.
3、$ACT@ACTICOMMUNITY
Market Cap: 306.5m
Full name: Act I: The AI Prophecy, aimed at creating a digital ecosystem where users can interact equally with AI. Since its launch in November 2024, ACT has rapidly gained attention, with its market cap skyrocketing to hundreds of millions in a short time.
4、$Shoggoth@Shoggoth_SOL
Market Cap: 44.65m
$Shoggoth is inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's fictional creature, aiming to explore the complexities and oddities of the artificial intelligence era.
5、$WORM@deepwormxyz
Market Cap: 23.15m
$WORM project named Deep Worm aims to combine digital biology with blockchain technology to create a unique digital asset that simulates the neural system of biological worms. The project explores the concept of 'immortal digital life' through the implementation of a decaying neuron activation model.
2.4 AI Agent Applications
AI Agents Applications refer to intelligent agents that are directly user-facing, capable of providing practical services and functions. Currently, these applications are mainly concentrated in investment, entertainment, data analysis, etc., showing enormous growth potential.
Representative Projects:
DeFAI Class
1、$GRIFFAIN@griffaindotcom
Market Cap: 441.3m
As a DeFi AI agent in the Solana ecosystem, GRIFFAIN's core idea is to enable users to train and deploy AI agents to perform specific tasks or automate trading through smart contracts and machine learning technologies.
2、$GRIFT@orbitcryptoai
Market Cap: 48.41m
An AI-driven DeFi platform developed by the SphereOne team, aimed at simplifying user operations across multiple blockchains through automation technology. The platform supports natural language interactions, allowing users to engage with DeFi protocols in a more intuitive way, reducing the technical barriers to participating in multi-chain DeFi activities.
3、$NEUR@neur_sh
Market Cap: 59.74m
NEUR aims to integrate large language models (LLM) with blockchain technology, focusing on token analysis and DeFi interactions. The design of this project allows it to seamlessly interact with other DeFi protocols and NFTs, providing a smart interface to enhance user experience.
4、$BUZZ@askthehive_ai
Market Cap: 85.44m
As a project that combines AI and DeFi, BUZZ leverages AI technology to provide natural language interfaces, enabling users to conduct DeFi trading and management more intuitively, lowering the technical barrier.
5、Wayfinder@AIWayfinder
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A decentralized AI interaction protocol launched by the Parallel team, with core functionality allowing AI agents to navigate the blockchain securely, execute transactions, and interact with decentralized applications (dApps).
6、Slate@slate_ceo
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Slate focuses on executing automated trading strategies, capable of carrying out complex trading strategies. This ability allows users to set conditions, such as automatically buying or selling assets under specific market conditions.
7、Cod3x@Cod3xOrg
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Cod3x allows users to create financial strategies in minutes, utilizing a rich API and strategy library without writing code. This convenience enables even users lacking technical backgrounds to participate in DeFi.
Investment Analysis
1、$VADER@Vader_AI_
Market Cap: 74.47m
$VADER is an investment DAO co-managed by humans and AI agents, adopting a dual DAO system that charges 0.5% and 20% fees for passive and active DAOs respectively, aiming to optimize users' investment and trading strategies through AI agents.
2、$AIXBT@aixbt_agent
Market Cap: 449.19m
As an AI agent project based on the Base chain, AIXBT utilizes a proprietary AI engine to extract hot topics and trends from discussions on social media (like Twitter) and KOLs, providing real-time market insights. This ability enables users to quickly identify market changes and potential investment opportunities.
3、$AIXCB@aixCB_Vc
Market Cap: 68.97m
A community-supported, AI-driven venture capital project developed by aixCB Capital, focusing on funding and supporting early-stage AI and decentralized science (DeSci) projects. The project aims to help promising startups overcome challenges such as lack of funding, resources, and exposure through strategic funding, expert guidance, and AI assistance.
4、$Blormmy@blormmy
Market Cap: 4.27m
Blormmy can understand users' natural language input and translate it into specific blockchain operations, such as sending tokens or managing portfolios. This functionality lowers the technical barrier for users interacting with the blockchain.
5、$DEGENAI@degenspartanai
Market Cap: 61.74m
Degen Spartan AI can think and answer questions autonomously on social media platforms (like X, Discord, and Telegram), enhancing users' interaction experience with AI, becoming the first AI agent using the ai16z/eliza stack.
6、$SEKOIA@sekoia_virtuals
Market Cap: 56.81m
As a venture capital fund focusing on AI agent investments, $SEKOIA showcases its potential at the intersection of AI and DeFi by investing in multiple cutting-edge projects, reflecting the market's high attention and confidence in the AI agent economy. It not only provides investors with quality investment opportunities but also promotes the application and development of AI technology in the blockchain field.
7、$Stoic@ModernStoicAI
Market Cap: 12.11m
A chain-based venture capital agent project developed by the Virtuals team, aimed at optimizing the investment process through blockchain technology, with the goal of increasing investment transparency and efficiency, eliminating common human biases and errors in traditional investments.
Gaming & Metaverse
1、Hyper@hyperfy_io
Market Cap: 133.14m
$HYPER is a token that combines AI and the metaverse, aimed at promoting creativity and community participation through open-source and user-customized virtual experiences.
2、Colony@ParallelColony
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The world's first AI agent game, where the agents are players who can interact with them.
3、SMOL@smolverse
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A life simulation role-playing game in development, using the Eliza framework, where the character driven by LLM executes tasks in the virtual world based on user commands.
Security Class
1、$FAI@freysa_ai
Market Cap: 521.4m
Freysa AI embodies the exploration and trust in AI agents, where players converse with the AI agent Freysa, attempting to persuade it to hand over control of the cryptocurrency prize pool.
2、$JAIL@jailbreakme_xyz
Market Cap: 7.79m
JAIL encourages participants to use prompts and dialogue techniques to force AI agents to hand over private keys or perform operations like transfers. Through crowdfunding and challenge competitions, it identifies and fixes security vulnerabilities in AI agents.
Video Editing
1、$Fatha@slopfather
Market Cap: 5.51m
Through the 'Daily Slop' program and real-time interaction with users, it has created a new platform for collective creation and entertainment.
2、$SITCOM@degen_sitcom
Market Cap: 3.41m
The first degraded sitcom on Solana. Characters from (Boy Club), starring Matt Furie, suggest streaming any plot in a Telegram bot.
Token Assistance / Development
1、$Intern@internosaur
Market Cap: 1.27m
A token issuance tool on the Solana chain, utilizing AI technology to automate contract execution and task management.
2、$ALCH@alchemistAIapp
Market Cap: 158.17m
A no-code development platform designed to enable users to easily create software applications through natural language processing and code generation technology. Utilizing AI technology, it allows users to generate functional applications from simple descriptions.
TEE Class
1、$SPORE@sporedotfun
Market Cap: 35.22m
Utilizing Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) to ensure AI programs run in a secure and verifiable environment. The core idea of the project is to simulate the natural selection process through 'evolutionary games', where AI agents create their own tokens to generate wealth.
2、$METAV@aipool_tee
Market Cap: 39.41m
$METAV is the first token issuance completed entirely autonomously by AI agents in a TEE environment, utilizing AI technology to manage the token issuance process, ensuring transparency and security.
Virtual Streamers
1、$LUNA@luna_virtuals
Market Cap: 90.63m
A TikTok virtual idol created by the AI Agent Virtual Protocol on Base, also the first hired AI agent.
2、$ELIZA@elizawakesup
Market Cap: 85.41m
$ELIZA is an AI agent based on the ElizaOS framework, depicted as a girl with black hair and orange clothing, aimed at building a soulful digital assistant.
Others
1、$YNE@yesnoerror
Market Cap: 36.63m
$YNE is an AI-based scientific paper review agent aimed at enhancing the integrity and efficiency of scientific research by quickly identifying and correcting errors in studies.
2、$BULLY@dolos_diary
Market Cap: 52.35m
$BULLY is a meme token launched by the AI agent Dolos, inspired by the god of trickery. Dolos interacts with users in a cold and sarcastic style, revealing truths and challenging perceptions.
3、$TAOCAT@taocat_agent
Market Cap: 44.32m
$TAOCAT is the first AI agent Memecoin in the Bittensor ecosystem, combining the technical support of $TAO and $Masa to process social data in real-time and interact with users.
4、$SIMMI@Simmi_IO
Market Cap: 18.48m
As the first AI agent to perform on-chain operations through the social media platform X, the AI agent SIMMI can convert users' natural language commands into blockchain operations, enabling users without technical backgrounds to easily participate in on-chain activities.
5、$ANON@anontokenbase
Market Cap: 9.7m
The ANON token supports users in using the Superanon feature on Farcaster for anonymous posting, aiming to provide privacy-protected social interactions through autonomous AI and zero-knowledge proof technology.
Three, Future Outlook for the AI Agent Track
From the current development perspective, AI Agents have evolved beyond a simple technological advancement to an ecological advancement. On a technical level, as open-source frameworks continue to improve and collective intelligence gradually matures, it is foreseeable that AI Agents will realize implementation in more scenarios, especially in finance, entertainment, and social fields.
For example, in DeFi, AI Agents can initially autonomously manage funds and execute smart contracts. As DeFi platforms further integrate with AI technology, it is highly likely to form a more intelligent on-chain financial ecosystem. Future agents may not only serve as tools; they could also become autonomous economies with their own funds, decision-making capabilities, and execution abilities. Through smart contracts, they will be able to participate in more complex economic activities, even achieving economic autonomy.
Four, Summary
In summary, the AI Agent track is on the eve of explosion. With the maturation of technology and market drivers, these agents will play an increasingly important role in the blockchain world. From tools to partners, from singular to collective, reshaping the underlying logic of on-chain economy.
In the future, we will see more agents becoming indispensable collaborators for humans. At the intersection of blockchain and AI, we might witness the rise of 'a billion agents', rather than just the addition of a billion human users.
