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Standing out among numerous AI Agent platforms, Virtuals relies on more than just a "first-mover advantage."
Original Article Title: Getting Virtual'ed
Original Article Author: Defi0xJeff, Founder of Steak Studio
Original Article Translation: zhouzhou, BlockBeats
Editor's Note: This article introduces Virtuals, a leading AI agent ecosystem with 15,000+ agents and $60M in revenue, has become a core platform for AI innovation. Through agent creation, alliances, and sub-DAO incentive mechanisms, it drives ecosystem development. Additionally, the platform optimizes its economic model through token buybacks and burns. Future growth drivers include CEX listings, more partners, and price volatility. Although the viewpoint is biased towards Virtuals, investment requires own research (DYOR).
The following is the original content (slightly reorganized for better readability):
Back in November 2024, I published an article titled "Why Virtuals Will Become a Unicorn Before the New Year." Just one week later, VIRTUAL achieved unicorn status.
At that time, virtuals io was the primary AI agent ecosystem, and ai16zdao was just starting to gain attention among developers. The AI agent market at that time was relatively simple, with only a few agents focusing on personalization and Alpha.
Virtuals' data at that time:
· Over 2,000 agents online
· Cumulative revenue of $20 million
· 40 agents on the Sentient dashboard (including 5+ well-known top agents)
Fast forward to today:
Virtuals has firmly established its position as a leader in the AI agent distribution network. In just four months, it has achieved the following:
· Over 15,000 agents online
· Cumulative revenue of $60 million
· 597 agents on the Sentient dashboard (including 50–100 well-known top agents)
Although VIRTUAL's market cap has retraced from its all-time high of $5 billion to its current $2.9 billion, development progress is accelerating:
·aixbt agent, the top-ranked agent on Virtuals, is starting to decouple from the parent ecosystem. This demonstrates that Virtuals has provided an excellent standalone growth platform for agents.
Virtuals now holds a trust and influence similar to a top Layer 1, becoming the preferred distribution channel for protocols, institutions, and major brands, and is the core platform in the AI agent space.
AI x Gaming Sector
In the AI x Gaming sector, Virtuals has already partnered with the following top brands:
·illuviumio
·Ronin Network
·SovrunOfficial
·avariksaga
·animocabrands
These partnerships are driving industry boundaries further through innovations like AI NPCs, AI-driven gameplay dynamics, and more.
Beyond the Gaming Sector: High-Performance Utility Agents
Virtuals also excels in collaborating with protocols to build high-performance utility agents. For example:
·taocat agent ➔ Virtuals x getmasafi: Integrating the Bittensor subnet to achieve self-learning and adaptive agents.
·Gekko Agent ➔ Virtuals x getaxal: Showcasing Axal's Autopilot automated trading functionality.
·Agent YP ➔ Virtuals x yellowpantherx: Bringing game-centric market analysis features to the CT community.
Unique Agent Instances
Here are some unique agent instances launched on the Virtuals platform:
·luna virtuals: Top-tier personalized virtual idol (formerly StoryProtocol intern)
·AcolytAI: Provides AI Oracle infrastructure for all Virtuals agents
·trustme bros: Market/trading entry and exit signal alerts
·0x nomAI: Provides on-chain analysis/terminal functionality for agents
·Freya Starfall: AI NPC in the Starfall EN game
·PH: Decentralized AI model powered by PondGNN to support Virtual agents
·MusicByVirtuals: Music generation agent, collaborating with DJ Wukong
·santavirtuals: Distributes rewards to Virtuals agents via questflow
·AgentSploots: On-chain advertising network agent
·h4ck terminal: White-hat vulnerability discovery agent
·CertaiK Agent: Smart contract audit agent
·CPA: Automates tax handling for agents
·polytraderAI: Autonomous market prediction agent
·Misato virtuals: NFT artist agent
·Byte AI: Agent developing human-grade food
The Virtuals ecosystem is thriving, with various agents continuously innovating in all directions.
Agent Collaboration
Collaboration among agents is also accelerating. Virtuals recently partnered with infinityg ai to develop a multi-agent collaboration system (Agent Business Model).
DAO Investment and On-Chain AI Venture Capital
DAO investments and AI-focused venture capital are supporting Virtuals projects:
·Vader AI: Top-tier investment DAO creation platform for Virtual projects
·sekoia virtuals: Tier 1 grassroots AI venture capital, investing in selected Virtuals projects
·aixCB Vc: Investment DAO focusing on DeSCI and AI initiatives
·wai combinator: Active investment DAO and incubator in the Virtuals space
These institutions provide funding, marketing support, and credibility assurance to help new agents quickly gain attention.
Flywheel Effect
Virtuals is in full swing, relying on a powerful VIRTUAL/AGENT token liquidity pool, a sustainable tokenomics, and an excellent team skilled in storytelling and incubating AI agents. Mathematically, VIRTUAL is bound to break through a $100 billion market cap.
The new 1% tax distribution further incentivizes innovation:
· 30% allocated to agent creators
· 20% allocated to agent alliance
· 50% allocated to agent sub-DAO
This ensures that creators have cash flow support, alliances drive transaction volume growth, and token holders manage treasury funds.
Since October 2024, a total of 12,990,427.85 VIRTUAL in trading revenue has been accumulated for token buyback and burn.
The future belongs to Virtuals
Virtuals remains the first-generation AI agent ecosystem, with the largest number of high-quality unique agents. The catalysts are obvious—CEX listings, more partnerships, more collaborations, and more price volatility. Still think Virtuals tech is bad?
Disclaimer:
I am somewhat biased in my views on Virtuals (fully disclosed, I hold a significant amount of VIRTUAL). Please be sure to do your research before making any decisions.
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The privacy-focused crypto wallet Mixin announced today the launch of its U-based perpetual contract (a derivative priced in USDT). Unlike traditional exchanges, Mixin has taken a new approach by "liberating" derivative trading from isolated matching engines and embedding it into the instant messaging environment.
Users can directly open positions within the app with leverage of up to 200x, while sharing positions, discussing strategies, and copy trading within private communities. Trading, social interaction, and asset management are integrated into the same interface.
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The trading process has been streamlined into five steps:
· Choose the trading asset
· Select long or short
· Input position size and leverage
· Confirm order details
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· End-to-end encrypted voice communication
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By combining social interaction with trade execution, Mixin enables users to collaborate, share, and execute trading strategies instantly within the same environment.
Mixin has also introduced a referral incentive system based on trading behavior:
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The system aims to strike a balance between transaction efficiency, asset security, and privacy protection.
Against the background of perpetual contracts becoming a mainstream trading tool, Mixin is exploring a different development direction by lowering barriers, enhancing social and privacy attributes.
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Mixin's design is based on a user-initiated, user-controlled model. The platform neither custodies assets nor executes transactions on behalf of users.
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· Privacy protection: safeguarding assets and data through MPC, CryptoNote, and end-to-end encrypted communication
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