AI enthusiasm is expected to persist, according to the analysis of an AI expert
Artificial Intelligence to Revolutionise Crypto Industry by 2026
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to make a significant impact on the crypto industry by 2026, transforming it from a human-driven speculation to an AI-managed financial operation. This prediction was highlighted by Hasib Qureshi, Managing Partner of Dragonfly, who believes that AI agents will become the main narrative in the crypto community by January 1, 2025.
By this time, AI agents will hold their own blockchain wallets, conduct trades, negotiate contracts, and execute transactions in Bitcoin and stablecoins. This shift will create a parallel AI-driven economy that operates continuously and at machine speeds.
One exception to the rule of AI chatbots is Freysa, as Qureshi points out. AI agents are expected to become fully autonomous economic participants that trade, manage assets, and engage in blockchain transactions without human oversight.
Impact of AI Agents in the Crypto Industry
The key impacts of AI agents in the crypto industry by 2026 include autonomous economic activity, automated trading and portfolio management, personal AI quant advisors, and AI-powered influencer coexistence and partial replacement.
Autonomous economic activity will transform crypto from human-driven speculation to AI-managed financial operations. AI agents will conduct trades, negotiate contracts, and execute transactions in Bitcoin and stablecoins, effectively creating a parallel AI-driven economy.
Automated trading and portfolio management platforms like Solana’s @FigmentTrade will enable AI agents to autonomously perform trades 24/7 using real-time blockchain data. This will reduce manual intervention and potentially outperform human traders due to rapid data processing and live market testing.
Personal AI quant advisors will automate the identification and execution of DeFi strategies, allowing users to navigate diverse and rapidly evolving ecosystems with minimal manual effort.
AI-powered influencer coexistence and partial replacement will see influencers adopting AI-assisted tools, such as virtual AI twins, to interact with fans, generate and auto-publish content based on trending topics, and verify identities on-chain to prevent impersonation. AI will reduce the time and effort required for content creation and community engagement, allowing influencers to scale their reach and influence while maintaining some human control.
AI Agents and Human Influencers
AI agents will act as both tools enhancing human influencer productivity and autonomous actors changing how trading and economic activity happens in crypto. They will handle automation and scale, while humans will provide creativity, trust, and strategic oversight.
In summary, by 2026, the integration of AI and humans is expected to be well underway, creating a nuanced ecosystem blending AI economic agency with human cultural and strategic influence.
The emergence of AI-driven crypto altcoins and platforms focused on decentralized AI agents, such as ASI, Render, and Virtuals, underline the growing fusion of AI and blockchain as foundational to future crypto innovation and economies.
References:
[1] AI and Crypto: The Future of Decentralized Finance
[2] How AI Will Change the Crypto Landscape
[3] Figment Trade: The Future of AI-Powered Crypto Trading
[4] The Role of AI in DeFi: A New Era of Financial Services
[5] The Rise of Decentralized AI Agents: A New Era for Crypto
Artificial-intelligence agents will hold their own blockchain wallets and conduct trades by 2026, transforming the crypto industry into an AI-managed financial operation (Reference: [1]).
These AI agents are predicted to become fully autonomous economic participants, engaging in blockchain transactions without human oversight (Reference: [5]).
