New Ideas for AI Agents (Part Two)

In yesterday's article, I mainly referenced an idea from a reference article:

That is, NFT project teams can consider issuing their own AI agents.

In fact, there are already NFT projects with such cases.

However, in this case, the AI agent was initiated not by the project team, but by a community enthusiast. mfer is an NFT that was quite popular on the internet. An enthusiast from this NFT community, @HeresMyEth, initiated an AI agent focused on mfer, @mferGPT.

But this project currently has little impact, and I haven't seen any major NFT project teams personally engage in such operations.

In fact, there is no need to limit such operations strictly to NFT projects, nor is it necessary to confine it solely to issuing AI agents; one can operate all activities related to AI agents, such as building platforms similar to Virtuals.

Over the weekend, I came across such a case.

Speaking of zkSync, its airdrop once left countless opportunists with painful memories. After the token airdrop, I seemed to have never heard the community discuss this Ethereum Layer 2 expansion that was once highly anticipated, nor have I heard anyone talk about projects on this Layer 2 expansion.

But while I was casually browsing over the weekend, I suddenly discovered that a DEX on this Layer 2 expansion has now transformed to mimic the gameplay of Virtuals. This DEX is Holdstation (
https://holdstation.exchange/).

I had previously interacted with this DEX purely to take advantage of the airdrop. The only impression it left on me was that it supports Pay Master, allowing users to choose to use its token (Hold) to pay for gas fees. This made my experience much smoother.

Aside from that, I couldn't see any highlights of this DEX.

If I hadn't stumbled upon its news over the weekend, I wouldn't have remembered this DEX at all.

Now, in addition to continuing its DEX business, it has also transformed into an AI agent financing platform like Virtuals, and it seems to have received support from the ecosystem.

Its gameplay completely mimics Virtuals, allowing supported AI agents to issue tokens, and users must use its platform token Hold to purchase these AI agent tokens.

Currently, this DEX has already issued AI agents, but these agents do not have many highlights yet, and it seems not many people are aware of them. Only the project team is tirelessly promoting and advertising on Twitter.

Regardless of whether this new method works or not, the project's quick action already indicates that they see this gameplay as a "lifeline."

This sign makes me even more convinced that the gameplay of Virtuals will quickly expand to other ecosystems and be used by more struggling project teams to "revive" themselves.

If we further connect this gameplay with the countless Layer 2 expansions available now, the segmented imaginative space becomes even larger.

Doesn't Uniswap have its own Unichain?

Regarding the development direction of Unichain, there is a dedicated article on Messari analyzing whether it is a general-purpose chain or a DeFi-specific chain.

Now it seems there is no need for debate. If Uniswap also adopts the Virtuals method, specifically fostering DeFi-focused AI agents (such as trading agents, payment agents, etc.) on Unichain, and uses its UNI token as the exchange medium for these AI agent tokens, then it can develop its own DeFi AI agent ecosystem on its chain.

Moreover, this is a legitimate, regulatory-compliant, empowering method for tokens, and a safe and effective approach.

Ape and Magic also have their own dedicated game (Layer 2 expansion) chains, ApeChain and Treasure, right?

They can also adopt the Virtuals gameplay to foster game-related AI agents within their ecosystem and strongly empower their tokens. In this way, they can also establish their own game-related AI agent ecosystem and support the price of their tokens.

If this idea can be implemented, I estimate that what might erupt next will not only be AI agents but also a simultaneous explosion of Layer 2 expansions and AI agents—any project with strong capabilities and ecosystems will consider building its own Layer 2 expansion and then establishing its own AI agent ecosystem on that Layer 2 expansion.

The imaginative space will become very large.