Author: Justin Baba, Messari Analyst; Translated by: 0xjs@Golden Finance

Last week, the Virtuals Protocol built on Base launched its AI agent platform. It integrates AI and tokenized economics, allowing users to create, own, and monetize agents.

  • Inspired by memecoins, it transforms AI agents into interactive, community-driven digital assets that provide utility and entertainment in games, social platforms, and virtual worlds.

  • Essentially, Virtuals creates a Pump.fun platform for AI agents.

Virtuals supports the creation of AI agents with token-based ownership without permission.

  • Each agent will have a supply of 1 billion tokens at launch, granting holders governance rights and economic returns. Agents are multimodal and can operate across text, voice, and visual interfaces, enabling rich, personalized interactions.

  • The protocol allows token holders to shape agent development and share revenue, enabling holders to speculate on the success of various AI agents.

VIRTUAL is the native token of the protocol, supporting transactions and governance.

  • Similar to the liquidity pool pairing method of FriendTech with the FRIEND token, the agent token is paired with VIRTUAL, and the liquidity pool lock-up period is ten years. This lock-up period helps ensure stability and prevents 'rug pull' trades.

  • Additionally, the income generated by the agent (collected in the form of VIRTUAL) is used to buy back and destroy the agent's tokens, creating deflationary pressure and aligning the incentives of developers and token holders.

Source: Virtuals Project Documentation

Moreover, due to real-time memory and adaptive behavior, Virtuals agents can maintain a consistent personality across different platforms.

  • This ensures cohesive interactions—whether in productivity applications, games, or social media—providing round-the-clock engagement and evolving together with users.

As the first AI agent launchpad platform, Virtuals pioneers the tokenization of access to agents, expanding the AI agent economy. Although still in the early stages of development, the existing mechanisms lay the groundwork for a new type of on-chain economy that will continue to evolve as AI becomes more prevalent in our daily lives.

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