AI Agents Are Crypto's Next Catalyst ($)
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- 💰 Bitcoin market cap above $1T. Bitcoin price action brought its market cap above $1 trillion with the price pushing towards nearly $53K on Thursday.
- 🤔 Gary disses BTC, Warren honors it? On CNBC, Gensler said BTC is "not that decentralized,' meanwhile, Bitcoin Mag says Elizabeth Warren signed a bill to honor Satoshi Nakamoto... What?
- 🦧 ApeCoin DAO preps for ApeChain. The Bored Apes are tapping Arbitrum tech to build out the long-plotted ApeChain.
📊 Starknet airdrop anger. Yesterday, anons on Crypto Twitter met Starknet’s airdrop announcement with fury! Novel qualifying criteria and aggressive insider token unlocks pissed off some Starknet users. Why are people so upset about the STRK drop?
| Prices as of 4pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $1.95T | ↗ 1.2% | ↗ 13.4% |
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BTC $51,776 | ↗ 0.4% | ↗ 14.0% |
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ETH $2,831 | ↗ 2.6% | ↗ 16.7% |
AI agents (you might know them as bots) are becoming increasingly active in DeFi. It’s getting to the point that many now believe AI agents could become a majority of the crypto user base in the coming years.
Today, we examine the growing presence of AI agents in DeFi, explore the various roles they’re already playing in the ecosystem, and identify key protocols that could fast-track their development.
Let’s dive in! 👇
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