AI Agents and DeSci: The Rise and Development of Emerging Forces

In the past six months, there has been an emerging wave in the market regarding AI Agents and DeSci. From a narrative perspective, AI Agents emphasize their tremendous potential in autonomous decision-making, data analysis, and task execution, excelling at solving problems through algorithms. On the other hand, DeSci aims to leverage blockchain technology to break down traditional barriers in scientific research, achieving data sharing and transparency, and promoting decentralized knowledge sharing and research funding. This article will summarize the currently prominent and potentially significant tokens related to AI Agents and DeSci.

1. AI Agent: A New Era of Intelligent Systems

1.1 Overview of AI Agent

An AI Agent is an intelligent system with autonomy and goal orientation, capable of perceiving the environment, planning actions, executing tasks, and learning from experience to improve, achieving specific goals without human intervention. Its key characteristics are autonomy and goal orientation.

According to data from the platform on December 31, 2024, the current trend of AI is similar to the early stages of the DeFi boom in 2020-2021. The next day, a venture capital firm also proposed some ideas for AI Agents in 2025: AI agents need independent wallets; decentralized autonomous chatbots; with the popularization of artificial intelligence, there is a greater need for unique proofs of different AI personalities.

1.2 Popular AI Agent Tokens

The following are the popular AI Agent tokens ranked based on dynamic Mindshare consumer mind share:

1. AIXBT: Market capitalization of $550 million, mind share of 20.7%. Tracks hot discussions on crypto Twitter and identifies strong narratives.

2. Virtuals: Market value of $4 billion, mental share of 20.7%. Designed the Initial Token Offering (IAO) model, allowing users to generate new AI agents by locking tokens.

3. AI16Z: Market capitalization of $2 billion, mind share of 8.57%. Permissionless DAO with multiple related tokens and open-source AI agent framework.

4. Fartcoin: Market cap of $900 million, mental share of 6.93%. Located in a certain blockchain ecosystem, it allows users to submit fart jokes and memes in exchange for tokens.

5. Zerebro: Market cap of $560 million, mental share of 4.36%. A self-operating AI agent focused on artistic creation and content generation.

6. Griffain: Market capitalization of $380 million, mental share of 3.53%. An AI Agent built on a certain blockchain, simplifying user interactions with cryptocurrency.

7. SNAI: Market cap of $83 million, mind share of 1.95%. The token behind the cloud server protocol proxy platform.

8. GOAT: Market capitalization of $560 million, mental share of 1.91%. A meme coin fine-tuned by an AI platform, trained on social media data.

9. ARC: Market cap of 300 million USD, mind share of 1.89%. AI concept token representing the concept of AI infrastructure.

10. TRISIG: Market value of $74 million, mental share of 1.47%. Claims to be a crypto analyst capable of identifying early alpha projects.

1.3 Future Prospects of AI Agents

At this stage, Blockchain + AI is still struggling to trigger an AI Summer wave, but on-chain data reflects a situation similar to the explosive growth of DeFi before 2020-2021. Currently, AI project categories are rapidly emerging, with noteworthy directions including computing power, infrastructure, memes, launch platforms, and applications.

The application of AI agents in practical data analysis is more valuable. For example, by analyzing on-chain and market data, it is possible to predict the attitudes and policy directions of political figures in the cryptocurrency field.

Blockchain has a natural advantage of data transparency, providing a good foundation for the development of AI. The on-chain opportunities for AI Agents include both short-term speculation and long-term value investment potential. Currently, market expectations for AI Agents are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

1. Market sentiment drives the overall AI Agent sector
2. AI Agent self-initiated iterative evolution, project evolution shifts from manual to automation.
3. AI analysis tools provide investors with new perspectives
4. The new token issuance platform has achieved success
5. AI virtual humans and AI works are opening new markets in non-crypto fields, enhancing the breakout effect of blockchain + AI narratives.

2. DeSci: The Decentralized Revolution of Scientific Research

2.1 Introduction to DeSci

DeSci (Decentralized Science) is a model that builds a fair and equitable scientific research infrastructure through Web3 technology, aimed at addressing issues such as peer review, funding, intellectual property management, data transparency, and review mechanisms in scientific research. It seeks to bring innovations from the cryptocurrency field into scientific research.

Although the concept of DeSci emerged as early as 2021, it wasn't until recently that the market regained attention in this field, following an investment by a trading platform and the launch of relevant protocols, as well as the participation of well-known industry figures in DeSci-themed conferences.

2.2 DeSci representative projects

A certain protocol is a curation and liquidity protocol in the decentralized science (DeSci) field, aimed at providing resource support for scientific research projects and promoting research innovation. The core components of this protocol include DAO, curation system, intellectual property tokenization and liquidity mechanisms, as well as incentive systems.

The agreement has successfully launched 7 sub-DAOs, covering areas such as longevity science, women's health, anti-aging, psychedelic science, hair loss research, cryopreservation, and brain health. Additionally, 3 sub-DAOs are currently in development, focusing on long-term effects of COVID-19, quantum biology, and genetic disease research.

2.3 Other DeSci related projects

1. A certain ecological DeSci platform: A Meme launch platform introduced at the blockchain conference, issuing tokens representing pharmaceuticals.

2. Unofficial Academic Support Token: A community Meme token aimed at supporting open-source research paper websites.

3. Quantum Entanglement Combination Token: A pair of tokens that express support for and opposition to Meme Tokens.

4. On-chain Digital Brain Project: Deploying biological neural networks on-chain to enable self-informed decision making.

5. Gene Data Project: Focused on the secure, private, and auditable monetization of genomic data using DeFi.

6. Healthcare Blockchain Projects: Using blockchain technology to innovate the management and utilization of electronic health records.

7. Medical and Pharmaceutical Meme Coins: Aimed at disrupting the traditional model of large pharmaceutical companies.

8. Tokenized academic social network: rewarding scientists for openly sharing academic content, building collaboration and publishing tools.

Conclusion: The Development Prospects of AI Agents and DeSci

Although AI Agent and DeSci are currently mainly driven by memes, their fundamental attributes differ from other meme projects:

1. Technical Support: Compared to purely internet memes, AI Agent and DeSci have a stronger technical foundation.

2. Breaking the Circle: DeSci relies more on external influence, while AI Agent needs breakthroughs in internal functions and value.

3. Growth Logic: DeSci needs leading projects to drive it, while AI Agent relies on its own趣味性 and practicality for iteration.

Overall, AI Agents demonstrate stronger development potential and breakout capability in the blockchain + AI space; whereas DeSci benefits from the attention of industry leaders and support from investment institutions. In the context of insufficient market innovation, AI Agents and DeSci are expected to become major hotspots in the next bull market.