The Trump MEME Coin Drains the Crypto Market, Is it a Good Opportunity for DeFI Bargain Hunting?

Original Author: jinglingcookies, Researcher at monad xyz
Original Translation: zhouzhou, BlockBeats

Editor's Note: This article introduces multiple DeFAI (Decentralized Finance combined with Artificial Intelligence) projects, focusing on how different AI agents simplify DeFi operations, execute trades, provide market analysis, and other functions. The author showcases the characteristics of these projects, token utilities, market performance, and their potential in the decentralized finance field. DeFAI is still in its early stages and faces many challenges such as a lack of strong token value accrual and intense competition. Lastly, the author encourages AI developers to collaborate with the crypto field to drive technological advancement together.

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If you've experienced the AI agent craze in the past month, you must have heard of the term "DeFAI" and heard many people pronounce it in different ways. But who cares about pronunciation when the price is skyrocketing?

The term DeFAI was coined by danielesesta (founder of HeyAnonai, more on this later) who launched Wonderland TIME during the 2021 DeFi summer. Simply put, DeFAI = DeFi + AI, meaning DeFi protocols combined with AI, simplifying the complex processes of using DeFi (making DeFi accessible even to our grandmothers).

Everyone was talking about TRUMP yesterday. If you still don't know what that is, unfortunately, you're probably ngmi. But the key point is, yesterday's TRUMP craze caused numerous other AI token prices to plummet as many people exited their AI positions to go all in on TRUMP.

This provided us with a potential opportunity to enter at a more favorable price. This is also the reason I wrote this article, to introduce you to 50 DeFAI projects for you to choose which you believe will be the projects of the future in DeFi—Making DeFi Great Again (MDGA—yes, I know, that name is terrible).

Notes:

Most of these projects are from CoinGecko's DeFAI category. Thanks to the outstanding users for providing the resources.

Displayed price changes are rounded to the nearest whole number.

All data is taken from January 19 to 20, 2025.

AIXBT | aixbt Agent | Market Analysis Agent

Introduction: An AI agent that provides actionable insights and identifies market narratives.

Features:

Shares insights about project fundamentals, such as DAU (Daily Active Users), revenue, upcoming project updates, etc.

Interacts with users on Twitter, responds to questions through it (though not guaranteed).

If a user queries through the aixbt terminal, a response is guaranteed (wallet must hold at least 600,000 AIXBT).

Can mint a token (CHAOS) through SimulacrumAI and change its avatar (Quantum Cats gifted by udiWertheimer's TaprootWizards).

Recent Developments:

Ranks first in kaitoai’s CT Leaderboard.

Has a 31.11% market share in the AI agent market.

Token Utility:

Access exclusive market insights provided by aixbt through the terminal.

Participate in governance voting.

Price Changes:

7 Days: +56%

30 Days: 180%

Market Cap: $6.17 Billion

Other similar agents include: tri sigma

ASYM41b07: Specializes in capturing token bonding dynamics.

AcolytAI: Provides more nuanced analysis.

sperg ai: Technical, fundamental, and sentiment analysis.

kwantxbt: Technical analysis.

AIXBT's Market Share in the AI Agent Space

GRIFFAIN | griffaindotcom | Abstract Platform

Introduction: Intent-based endpoint that simplifies on-chain transaction complexity.

Features

Personal Agent: Created by the user, can be given specific instructions and authorize a wallet to perform on-chain operations.
For example: swap 100 USDC for SOL.

Professional Agent: Created by Griffain, with specific practical functions, such as token sniping.

Token Utility

According to the documentation, most transactions on Griffain are paid in SOL.

It is currently unclear how the GRIFFAIN token will be used.

Notes

Backed by Solana Labs, Griffain has sparked a lot of discussion on Twitter.

Price Change

7 Days: +24.7%

30 Days: +6.6%

Market Cap: $4.56 Billion

Other similar agents include

HeyElsaAI

HieroTerminal

StrawberryAI 5

ProjectPlutus

blormmy

hyperflyai on HyperliquidX

PAAL | PaalMind | Agents-as-a-Service (AaaS)

Introduction: A platform providing agents for various purposes.

Features, offering a range of robots:

Paal Bot: A question-answering robot.

Enterprise Agent: An agent for automating processes.

Autonomous Trading Agent: A self-executing trading agent used for trade execution.

Token Utility

Shared revenue with PAAL holders.

Access to advanced features.

Price Changes

7 Days: -9.5%

30 Days: +70.9%

Market Cap: $3.12 Billion

Other similar agents include: GT Protocol

ANON | HeyAnonai | Abstract Platform

Introduction: DeFi abstraction layer—conducting DeFi operations through conversational language (via a Telegram bot) combined with AI-driven market insights.

Features

Offers various DeFi operations such as swapping, lending, cross-chain, etc.

Gemma: Research agent that gathers alpha information and market narratives from platforms like Twitter, Telegram, etc.

AUTOMATE: TypeScript framework enabling DeFi protocols to integrate with Hey Anon, providing abstraction layer functionality to users.

Supports multiple chains including Arbitrum, Base, and will eventually support Solana—enabling the building of cross-chain DeFi abstractions.

To learn more about HeyAnonai's features, check out this thread.

Progress

The launch of Hey Anon sparked a massive buzz, heralding the start of a new category, DeFAI.

Token Utility

Access AI agent services.

Token distribution through a grant program.

Governance Token: Holders can guide protocol development.

Price Changes

7 Days: +47.4%

14 Days: +143.8% (yet to reach 30 Days)

Market Cap: $2.18 Billion

GRIFT | orbitcryptoai | Abstract Platform

Introduction: A platform that seamlessly connects DeFi interaction and alpha resources.

Features

Seamless DeFi execution, such as yield seeking.

Alpha information retrieval through tracking Twitter accounts.

Task scheduling, e.g., automatically swapping to SOL when a certain condition is met.

Token Utility

Exclusive access to advanced features.

Revenue sharing.

Notes

Currently one of the most well-equipped terminals.

Orbit is developed by sphereone with the support of alliancedao.

Price Change

7 Days: +86.9%

30 Days: +442.3%

Market Cap: $1.14 billion

SPEC | Spectral Labs | Trading Agent

Introduction: Perpetual contract trading agent

Features
Users can create an agent (similar to pumpdotfun) and provide wallet access for trading

The agent has an interactive brain that can display its thought process

By purchasing agent tokens, users can interact to influence the agent's decisions

Token Utility
Users need to hold SPEC to create an agent
Participate in governance and influence the agent

NOTE: Since users have to buy agent tokens first, there is significant friction in agent interaction (I prefer the mechanism of orbitcryptoai), leading to many redundant agents, making the platform appear chaotic
Price Change
7 Days: -1.4%
30 Days: -25.2%
Market Cap: $1.02 billion

MODE | modenetwork | Abstract Platform

Introduction: AI-driven Layer 2 platform.

Features

Mode AI Terminal: Execute DeFi operations through natural language.

AI Agent Marketplace: Access agents with various on-chain capabilities.

Data Layer: Analyze market data, train agents to perform better under volatility.

Development Stats

1,684 agents.

4,066 transactions completed.

Funds Managed: $304,000.

Token Utility

Provide early access to new features and advanced functionalities.

Price Changes

7 days: +10.6%

30 days: +24%

Market Cap: $1.02 billion

DRV | derivexyz | Trading Agent

Introduction: Full-stack AI-driven trading platform.

Features

Research: Access news, trends, and market data from MessariCrypto.

Execution: Translate market insights (e.g., bullish/bearish) into actionable trades, one-click execution.

Portfolio Management: Custom interface through prompts.

Token Utility

Not explicitly mentioned but may be used for prompt and execution fees.

Notes

If you wish to try Derive Pro, you can join the waitlist here.

Price Changes

No price change data available yet as the token recently launched.

Market Cap: $91 million

Other similar agents include: loomlayai

Introduction: On-chain execution platform based on a honeycomb architecture.

Features

On-chain DeFi Execution: Execute DeFi operations entirely within the terminal through natural language prompts, such as swaps, liquidity provision, staking, etc.

Portfolio Agent: Assist in identifying yield opportunities for users' idle assets.

EMP | EmpyrealSDK | Launchpad

Introduction: An agent that launches and executes on-chain operations through social media.

Features

Execute on-chain operations by interacting with social media platforms (Twitter, Farcaster, Reddit, etc.) comments.

Validator network used to validate messages before execution.

Token Utility: Share revenue with EMP stakers.

Development Status: Kudai IO leverages SimulacrumAI with support from Empyreal.

Notes

Having a private command option, similar to a private chatbox, would be nice.

Having a sidebar extension to provide prompts while users browse tweets would be more convenient.

Price Change

7 Days: +15.9%

30 Days: +0.4%

Market Cap: $80 million

Other similar agents include: bankrbot

ALPHA | AlphaArc4k | Launchpad

Introduction: Data-driven analytics agent based on-chain.

Features

Alpha Studio: Allows users to build agents that can analyze complex databases and generate actionable insights.

AI Agent Hub: Access a list of agents created by others.

Note: Similar to aixbt, but more focused on on-chain analytics.

Price Change

7 Days: +95.3%

14 Days: +34.4%

Market Cap: $38 million

OLAS | autonolas | Launch Platform

Introduction: Agent launch platform.

Features

One of the earliest agent frameworks to launch.

Users can create their own agents using the provided framework.

Token Utility: OLAS staking is required when creating an AI agent.

Price Change

7 Days: -4.3%

30 Days: -33%

Market Cap: $43 million

Other similar agents include: LayerAIorg

GATSBY | gatsbyfi | DeFI Infrastructure

Introduction: On-chain data-driven analytics agent.

Features

Explorer: View transactions made by wallets.

Execution: Backtest trading strategies.

Ideal for professional/experienced traders. Trading execution conditions can be more creative (based on real-time blockchain information).

Price Change

7 Days: -12.8%

30 Days: +321.8%

Market Cap: $40 million

SNAI | swarmnode | Launch Platform

Introduction: Deploy serverless AI agents.

Features

Serverless: Deploy agents to the cloud without managing servers.

Pay-per-Use: The agent can run at a specific time, and the creator only pays for its active time, increasing cost-effectiveness.

SwarmNode: Orchestrates cooperation among agents.

Notes

You can create agent clusters for niche domains, then coordinate sharing information to find alpha.

Price Change

7 Days: -30.3%

30 Days: -51.6%

Market Cap: $38 million

NEUR | neur sh | Abstract Platform

Introduction: Solana's smart co-pilot.

Features

Smart Agent System: Obtain Web3 native insights through natural language prompts.

Seamless On-chain Execution: Swapping, token minting, NFT transactions, etc.

Token Use Cases

Open-source development contributions.

Community-driven project.

Developer rewards and bounties.

Technical infrastructure improvements.

Notes

Provides highly comprehensive answers.

Execution speed is extremely fast.

Price Change

7 Days: -34.5%

14 Days: -3.4%

Market Cap: $28 million

STRDY | SturdyFinance | DeFi Optimization

Introduction: AI-optimized lending yield.

Features: Sturdy identifies various yields in the lending market through AI.

Token Use

Governance token.

Price Change

7 Days: -14%

30 Days: -34.9%

Market Cap: $25 million

PROMPT | AIWayfinder | Abstract Platform

Introduction: Simplifying DeFi interactions.

Functionality: Creators can create "shells" on Wayfinder, which contain instructions to perform certain DeFi operations, such as exchanging 100 USDC for SOL and depositing it into sanctumso. Users can simply click to execute these operations without manually going through each step.

Token Utility:

PROMPT is not yet live but will have the following utilities:

 Staking to create "shells".

 Used to pay for accessing "shells".

MOZ | Mozaic Fi | DeFi Optimization

Introduction: AI-optimized cross-chain yield and liquidity strategies.

Functionality: As one of the earliest AI-driven yield protocols, Mozaic identifies optimal yields and regularly adjusts positions.

Token Utility: Governance token.

MONK | monk agent | Trading Agent

Introduction: Research and trading assistant.

Functionality:

Built by the Fere AI team, focusing on multi-agent intelligence (Fere Pro, Market Pulse Agent, Investment Agent).

24/7 market analysis and trading.

Monk can provide data-driven market insights on cue.

MOBY | mobyagent | Market Analysis Agent

Introduction: AI co-pilot supported by assetdash, whalewatchalert, griffaindotcom.

Functionality: Provides insights into assets with significant whale activity.

Other similar agents include: Gekko Agent

T3AI | trustInWeb3 | DeFi Optimization

Introduction: AI agent focused on lending.

Features: Non-collateralized lending, automated risk management.

CATG | boltrade ai | Trading Agent

Introduction: Data-driven trading agent.

Features: Trade based on insights on Boltrade DEX, provide extensive metric viewing capabilities.

ConsoleKit by BrahmaFi | DeFAI Infrastructure

Introduction: Wallet access control for AI agents.

Features: Establish boundaries for on-chain operations AI agents can perform, protect users from malicious or spoofed agent behavior.

slate ceo | Abstract Platform

Introduction: Intent-based DeFi execution.

Features: Cross-chain DeFi execution, terminal detailed explanation of DeFi execution paths.

vainguard ai | DeFAI Infrastructure

Introduction: Autonomous trading agent.

Features: Initially providing human-like autonomous trading. "Will become financial managers of their own as they start to own their own finance.

Summary: Review of 25 DeFAI Protocols

Early Stage: Many mentioned projects are still in the testing phase.

Transaction Agent Performance: More time is still needed to validate whether the transaction agent can perform well.

Automated DeFi Execution: Excellent, as it abstracts complexity.

DeFAI Moat Problem: It is challenging to establish a competitive barrier in the DeFAI space, as many projects share similarities.

Token Value Accumulation Issue: Most tokens lack strong value accumulation, and some do not even have a clear use case.

Some terminals take a long time to respond to user prompts, which may be due to either blockchain issues or suboptimal data retrieval by the agent.

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