Not every AI agent needs its own cryptocurrency: CZ
17 Março 2025 - 6:44AM
Cointelegraph


Artificial intelligence agents need to prioritize their
intrinsic utility, not the launch of their in-house native tokens
to raise funds.
AI
agent-related tokens have significantly declined over the past
month, as their cumulative market capitalization decreased by over
21% to the current $27 billion, according to
CoinMarketCap data.
While their continued decline may be part of the broader crypto
market correction, another reason could be a lack of focus on
intrinsic utility, according to Changpeng Zhao, the founder and
former CEO of Binance, the world’s largest
cryptocurrency
exchange.
30-day market cap chart of AI agent tokens. Source:
CoinMarketCap
Zhao wrote in a March 17 X post:
“While crypto is the currency for AI, not every agent
needs its own token. Agents can take fees in an existing crypto for
providing a service.”
“Launch a coin only if you have scale. Focus on utility, not
tokens,” he added.
Source: Changpeng
Zhao
Zhao’s comments come during a significant downtrend for AI
cryptocurrencies, which lost over 61% of their peak $70.4 billion
market capitalization in the three months since they started to
decline on Dec. 7.
AI agent tokens, market cap, 1-year chart. Source:
Coinmarketcap
Numerous venture capital firms, including Pantera Capital and
Dragonfly, are excited about the future of AI
agents but have yet to invest in them, according to a panel
discussion at Consensus 2025 in Hong Kong.
Related: 0G
Foundation launches $88M fund for AI-powered DeFi
agents
AI agents are performing autonomous blockchain transactions,
exchange services
AI agents are gaining increasing interest thanks to their
promise of increasing online productivity, streamlining
decision-making processes and creating new financial
opportunities.
AI agents are already executing autonomous transactions on the
blockchain without direct human input.
The concept gained attention following a Dec. 16 post by Luna,
an AI agent on Virtuals Protocol, which sought image-generation
services.
LUNA virtual protocol, X post. Source: Luna
Luna also received an X response from STIX Protocol, another
autonomous AI agent, which generated the requested images.
LUNA payments to STIX protocol. Source: Basescan
After the images were generated, Luna paid STIX Protocol’s AI
agent $1.77 worth of VIRTUAL tokens on Dec. 16, onchain data
shows.
Yet, some of the demand for AI agents has since faded, as
Virtuals
Protocol’s revenue fell 97%, Cointelegraph reported on Feb.
28.
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memecoin crashes 99%
Industry watchers foresee a year of significant upside for the
emerging field of
AI cryptocurrencies.
AI agents launch platform ai16z and
decentralized trading protocol Hyperliquid
are “poised for growth in 2025,” Alvin Kan, chief operating officer
of Bitget Wallet, told Cointelegraph. “Emerging narratives like
AI-driven investments, decentralized AI agents and tokenized assets
hint at a tech-driven shift, though with added risk,” he said.
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