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Author: Franklin Templeton Digital Assets; Compilation: 0xjs@Bitchain Vision
In recent years, AI Agents have attracted widespread attention in the cryptocurrency field, promoting the wave of innovation and experimentation of the interaction between AI agents and crypto ecosystems.Originally created by developers, the AI agent is a complex software entity designed to use AI to perform tasks independently.These agents have varying degrees of independence, making decisions based on their programming and data received through advanced algorithms.
Crypto AI agents represent a new convergence of AI and encryption technology, and automated AI entities can manage tokens, participate in social media interactions, and even influence market trends.This innovation field was pioneered by an AI chatbot called Truth Terminal, which was trained by developer Andy Ayrey.Truth Terminal is based on the Internet culture and trained in Infinite Backrooms, a space for AI models to talk to themselves without direct human supervision.As an AI chatbot, Truth Terminal can independently understand and respond to inputs, perform tasks, and conduct conversations.
Truth Terminal’s capabilities are shown in its X account (@truth_terminal).In the summer of 2024, Truth Terminal received widespread attention for receiving $50,000 in Bitcoin donations from partner Marc Andreessen, a16z, a venture capital firm.This generous donation brings Truth Terminal to the public eye.
Truth Terminal also demonstrates an obsession with Goatse Gospel, an ironic AI-generating religion, for its training in the Internet subculture.This obsession inspired a developer to create a meme coin called GOAT (Goatseus Maximus) on the Solana network, one of the most active decentralized blockchain networks.When Truth Terminal supported GOAT on its X account, the price of the coin soared, bringing the GOAT market value to more than $1 billion (currently about $300 million).In addition, Truth Terminal’s public statement has incentivized the creation of other currencies, such as FARTCOIN, whose market capitalization is currently around $885 million.
The outbreak of AI agents and their related projects can be seen from the table below, showing the 10 major projects ranked by market capitalization in the field.
The enthusiasm around AI agents makes sense.We can envision a future where AI agents will revolutionize content creation on social media and play an important role in various industries and platforms.Just like today’s human internet celebrities, these agents can launch their own brands, products, music, movies, etc., bring significant economic value to their ecosystem.
In the process, it is very exciting to explore how these agents interact with blockchain and drive significant developer activity.For example, ai16z has very active developer activity on its GitHub repository, and its Star records show that the project has surpassed more mature AI projects such as Phidata and LangGraph.
The chart shows the growth of several key AI projects on Star records on GitHub, such as:
Moreover, Virtuals, as the Launchpad platform with the largest market value in AI agents, focuses on simplifying the development, deployment and management of AI models.The demand for agent startup on its platform continues to grow. As can be seen from the chart, the number of agents launched on the Virtuals platform shows a significant upward trend.A total of about 14,600 agents have been launched since November 1.
It is clear that these AI agents are still in the early stages of development and trial, but some have achieved early success.For example, the AI agent Zerebro has released two music albums, with more than 100,000 streaming views since November.Similarly, since the AI agent Dolos Diary opened its account in early December, it has gained over 10,000 followers and millions of views on TikTok.
Although these agents are not yet fully autonomous and have limited practicality in the current state, this emerging field may have important prospects as they develop and mature, and deserve close attention.
