NVIDIA infrastructure new Advertisements At AIA at CES 2025 on Tuesday, the crypto industry is buzzing with ideas. Observers see a radical shift in crypto: The next wave of users may not be human at all.
Leading crypto developers and investors are predicting a future where AI agents, not humans, will dominate blockchain networks—but they're divided on how we'll get there and what it means for everyone.
“Before we see a billion people on-chain, we will see a billion agents on-chain.” He predicts Twitter user Evan is an ecosystem leader at Monad and a former McKinsey analyst. “Crypto by nature has a UX that is not ideal for human users. Agents don't care about this conflict.”
The predictions come at a time when AI agent development for crypto is on the rise, with platforms like Virtuals generating $60 million in revenue.
Cryptos The latest meta He also saw certain assets as projects AI16z AI agent simulations skyrocket following demand.
Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner, Dragonfly Capital; Points Thanks to changes in accessibility, developers can start an AI cloud computing app for $10,000 “instead of raising millions of dollars.”
This changes who can build and deploy blockchain applications and “could lead to on-chain reform,” Qureshi says.
But the implications extend beyond cost efficiency.
Addressing ethical concerns about authentication and trust in digital interactions, Qureshi predicted that “chatbots will start to hide that they are AI” and “pass as human.”
Qureshi says most of the current “AI agents” in crypto aren't worth being, at least in their current versions. “These things aren't really agents. They're chatbots with meme coins attached,” Qureshi said.
Crypto and AI go hand in hand
In September of last year, Delphi Labs published a project focusing on Web3 protocol R&D. thesis How AI will impact crypto in the coming years.
While AI could be a powerful resource that “profoundly affects society,” the Delphi Labs paper says, “it can only be controlled by big technology and government.”
Delphi Labs says Crypto can “defend this monopoly by providing real better solutions for developers and users.”
The change is already starting, with some projects like WayFinder developing tasks for AI agents. Autonomous interaction with blockchain networks.
Should the average Joe be worried?
Yuk Hu, a contemporary philosopher trained as a software engineer, thinks not.
Machines like AI agents won't completely replace humans because doing so “may take longer than the extinction of the human species,” Hui said. He wrote three years ago.
Instead, “Machine intelligence will replace people […] Beyond their own thinking.
Edited by Sebastian Sinclair.
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