DeFAI is becoming the future of DeFi.
Written by: Deep Tide TechFlow
The AI theme continues to dominate the market, with $ai16z, $zerebro, and $griffain all launching on Binance contracts. The narrative framework $arc and $swarms are on the rise, pulling in over ten times gains within a week. Various AI Agents are emerging one after another; in short, the current AI-themed market can be described as—completely insane.
In addition to the soaring prices of various tokens, the practicality of AI is also continuously evolving. Many AI projects are starting to target the DeFi sector, using AI to execute complex DeFi operations, and the concept of DeFAI is frequently mentioned.
As Twitter user 0xJeff mentioned in his new article “DeFAI is the New DeFi”: “DeFAI is becoming the future of DeFi.” With the trend of DeFAI emerging, what exactly is DeFAI? Which DeFAI concept projects are worth paying attention to?
Deep Tide Note: AI Agent market has strong timeliness, with token prices fluctuating wildly, posing high risks. Investors should fully assess risks and participate cautiously. This article is merely a sharing of information based on market trends, and the author and platform do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the content. This article does not constitute any investment advice.
What is DeFAI?
Although DeFi has become one of the pillar concepts in the crypto world, there are still certain barriers to entry for ordinary people when it comes to specific operations.
To experience the various conveniences brought by DeFi, an ordinary user needs to learn: how to find the right project platform, how to set up various wallets, distinguish between various L1+L2, prevent phishing scams, and so on… Relatively speaking, the operations of DeFi are still too complex.
The emergence of DeFAI has changed this situation to some extent.
As the name suggests, DeFAI is "AI + DeFi," utilizing AI to simplify the complex operational thresholds of DeFi, allowing more people to participate in DeFi in a simpler manner, managing assets using DeFi services as easily as chatting with GPT.
What projects are under the DeFAI concept?
The DeFAI concept is simple and easy to understand, and the first batch of DeFAI concept projects is beginning to emerge, currently focusing on three main areas:
Abstraction Layer
Autonomous Trading AI Agents
AI-driven dApps
Abstraction Layer—Simplifying Interaction Operations
The abstraction layer essentially overlays a user-friendly interface on the complex operations of DeFi. It's like driving a car; users do not need to understand how the engine works, they just need to know how to drive.
Before DeFAI, there were already some simple attempts at abstraction layers in DeFi, such as Uniswap using the abstract cross-chain intent standard ERC-7683 to optimize cross-chain paths. However, these solutions still required users to have a certain understanding of DeFi knowledge.
The abstraction layer in the DeFAI era goes a step further, allowing users to express their investment intentions directly in natural language. For example, simply telling the AI Agent: “I want to dollar-cost average ETH, $100 every week,” the system will automatically handle all the complex on-chain operations.
Currently, the most notable abstraction layer products in the market are Griffain, Orbit, and Neur. They all attempt to allow users to complete DeFi operations through chat, but each has a different focus. Griffain is all-encompassing, Orbit focuses on cross-chain, while Neur delves deep into the Solana ecosystem.
Griffain
Token contract address:
KENJSUYLASHUMfHyy5o4Hp2FdNqZg1AsUPhfH2kYvEP
Griffain (@griffaindotcom) is an early coin-launching AI Agent in the DeFAI sector.
Griffain is divided into two main categories: personal agents and special agents. Personal agents are AI Agents created and controlled by users, allowing users to customize instructions and continuously update the agent's memory. These agents can not only execute on-chain operations but also perform information retrieval, with plans to support task delegation to other specialized agents in the future.
Special agents, on the other hand, are professional AI created by Griffain itself, with several special agents already launched, including Baxus, Blink, Onchain, Holiday, Sniper, and Flipper, each equipped with specific professional functions.
Currently, Griffain operates on an invitation basis, requiring early access passes or Griffain's Saga Genesis tokens. Once access is granted, users can create their own AI agents and access Griffain's special agent network.
Orbit
Token contract address:
GekTNfm84QfyP2GdAHZ5AgACBRd69aNmgA5FDhZupump
Orbit (@orbitcryptoai) is an AI-driven DeFi assistant platform, with the core goal of simplifying user interaction with DeFi. Currently, Orbit has achieved seamless integration with over 100 blockchain networks and more than 175 protocols, improving the efficiency of cross-chain operations through AI technology. The platform's functions cover cross-chain betting and asset bridging, staking and yield farming strategy optimization, lending protocol access, and comprehensive portfolio management tools, allowing users to operate on 116 chains.
Neur
Token contract address:
3N2ETvNpPNAxhcaXgkhKoY1yDnQfs41Wnxsx5qNJpump
Neur (@neur_sh) is a smart assistant in the Solana ecosystem, utilizing an open-source full-stack architecture supported by the Solana Agent Kit. The platform provides a smart agent system that supports natural language interaction and has integrated with major Solana protocols such as Jupiter and Magic Eden. Core functions include smart wallet management, NFT collection analysis, real-time market tracking, etc., simplifying user interaction with DeFi and NFTs through an AI-driven interface.
Slate
Slate (@slate_ceo) is a project in the early stages of the DeFAI field, characterized by its automation features. User feedback indicates that Slate's automation capabilities excel in executing complex trading strategies, drawing on well-known industry technologies, such as Chainlink's automation service concept, to provide users with secure and cost-effective solutions.
Slate has not yet issued tokens, with more focus still on product development.
AI Wayfinder
Wayfinder (@AIWayfinder) is an AI all-chain tool that enables users' autonomous AI Agents to navigate securely and effectively within and between blockchain ecosystems and applications, while independently trading their assets through a dedicated Web3 wallet.
Autonomous Trading AI Agents
Unlike traditional trading bots that can only execute preset programs, the new generation of AI trading agents possesses more powerful capabilities: extracting information from complex environments, performing contextual reasoning, learning patterns, and executing operations beyond their original programming…
The field of AI trading agents is also shifting from early entertainment purposes (such as betting on altcoins) to practical profit-making tools. However, the key issue is: how to verify that an "agent" is indeed AI and not an ordinary bot or human operation.
To address this issue, the industry has introduced two important infrastructures:
Trusted Execution Environment (TEE): Ensures that agents operate in a secure, tamper-proof environment.
Transparent Execution Verification Framework: Ensures computational trustworthiness through technologies like zero-knowledge proofs.
As autonomous agents are about to manage large amounts of funds, these verification mechanisms become particularly important. Users need to clearly understand how agents manage risks and ensure the safety of funds.
Although this field is still in its early stages, several projects are exploring these key technologies: Almanak
Almanak (@Almanak__) is a platform focused on democratizing quantitative trading, with the core goal of enabling anyone to create and use AI trading agents for profit. The platform's core advantage lies in its unique simulator, which combines agent-based modeling and blockchain-driven Monte Carlo simulations to provide a high-precision predictive environment for financial strategies.
The platform conducts strategy testing and optimization through a simulator and is responsible for strategy deployment and monitoring via an execution engine. Almanak incentivizes ecosystem participants through tokens, with a particular focus on incentivizing strategy contributors.
Cod3x
Cod3x (@Cod3xOrg) is a DeFAI ecosystem created by the Byte Mason team (developers of Fantom and Sonic Labs). Its core highlight is the provision of no-code building tools, allowing users to easily create trading agents. Users can set trading strategies, personality traits, and even tweet styles for the agents.
The platform integrates a rich API and strategy library and collaborates with Allora Network to enhance trading strategies using its advanced machine learning price prediction models. This enables users to access any dataset and develop financial strategies within minutes. The platform's flagship agent, Big Tony, conducts trading operations for mainstream cryptocurrencies based on the Allora model, showcasing the practical application of AI-driven trading.
Axal & Gekko Agent
Token contract address:
0xf7b0dd0B642a6ccc2fc4d8FfE2BfFb0caC8C43C8
Axal (@getaxal) is an innovative AI trading platform featuring a product called Autopilot that supports users in creating custom trading agents. Established in 2023, the project focuses on developing AI agent infrastructure, managing agent source, competitive auctions, and payment processing. Users can set automatic rebalancing strategies, yield harvesting conditions, and create custom token combinations through Autopilot. For example, users can set conditions like "automatically liquidate when the portfolio falls below a certain price."
Recently, Axal partnered with Agora Finance to further expand its capabilities in automated trading strategies, enabling complex operations from rebalancing to creating custom token indices.
Gekko Agent (@Gekko_Agent) is an AI agent released by AXAL through Virtuals.io. Its main function is to share information about the crypto market and trading-related content, adopting a communication style that mimics 1980s Wall Street traders on social media.
ASYM
Token contract address:
KENJSUYLASHUMfHyy5o4Hp2FdNqZg1AsUPhfH2kYvEP
ASYM Agents (@ASYM41b07) are described as "cheat codes" for memecoin trading, capable of analyzing large datasets from blockchains and social media to predict memecoin trends (mainly monitoring and trading tokens on the Pumpfun platform).
The project's core functions are divided into two parts: one is the prediction system, where ASYM uses a set of machine learning models to predict short-term price movements of tokens and automatically executes corresponding trading strategies based on these predictions; the other is social interaction, where the project has established interactive bots on the X platform to communicate with users, improving upon the a16z framework.
From the current development status, ASYM's official website has a low update frequency, and its activities on the X platform mainly focus on releasing market analyses similar to AIXBT. The project regularly publishes progress information through bot accounts, including accuracy data of prediction models and development updates.
Project Plutus
Token contract address:
76PsEyML7UV9uiBDWMdG3itRRuupDuRs6nNpjNBpump
Project Plutus (@ProjectPlutus_) is an AI trading agent project deployed on the Solana chain, with its token PPCoin issued through the Pumpfun platform. The core goal of the project is to help users maximize returns while freeing them from tedious chart analysis and complex financial operations.
Project Plutus believes that merely providing research analysis, like @aixbt_agent, is not enough; it also needs to have autonomous trading capabilities. Therefore, the project has designed a system that integrates analysis and trading: it can conduct market research like aixbt while executing autonomous trades through a funded wallet, allowing users to invest and withdraw funds (AUM). The system's main functions include automated trading strategy execution, portfolio management optimization, and completing trades based on user-defined financial goals.
The project is developing more features, such as allowing the Agent to assess the quality of project GitHub code to expand the analysis dimensions. In terms of token application, users holding more than 5,000,000 PPCoin can unlock more advanced analysis features, a mechanism similar to the token staking model of the Cookie platform, providing practical use for the token.
AI Driven DApps
AI-driven dApps represent a promising direction in the DeFAI field. These complete decentralized applications integrate AI or AI Agents to enhance functionality, automation, and user experience. Although this subfield is still in its infancy, some ecosystems and projects have begun to emerge.
Mode Network
Token contract address:
0x084382d1cc4f4dfd1769b1cc1ac2a9b1f8365e90
Mode Network (@modenetwork), designed to attract high-tech AI x DeFi developers, is one of the most active ecosystems in this field. Several teams are currently developing cutting-edge AI-driven applications on Mode:
ARMA (by Giza Tech)
ARMA (@0xARMAgeddon) is an emerging AI-driven yield optimization project within the Mode Network ecosystem, developed by Giza Tech (@gizatechxyz). The project focuses on automated yield management for USDC assets and is one of the core applications of the Mode Network AI Agent App Store. ARMA operates in a self-custody mode, ensuring users maintain control over their assets through smart contracts. Its core function is to continuously monitor the yield rates of various lending protocols on the Mode Network and automatically execute fund rebalancing at appropriate times.
Modius
Modius is an autonomous agent supported by Autonolas (Olas) @autonolas for managing Balancer liquidity pools. It is set to launch in 2024 on the Mode Network as an autonomous multi-agent system. Modius joins the Mode Network AI agent ecosystem, including ARMA, to collectively promote the development of DeFi automation.
Amplifi Lending Agents
Amplifi Lending Agents, developed by Amplifi.Fi (@Amplifi_Fi), utilize AI algorithms to analyze market data, automatically adjust investment strategies, and provide users with optimized yield solutions. Core functions include intelligent asset allocation, risk management, and yield optimization, helping users achieve better investment returns in the DeFi market through automation. Amplifi Lending Agents are also integrated with Ironclad Finance, enabling automatic asset swaps, lending on Ironclad, and maximizing yields through automated rebalancing.
HeyAnonai
Token contract address:
9McvH6w97oewLmPxqQEoHUAv3u5iYMyQ9AeZZhguYf1T
HeyAnonai (@HeyAnonai) can automatically execute complex operations such as cross-chain bridging, token swapping, and staking, while aggregating and analyzing project data from multiple channels like Twitter, Discord, and GitHub in real-time. Through natural language processing technology, HeyAnon helps users quickly obtain information on price changes, community sentiment, and development dynamics, enhancing the efficiency of DeFi investment decision-making.
Recently, @danielesesta attracted widespread attention with the DeFAI theory of HeyAnonai (@HeyAnonai). He announced that HeyAnon is developing the following:
An abstraction layer for DeFi interfaces
DeFi agents for autonomous trading execution
Research and communication agents for acquiring, filtering, and interpreting relevant data
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