From Wallets to Warlords: How AI Agents Are Colonizing Web3
When ChatGPT meets Ethereum, something stranger than fiction emerges: self-improving wallets, token-trading bots with personality, and agents that vote in DAOs like digital lobbyists. A recent systematic study of 133 Web3-AI agent projects has finally mapped this chaotic frontier — and the findings suggest we’re just witnessing the first skirmishes of a much bigger transformation. The Two Poles of the Web3-AI Ecosystem The paper identifies four major project categories: Category Project Count Avg Market Cap Example Projects AI Agent Incubation 56 $88M Singularity, Eliza OS Infrastructure 34 $188M NEAR, Fetch.ai Financial Services 55 $57M Nexo, Griffain, Wayfinder Creative & Virtual 28 $85M Botto, Hytopia Two clear dynamics emerge: ...