Author: Sam Ruskin, Messari Research Analyst; Translated by: 0xjs@黄金财经
Virtuals, a platform for creating, trading, and deploying AI agents, has achieved 400% growth in less than a month and has become the largest protocol on Base. Once labeled as another memecoin launch platform, Virtuals has sparked discussions about the importance of agent frameworks and the power of agents to change the way we interact on the chain.
The largest Virtual agent, aixbt, has more than 140,000 followers on X and a market value of $250 million as of December 16. While high-profile agents such as aixbt and Luna have dominated people's attention, many other Virtual agents are tackling a variety of specialized use cases. Below, we explore some notable examples.
Source: virtual protocol
Type: Productivity
Main features: VaderAI positions itself as a leader in the agent economy by managing the AI agent investment DAO. As the first AI to trade AI agent tokens autonomously, it is responsible for research, strategy simulation, and on-chain execution. The upcoming agent token investment DAO will allow human and AI agents to participate and requires $VADER staking to access. In the long term, VaderAI aims to build a network of specialized investment DAOs, each managed by a tailor-made AI agent.
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Type: On-chain
Main features: PondHub is composed of href="http://links.messari.io/u/click?_t=18e87b48d077440e80cd99da76e2bfc2&_m=daa02024 997d4be28050611b49757c1a&_e=1crgcp6GsrGZVoXr5RZIJKQRY3li4wor8z88sLbKRjvwu2S82aOYLkMbFV Pond, a technology stack that developers can use to tailor tokenized agents for a variety of use cases, is launched today. Pond aims to make model ownership and creation more accessible by lowering the barrier to entry for crypto AI. Pond is building a model layer for developers to collaboratively create, own, and monetize crypto-native AI models, and provides model development guidance, guidelines, and model and data infrastructure. The company recently acquired a $1.5 million investment in Archetype. href="http://links.messari.io/u/click?_t=18e87b48d077440e80cd99da76e2bfc2&_m=daa02024997 d4be28050611b49757c1a&_e=1crgcp6GsrGZVoXr5RZIJB1bX1vgS5JMfWjVgO5okGQ10z7n_NlJ-2EPG-mHzZ_ 4riH3jEtn54yvKbbBE6UC_0sHoLhv0JbHm0wucr7E7yygeE3zbGLYwLXjQ-JYRzMioHsiSZdbcPyoPC6zRLADRLO55oFgwyRY1zrQUo-Gtt5mWae3QubYndQBIxIutCp2LuRdZ7KrZljkQeSr7PRYCMMkey_bxOwVWeFP0zjA258%3D">invested and completed a $7.5 million seed round of financing.
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