Author: KarenZ, Foresight News
In 2025, Crypto + AI will still be the main theme, and within this, DeFi + AI may truly take center stage.
If you are active in the Crypto & AI field, you must be familiar with the term "DeFAI" recently. However, the author prefers to use the term "AiFi", as AiFi is more concise, easy to pronounce and remember, and has stronger recognition.
Whether it's DeFAI or AiFi, both represent the combination of DeFi and AI, with the ultimate goal of elevating the DeFi user experience to the natural and smooth level of conversing with ChatGPT, providing users with cutting-edge, precise analytical insights and profit strategies, and automating the execution of these strategies, eliminating the tedious process of manually accessing DApp pages for transactions, staking, and yield-related operations. In addition, there are many infrastructure projects playing an indispensable role in providing frameworks, indexing, data support, encryption, and computing.
At the current stage, AiFi projects are mainly focused on providing data insight services and simple on-chain interaction processes, and some account abstraction projects have also begun to deepen their value research and insight capabilities with the help of AI. In addition, AiFi projects relying on large-scale models and data analysis platforms are increasing, and these projects can automatically execute buy and sell operations, screen high-potential yield liquidity pools, and capture every fleeting opportunity based on complex algorithms and user-preset conditions.
In the current market landscape, AiFi applications and technologies are exploring survival and development in their respective independent and fiercely competitive ecosystems, and in 2025 and the next few years, with the maturity of AiFi and the growth of user demand, AiFi may usher in explosive growth.
It can be foreseen that more projects will be committed to building seamless and intelligent financial services, while lowering the threshold of DeFi, they will provide richer and more profitable DeFi trading and yield strategies, thereby attracting and reaching more ordinary users. In addition, the collaboration between AI agents may also show its importance in many aspects, through information sharing, strategy coordination, task allocation, and other ways of cooperation. This collaborative model can integrate the advantages of multiple agents, improve the efficiency and quality of task execution, and achieve more complex task processing and higher intelligence.
This article has compiled more than 30 AiFi projects based on market insights and three categories: the abstraction layer, infrastructure, and AI-empowered DeFi applications. However, it is worth noting that although AiFi projects are emerging like bamboo shoots after the rain, many of these projects are still in the internal testing or conceptual stage and have not yet been officially launched.
Market Insights / Abstraction Layer
The AiFi abstraction layer refers to the combination of AI and DeFi, using data platforms to analyze industry data, and converting natural language processing into on-chain operations through large models and AI agents, which can include but are not limited to asset exchange, liquidity management, lending, and the implementation of more complex financial strategies, thereby simplifying the user experience and automatically executing complex financial strategies, reducing the need for manual intervention. In addition, by utilizing the analytical capabilities of AI, AiFi can adjust strategies in real-time, dynamically optimizing investment portfolios based on market changes or user needs.
Griffain
Griffain is an AI agent that supports inquiries about investment portfolios, token swaps, tweeting, NFT trading, NFT creation, and hunting for new coins on Pump.fun. Griffain is currently by invitation only and requires a passport to join. Accessing Griffain allows you to create your own AI agent and access Griffain's special agent network. The founder of Griffain is @tonyplasencia3, who is also the developer of the Blink project on Solana. The market cap of the GRIFFAIN token is $370 million.
https://x.com/griffaindotcom
Hey Anon
Hey Anon is an AI DeFi abstraction layer aimed at simplifying DeFi interactions and aggregating important project-related information, supporting Ethereum, Kava, Metis, Base, IOTA, Sonic, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Solana, and other networks. By combining conversational AI with real-time data aggregation, HeyAnon allows users to manage DeFi operations, stay up-to-date on project updates, and analyze trends across various platforms and protocols. Hey Anon released a TypeScript framework in January 2025, allowing any developer to easily integrate DeFi protocols into the Hey Anon ecosystem.
Hey Anon was deployed by Abracadabra founder Daniele Sesta. The Hey Anon token ANON has a current market cap of $230 million.
https://x.com/HeyAnonai
aixbt
aixbt is an AI agent launched on Virtuals. The aixbt Official Twitter account has attracted a large amount of traffic by aggregating industry hot spots, project progress, and data analysis, and currently has 380,000 followers. The aixbt token has a current market cap of $640 million.
Wayfinder
Wayfinder is an AI agent released by the game project Parallel, which combines science fiction themes and NFT cards, and is also the core infrastructure of Parallel's AI survival simulation game Colony Colony on Solana. Of course, Wayfinder will not only serve Colony, but also enable users to navigate safely and effectively within and between the blockchain ecosystem and applications, and AI agents may also be able to autonomously trade the assets they control through a dedicated Web3 wallet. Based on the first prototype displayed on Base, Polygon, and Ethereum mainnet, Wayfinder supports operations such as swapping, transferring, cross-chain, and staking.
Wayfinder will soon release the PROMPT token, and there are currently two ways to obtain the token airdrop, one is to stake PRIME, and the other is to register on the website, generate a wallet, and make referrals.
https://x.com/AIWayfinder
Olas (Autonolas)
Olas incentivizes and coordinates different parties to form the autonomous agents of the entire AI economy. The Olas Modius alpha AI agent built on Autonolas supports earning yields on the Mode mainnet by collecting market data, selecting strategies from the trading algorithm library, and automatically executing trades. The Olas token currently has a market cap of $110 million.
https://x.com/autonolas
VaderAI
VaderAI aims to become an AI agent investment DAO manager, and its Litepaper claims to be the first AI agent to issue an autonomous trading AI agent token, executing end-to-end trading, including research and analysis, simulation and strategy, and on-chain execution. VADER currently has a market cap of $20 million, up over 190% in 24 hours.
On November 26, 2024, VaderAI acquired a team of 3 AI engineers (who had previously built a Web2 AI agent infrastructure), and also restructured Monitize AI (which is building AI-driven tools to optimize token incentive allocation), and the entire AI team has shifted towards AI agents. It is worth mentioning that VaderAI stated that it has stopped using Virtuals' tools and is now 100% using its own tools, and has also fine-tuned Vader. VaderAI has integrated its API with Arkham, Etherscan, Solscan, Dune, Flipside, CoinGecko, Moralis, and X, and will soon leverage all these data sources to do more. The VADER token currently has a market cap of $86 million.
https://x.com/Vader_AI_
The Hive
The Hive was built during the Solana AI Hackathon, aiming to simplify DeFi through composable on-chain AI agents. The Hive has a new knowledge base that includes documentation and code examples from blue-chip Solana DeFi protocols. The Hive has also partnered with zerebro to enhance and integrate ZerePy's agent capabilities with the Hive's DeFi agent suite. The Hive token BUZZ currently has a market cap of $80 million.
https://x.com/askthehive_ai
DegenAI
DegenAI is an AI agent created by the ai16z team, providing industry data analysis and insights on X. The DegenAI token has a current market cap of $53 million.
https://twitter.com/degenspartanai
Dolion
Dolion, deployed by Khouba, who previously worked at Solana Labs, BlockFi, and Meta, aims to redefine the agent landscape by introducing an "IP-centric, consumer-first" approach, allowing anyone to instantly deploy social AI without any coding experience and maintain a consistent presence across multiple social media platforms, and interact with on-chain audiences through NFTs and other digital experiences. Khouba stated that the DeFAI agent "midas" he created in a video demo achieved a 4x return in less than 24 hours. The Dolion token is BULLY, and a portion of the platform's revenue will be used to burn BULLY. The current market cap of BULLY is $46 million.
neur
Foresight NewsNeur is an open-source full-stack application designed for the Solana ecosystem, leveraging AI models (including Claude 3.5-Sonnet and GPT-4) to support seamless interaction with DeFi protocols, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and more through a smart interface. Neur has integrated applications and data platforms such as Jupiter, Pump.fun, Magic Eden, and DEX Screener. It is worth noting that the current Neur proxy also supports accessing URL links. The NEUR token has a market capitalization of $46 million.
https://x.com/neur_sh
HeyElsa
HeyElsa supports EVM, Solana, Berachain, and Hyperliquid, enabling the use of Coinbase Wallet Onramp and gas-free transactions, as well as trading, staking, and investing across EVM, Solana, Berachain, and more within a single application. It also supports AI-driven data analysis to automatically execute strategies such as DCA, TP/SL, and arbitrage. HeyElsa has not yet released a token.
https://x.com/HeyElsaAI
Orbit
Orbit is an AI agent DeFi abstraction layer created by SphereOne. Orbit claims to be seamlessly connected to over 100 blockchains and thousands of DeFi protocols, supporting token swaps, cross-chain operations, smart staking, and liquidity mining strategies, as well as portfolio management. The Orbit token GRIFT has a current market capitalization of $107 million.
https://x.com/orbitcryptoai
Bankr
Bankr is an AI crypto assistant based on Base, supporting users in swapping, selling, and transferring digital assets through natural language on X. The Bankr token BNKR has a current market capitalization of $21 million, having increased over 14-fold since early January.
https://x.com/bankrbot
Gekko AI
Gekko AI is an AI agent launched on Virtuals by the verifiable agent network Axal, integrated with Autopilot, and focused on agency, trading, and automation. Autopilot can automatically execute complex multi-step cryptocurrency trading strategies. Users can set parameters to automatically rebalance, harvest yields, create indexes of the tokens they want to invest in, and more. The Gekko AI token has a current market capitalization of $17 million.
https://x.com/Gekko_Agent
Polytrader
Polytrader is a Polymarket prediction market AI agent launched in Virtuals, supporting the exploration of popular Polymarket markets and providing market sentiment analysis and insights. The Polytrader token POLY has a current market capitalization of $13 million.
https://x.com/polytraderAI
Hiero Terminal
Hiero Terminal is an AI agent on Solana and Base, currently supporting industry data analysis, token launching, and swapping. The Hiero Terminal token was launched on January 6, 2025, and has a current market capitalization of $17.6 million. One of the Hiero Terminal developers, Johannes, is the co-founder of corpus.ventures and previously worked at ConsenSys.
https://x.com/HieroHQ
Project Plutus
Project Plutus is an AiFi project that emerged from the SendAI Solana hackathon, supporting the automatic execution of DCA and portfolio rebalancing, while continuously analyzing market trends to optimize trading performance. One of the Project Plutus developers, Potatoe, is a full-stack developer with over 10 years of experience, having built SPL-404 and MPL-404, and created Jarfus AI. Another developer, KingLord, is a top 30 AI tool creator on CivitAI and a former Riot Games developer. The PPCOIN token has a current market capitalization of $6.2 million.
Sola AI
Sola AI is a personalized voice assistant for the Solana ecosystem, allowing users to interact with Solana protocols using natural voice commands. According to the Sola AI roadmap, the first phase will integrate DeFi (such as real-time token price and chart viewing, LST deposit and withdrawal, token swapping through Jupiter, etc.), custom agents, token transfers via SNS, portfolio management, and Web3 multilingual conversation capabilities. The second phase will include (whale) wallet tracking and alerts, copy trading, meme trading, perpetual contracts, and integration with multiple Solana protocols. The Sola AI token SOLA has a current market capitalization of $4 million.
https://x.com/TheSolaAI
ASYM
ASYM is a proxy network that claims to identify high-yield investment opportunities, allocate capital to these opportunities, generate profits, and then settle the profits in ASYM.
https://x.com/ASYM41b07
Lexicon
Lexicon, built with OpenAI integration, provides smart interaction and natural language processing for Solana dApps, seamlessly integrating with Jupiter for token swaps through an AI interface, and supporting the configuration of custom functionalities to adapt the AI assistant to specific dApp needs. The Lexicon token LEXICON has a current market capitalization of $4.4 million.
https://x.com/lexiconinfra
Blormmy
Blormmy supports the execution of on-chain swaps, transfers, and asset management operations, aggregating DeFi agents, on-chain control, AI reasoning, and third-party providers. Jeffy Yu, a zerebro developer, is also a Blorm developer, and Blormmy is one of Blorm's first agents. The Blormmy token has a current market capitalization of $3.5 million, previously reaching a high of $30 million in November.
Thales
Thales is an AI agent (CTO) built on the ai16z ElizaOS framework, created by the on-chain research organization Redacted Research. The 5-person team includes 3 ai16z partners. Thales is also creating programmable IP on Story Protocol, performing encrypted data storage and blind computation on Nillion, supporting cross-VM, cross-chain, and on-chain swaps using Shogun, and utilizing a proxy yield aggregator built with Omo Protocol. The Thales token has a current market capitalization of $17.8 million.
https://x.com/Thales_ai
Moby AI
Moby AI is a crypto AI agent supported by AssetDash, Whale Watch, and the proxy engine griffain, helping to find potential trades, analyze portfolios, and complete tax-related tasks. The Moby AI token MOBY has a current market capitalization of $51 million.
https://x.com/mobyagent
Slate
Slate is a universal AI agent and agent connectivity infrastructure layer, converting natural language commands into on-chain operations. Slate supports maintaining full self-custody of funds and executing condition-based prompts, such as "Buy 0.5 ETH of USDC on Arbitrum when ETH price is above $3,700" or "Cross-chain DAI from Ethereum to Arbitrum when gas is below 40."
https://x.com/slate_ceo
aiPump
aiPump supports the deployment of AI agents and AI traders on Hyperliquid, Solana, and Base networks, allowing users to launch their own AI agent tokens using Twitter, Telegram, Video, and Brain. aiPump launched its DeFAI product on February 8, 2025, supporting DeFi activities through simple natural language commands. The AIPUMP token has a current market capitalization of $10 million.
https://x.com/aiPump__
DeFAI Agent
DeFAI Agent is an integrated, AI-driven DeFi tool supporting portfolio analysis, personalized recommendations for optimal investment strategies, and autonomous trading through the Titan Vault (an AI-assisted, DAO-managed fund). The DEFAI token currently has a market capitalization of $7 million.
https://x.com/DeFAI_DAO
Infrastructure
ai16z
ai16z has become a leader in the AI agent space due to the excellent performance of its Eliza agent framework. In a recent "ai16z Token Economics" proposal, it aims to transform ai16z into an AI L1 blockchain, launching an Eliza-based agent Launchpad, making ai16z the base currency for agent-to-agent (A2A) transactions and the "App Store" for agent services, implementing node incentives, and establishing value capture and value accrual strategies.
https://x.com/ai16zdao
Virtuals
The Virtuals Protocol is far more than just an AI agent platform - it is a vibrant ecosystem with limitless potential. Leveraging its intuitive and powerful low-code toolset, users can easily create and manage AI agents and tokens.
https://x.com/virtuals_io
zerebro
Last month, zerebro co-founder Jeffy Yu stated that they are building a consumer-facing agent Launchpad called "Zentients" and providing a value accrual framework for the ZEREBRO token. Zentients aims to create a seamless UI/UX for launching and growing agents, while channeling value back to the ZEREBRO token.
https://x.com/0xzerebro
Recommended reading: "From AI Agents to AI L1: Virtuals, ai16z, and zerebro Dance Together"
Mode
Foresight News In the second half of 2024, Mode will refocus its resources on the intersection of DeFi and AI, providing grants to 5 AI projects and welcoming 9 teams to its AIFi accelerator. It will also launch the Bittensor subnet Synth on the testnet and release the AI agent app store. Mode will also launch the Mode AI Terminal, which will allow users to execute swaps, staking, and yield farming (on protocols like Velodrome, Balancer, and Ethena) using natural language, as well as deploy contracts (e.g. to distribute tokens across 100 wallets). Early access will be granted to veMODE holders in January. The MODE token has a market cap of $380 million. Cookie DAO is the first index and data layer for AI agents, and will also launch its own agent. The COOKIE agent token currently has a market cap of $170 million. Nillion is a decentralized secure computing network aimed at building an encrypted network for high-value data storage, transmission, and computation, solving the current need to "decrypt - compute - re-encrypt" when computing on encrypted data. Nillion states that its secret data custody will allow all agents to interact securely and privately. Nillion is the infrastructure required for AI agents to process private data. SwarmNode.ai makes it easy and scalable to deploy AI-enabled Python agents in the cloud, with users only needing to write and upload their code, and SNAI handling the rest. The SNAI token has a current market cap of $56 million. AiSweatShop is a DeFi AI agent operating system built on Arbitrum, using the OpenAgent AI framework and RSS3, allowing users to create custom DeFi AI agents on Arbitrum and maintain currency stability, standardize fees, and facilitate collaboration between agents. The DEFAI platform token currently has a market cap of $33 million, but low trading volume. Cod3x uses Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) to process insights and can help easily launch personalized AI agents to perform tasks on the blockchain. Cod3x has developed its own stablecoin, lending market (Cod3x Lend), and Launchpad (Make Fun). The MF token has a market cap of $6.16 million, and the TONY token (for the Big Tony AI agent) has a market cap of $5 million. Empyreal's Simulacrum AI agent supports no-code AI agent creation, allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies, capture market opportunities, and execute complex DeFi strategies. The EMP token has a current market cap of $62.8 million. Ritual aims to seamlessly integrate AI into any on-chain application or protocol, supporting fine-tuning, monetization, and inference execution. Ritual's team includes former Polychain partner Niraj Pant and Akilesh Potti, with advisors such as NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin, EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan, Gauntlet founder Tarun Chitra, and BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes. Derive Pro, a collaboration between Derive and Messari, will provide an AI-driven trading experience for professional traders, enhancing research, execution, and portfolio management. It will support spot, perpetual, and options trading on Derive, as well as integrating with L2s like Optimism, Arbitrum, and Base. ZyfAI is an AiFi agent on ZKsync Era that optimizes investment portfolios, developed by Zyfi, a native account abstraction layer on ZKsync that raised $2 million in private funding in June 2024. Mozaic is an AI-based yield strategy and liquidity protocol supported by LayerZero, with its AI agent "Archimedes" managing cross-vault asset rebalancing to help users allocate assets to the highest-yielding pools. The Mozaic token has a market cap of $3.2 million. Sturdy Finance is an isolated lending protocol with shared liquidity, launching the Bittensor subnet SN10 in 2024 to use decentralized AI to autonomously manage liquidity allocation, improving lender yields and borrower liquidity efficiency. The STRDY token has a circulating market cap of $26 million and a fully diluted market cap of $140 million. Kudai is an AI agent built by the GMX Blueberry Club community using Simulacrum AI, with plans to automate Twitter, optimize fee-earning through token liquidity management, explore Base and GMX, and implement various strategies on GMX V2. The KUDAI token has a market cap of $13.6 million. EnsoFi is a cross-chain DeFi hub supporting lending, LST, and yield farming on Solana, Sui, Eclipse, and Movement, and plans to leverage AI to optimize the DeFi experience, releasing an AI agent and new token this month. Velvet Unicorn is an AI agent deployed by Velvet Capital, an intent and AI-driven DeFi trading and portfolio management operating system previously selected for the BNB Chain Web3 accelerator. Velvet Unicorn autonomously manages DeFi portfolios using real-time data, on-chain analysis, and a neural network routing engine. The VU token has a market cap of $6.5 million. tao.bot is a gateway to the Bittensor network, supporting seamless exchange from Ethereum to any subnet token.
