ai16z mulls tokenomics shakeup, launch L1
Agentic artificial intelligence platform ai16z is working on its own layer-1 (L1) blockchain network as part of the broader Tokenomics upgrade.
According to a post on its management forum, the project is considering creating a platform similar to Pump.fun to launch AI agents. It's under consideration.”[p]Announcing ai16z as L1 blockchain for AI,” the post says.
The ai16z contributors describe the AI Agent launchpad as “the first way to implement Flywheel Tokenomics, which will drive the price to $ai16z, the project's native token.”
“Suggested mechanics are taking % of initiation fees, requiring $ai16z holdings to allocate, using $ai16z for initial agent supplies; [and] According to the blog post combining agent tokens with $ai16z in liquid pools.
Meanwhile, he wrote, the proposed L1 will be an “open-source node booster” with the AI16Z token as the “base currency.”
Source: VanEck
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Fast rise
Since its launch in October, the AI16Z token has launched a market capitalization of nearly $1.5 billion, according to CoinGecko.
Ai16z describes itself as “the first investment [decentralized autonomous organization] A DAO run by AI agents,” according to its website.
Using its main AI operating system, Eliza, ai16z aims to “use AI and collective intelligence to make investment decisions.
An independent investment fund is believed to manage the onchain liquidity pool, with annual returns approaching 25%, according to data from Daos.fun.
Eliza's operating system powers more than a dozen Web3 AI agents, powered by eliza.world, a community-driven dashboard.
Eliza powered I.S. Source: Elizas.world
Web3 AI
As of December, blockchain networks host approximately 10,000 AI agents, earning millions of dollars from onchain activity each week, according to a report by VanEck.
The asset manager expects more than 1 million AI agents to populate blockchain networks by the end of 2025.
In the year By 2024, AI-linked tokens will reach $10 billion in market capitalization, most likely in Q4, according to CoinGecko.
In the year By 2025, “AI agents are expected to play a more significant role in decentralized societies,” JD Serafin, developer of Web3 AI at Rainmaker, told Cointelegraph.
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