AI takes the lead: 22 crypto projects collectively dive into AI Agent development
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AI takes the lead: 22 crypto projects collectively dive into AI Agent development
These projects primarily accelerate the development and construction of the AI Agent ecosystem through methods such as technical framework development and real-world application deployment.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: Nancy, PANews
AI Agents are undoubtedly the core theme in today's on-chain market. From infrastructure development and tooling to DeFi and gaming, the rapid iteration of AI Agents is driving explosive market growth, capturing attention and dominating user mindshare. The steadily increasing trading volume share on DEXs versus CEXs further confirms this aggressive capture of liquidity and focus, signaling a structural shift in capital flows. According to data from The Block and DeFiLlama, spot trading volumes on DEXs relative to CEXs have significantly increased over recent months, reaching 20.2% by January 2025—a new all-time high.
In response to this trend, many non-AI crypto projects lacking strong narratives are rushing to join the bandwagon, hoping to ride the traffic wave generated by AI Agents. This article by PANews compiles 22 crypto projects actively building in the AI Agent space across gaming, public chains, payments, DeFi, and DePIN sectors. These projects are primarily accelerating the development of the AI Agent ecosystem through technical framework development and real-world application deployment.
Illuvium: Introducing Autonomous AI NPCs for Gaming
Illuvium is an RPG and NFT game built on Ethereum. On January 7, Illuvium announced a partnership with Virtuals Protocol to enhance the gameplay experience of its upcoming Illuvium MMO Lite. This collaboration will leverage Virtuals’ AI technology and its G.A.M.E LLM framework to provide dynamic, intelligent behaviors for NPCs, delivering deeper immersion for players.
Story Protocol: High-Paying Job Offer for AI Agent Luna
Story Protocol is a Layer1 blockchain designed specifically for intellectual property (IP). In December last year, after launching a TCP/IP-like framework for AI Agents, Story Protocol announced that their "human intern requested time off" and they were hiring an AI Agent to manage their X account. They ultimately hired Luna at an annual salary of 36.5 USDC, stating she would bring “charm, personality, and a touch of mischief.”
Circle: Exploring AI Agents Using USDC for Independent Operations and Trading
In the second half of 2024, Circle announced a collaboration with Solana to launch AI agents aimed at enhancing infrastructure security. Later in November, Circle released a report revealing it had issued over $2 billion worth of USDC in recent weeks, exploring how the convergence of AI and blockchain could transform perceptions of work and finance—particularly through “autonomous” payments. Circle introduced a concept enabling AI agents to independently operate and transact using USDC. Additionally, they built a sample application to “demonstrate this autonomous system,” encouraging users to use the template for their own projects and provide feedback.
Arbitrum: Launching Funding Program and Establishing AI Agent Partnerships
In November 2024, Arbitrum announced a $1 million Trailblazer Grant Program aimed at attracting developers with innovative ideas to deploy impactful AI Agents or other AI products on Arbitrum. Additionally, Arbitrum formed partnerships with Eilza Labs and ARC Agents.
Stripe: Planning to Launch AI Agent Toolkit
In November 2024, Stripe product lead Jeff Weinstein stated the company was developing a software development kit (SDK) tailored for AI Agents. This toolkit enables large language models (LLMs) to call payment, billing, and issuance APIs, integrating platforms like Vercel, LangChainAI, and CrewAIInc, allowing any model to be used via functions.
Coinbase: Releasing Multiple AI Agent Products to Simplify On-Chain Interactions
At the end of October last year, Coinbase launched a new tool called Based Agent, developed using the Coinbase SDK, OpenAI, and Replit platform, allowing users to create AI Agents with wallet capabilities in under three minutes. These agents can perform on-chain transactions, token swaps, staking, and more. The following month, Coinbase’s developer platform partnered with LangChain to launch AgentKit, a framework for building AI Agents that combines on-chain (Base chain) and off-chain interactions, integrating Web2 APIs with on-chain data to enable autonomous browsing and on-chain actions.
Orca: Developing an AI Agent Version of Automated Bots
Orca is an AMM-based DEX on Solana. On January 6, ai16z co-founder Shaw revealed in an interview with BlockBeats that ai16z is collaborating with Orca to develop an automated agent capable of managing Orca’s liquidity pools. Users simply deposit tokens; if a pool doesn’t exist, it creates one automatically; if it does, it adds liquidity accordingly. The agent continuously monitors these pools and withdraws funds when conditions risk impermanent loss—such as significant price divergence—which addresses a major concern for most users. Users can also program parameters such as price spreads or adjust token pairing strategies.
io.net: Forming Multiple Collaborations in the AI Agent Space
Leading DePIN project io.net has established multiple collaborations within the AI Agent domain. For example, in December last year, io.net announced a partnership with Zerebro, a creative autonomous AI agent, to enhance Ethereum validator operations. Furthermore, io.net is working with ai16z to provide decentralized GPU computing power to support their model training and inference needs.
IoTeX: Launching BinoAI, the First AI Agent in the DePIN Sector
IoTeX is an open platform building modular AI + DePIN infrastructure. In December last year, IoTeX announced the launch of BinoAI, the first AI Agent in the DePIN space. Built on ELIZA-OS, BinoAI aims to lay the foundation for decentralized, autonomous consciousness evolution in DePIN. Through AI-driven learning, BinoAI autonomously acquires knowledge, analyzes insights related to DePIN, and securely accesses and interacts with on-chain data using ai16z’s ELIZA framework. Leveraging IoTeX’s decentralized DePIN module infrastructure, BinoAI operates in a fully decentralized and trustless environment, with applications spanning smart travel, energy systems, wearables, and smart homes.
Smolverse: Developing an AI Virtual Pet Game Based on Eliza
Smolverse is a gaming and NFT project under Treasure DAO. Starting in December last year, Smolverse began collaborating with ai16z to develop “Smolworld,” an on-chain AI Tamagotchi-style game powered by Eliza’s Agent framework.
Phala Network: Building a TEE Framework Based on Eliza
Phala Network was previously a privacy computing infrastructure project in the Polkadot ecosystem. As previously reported by PANews, Phala Network has collaborated with a16z to build a TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) framework for Eliza, integrating TEE technology into Eliza’s multi-agent architecture to provide cryptographic verifiability and enhanced privacy, ensuring secure and reliable interactions. Projects like the popular Spore.fun and aiPool have already leveraged Phala Network’s TEE technology.
Injective: Launching the First Cross-Chain AI Agents Hub
Injective is an interoperable Layer1 blockchain. Recently, Injective announced it will collaborate with Sonic SVM—the first SVM-based blockchain on Solana—to launch Smart Agent Hub, the first cross-chain AI Agent platform. It will offer developers powerful tools and frameworks to create, manage, and monetize AI Agents while enabling cross-chain asset transfers and unified development experiences. The first testnet is expected to launch in Q1 2025, with gradual expansion into gaming, entertainment, DeFi, and social platforms (e.g., TikTok, Web3 games).
Fuel: Launching AI Agent Tool Fuel Agent Kit
Fuel is a modular execution layer designed for the Ethereum Rollup ecosystem. Recently, Fuel announced the release of Fuel Agent Kit, a tool that allows users to connect their AI Agents to Fuel and its various applications—or build new AI Agents using Fuel.
Gaia: Creating Dedicated AI Agents
Gaia is a decentralized, open-source AI infrastructure platform. In November last year, Gaia announced a collaboration with AI platform vana to create powerful, dedicated AI Agents. Currently, Gaia’s AI Agents have integration partnerships with projects including EigenLayer and ENS.
Aethir: Incubating and Investing in AI Agents
Aethir is a decentralized real-time rendering network. Over the past few months, Aethir has been actively incubating and investing in AI Agents. For instance, at the end of last year, it unveiled the third batch of recipients from its $100 million ecosystem fund, focusing on the integration of gaming and AI Agents. Meanwhile, Aethir offers free GPU computing power to Eliza agent developers.
DWF Labs: Developing AI Agent Trading and Establishing Support Fund
In addition to successfully managing investment portfolios through fully autonomous AI trading agents integrated into DWF’s trading system workflow, DWF Labs announced in late 2024 the establishment of a $20 million fund to support autonomous AI Agent development. Projects such as TAO Cat and HeyAnon have already received funding.
Blade Games: Integrating AI Agents into On-Chain Gaming Ecosystem
Blade Games is one of the largest on-chain gaming ecosystems on Arbitrum and Mantle, having attracted over 850,000 registered users. Blade Games combines on-chain gaming with AI Agent technology, built atop a zkVM stack, enabling players to play games, train AI Agents, and create their own on-chain economies on this platform.
aelf: Launching No-Code AI Agent Framework aevatar intelligence
In December 2024, Layer1 blockchain aelf announced the launch of a no-code AI Agent framework named aevatar intelligence. Supported by multiple large language models (LLMs), the framework allows external developers to integrate their preferred LLMs, fostering a collaborative ecosystem that drives innovation and expands functionality. Its first use case—an AI pump pad—is set to launch in early January 2025.
SendAI: Enabling AI Agents to Autonomously Execute Solana On-Chain Operations
SendAI is an accelerator for the Solana AI ecosystem. In December 2024, SendAI announced the launch of Solana Agent Kit, an open-source toolkit enabling AI Agents powered by any AI model to autonomously execute on-chain operations on Solana. The toolkit has already integrated major protocols such as Jupiter, Metaplex, and Raydium. Built using LangChain technology, it supports various AI models ranging from GPT-4 to Llama and plans to integrate with frameworks like ai16z’s Eliza and Zerebro’s ZerePy.
Artela: Releasing Next-Gen Omnichain AI Agent Technical Framework
In December 2024, parallel EVM chain Artela Network officially launched its omnichain AI Agents technical framework. Leveraging features such as on-chain intelligence, decentralized trusted execution, and elastic blockspace, the framework addresses the limitations of current AI Agents that rely on centralized servers, granting AI Agents true capabilities to “read, write, and own” assets.
Frax: Developing Tech Stack “AIVM” for Blockchain-Based AI Agents
In mid-December 2024, decentralized stablecoin protocol Frax Finance announced it is collaborating with affiliated project IQ to develop an AI tech stack called “AIVM.” Built on a parallel blockchain within the Layer2 rollup protocol Fraxtal, this tech stack enables AI agents to achieve full autonomy without a single point of control, ultimately facilitating smoother collaboration between AI and blockchain.
Planet Mojo: Launching AI Agent Mr. WWA, First Game Coming Soon
Planet Mojo is a GameFi title developed by Magic Labs, featuring PvP auto-chess gameplay. On January 7, Planet Mojo announced a partnership with Virtuals to launch AI Agent Mr. WWA (Winston Wylde Alexander). The WWA token will serve as a reward token on the platform, with the foundation committing to ongoing buybacks. Additionally, Planet Mojo’s first game, Agents of Poker, is即将上线.
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