With the emergence of DeepSeek, the AI ​​track has once again sparked heated discussion. The AI ​​Agents tokens in the crypto industry are accelerating their integration into real crypto businesses, which marks a new stage in the AI ​​and crypto industries. Recently, HTX Ventures released the latest industry research report on the AI ​​track, "DeepSeek detonates the "iPhone Moment" of the AI ​​track, and Agents tokens accelerate the integration into real encryption services", which detailed analysis of the deep integration of AI and the encryption world, and promotes the application and implementation of AI in real encryption services.

The rise of DeepSeek: AI empowers and promotes industry innovation

In the Q4 2024, the leading Agents project based on Launchpad was in the period of its asset issuance explosion, quickly attracting funds and users. As the initial asset issuance boom faded, the dividends of the Agents track's first asset issuance have basically been exhausted. The market urgently needs new catalysts to break the dilemma.

In this context, DeepSeek's innovation has brought new hope to the industry. Its breakthrough technology allows large models to improve their inference capabilities through pure reinforcement learning (RL), significantly reducing costs, and giving AI more potential to become an agent that truly collaborates with humans, improving the intelligence level and user experience of Crypto Agent. This progress may inject new vitality into the Agents field and reshape the industry landscape.

Research report pointed out that the launch of DeepSeek is regarded as the "iPhone moment" in the AI ​​track. Just as the iPhone has promoted an industry revolution in the smartphone era, DeepSeek's innovative features and application scenarios are expected to lead the technological development of the crypto industry in the next few years.

The unique value and accelerated development of the AI ​​Agents track

The overall ecology of AI Agents can be roughly divided into four core sectors:

● As the core infrastructure of the intelligent ecosystem, the AI ​​Agent framework lies in significantly lowering the development threshold and accelerating the implementation of AI applications. Among them, the Eliza project has built a sustainable business model with its technological innovation and ecological design.

● AI Launchpad is similar to the "incubator + trading platform" in the field of encryption, aiming to reduce the AI ​​Agent project'sIssuance threshold helps quickly start, raise and promote.

● The AI ​​Agent Meme coin track combines the dual narrative hotspots of AI and Meme, with strong potential for viral transmission, and has become an important carrier for rapid fund aggregation in the short term. Representative projects include BULLY of Virtual Eco, TAOCAT of Bittensor Eco, and LLM, etc.

● AI Agent application focuses on the implementation and commercialization of actual scenarios, covering multiple fields such as automated trading, asset management, market analysis, and cross-chain interaction. Representative items such as GRIFFAIN, NEUR and BUZZ. In the future, AI Agent applications are expected to become the most growth potential sector in the track.

Research report believes that deep cultivation and resilience are the core competitiveness of the Agents team. Experiences from teams like Virtual, SEKOIA, ai16z and Swarm show this. At the same time, we must pay attention to product availability, which is the core element that promotes rapid adoption of users and widespread market popularity.

2025: Crypto+Agent value precipitation period, agreement revenue and user popularity are the key

AI Agent track is moving from the early stage of "driven by narrative" to the mature stage of "valuation of value through data and income". Whether the project has sustainable profitability, real user needs, and continuous innovation in technology are the key to determining whether it can cross the market cycle.

The future directions worth paying attention to include:

● Multi-Agent system and DeFAI (Decentralized Finance + AI): These two directions show the huge potential of AI in the fields of complex decision-making and financial automation, and have the possibility of long-term growth.

● Functional updates of key frameworks: Continuous attention to the technical iteration of core AI Agent frameworks such as ELIZA and ARC. The upgrades of these frameworks may give birth to new application scenarios and business models.

● New infrastructure projects: especially AI models, data layers and computing infrastructure designed specifically for Crypto scenarios, which will become an important cornerstone to support the next generation of AI Agent ecosystem.

As a leading investment institution in the industry, HTX Ventures' strategic layout in the fields of AI and encryption has always kept pace with industry trends. From DeepSeek to Agents tokens, HTX Ventures clearly sees the huge potential of combining AI with encryption technology and actively invests and lays out in this area. In the future, with the deep integration of AI and encryption technology, the industry will usher in more opportunities and challenges. HTX Ventures will continue to be committed to promoting technological innovation in the industry and leading the future of the crypto world. For more information, please read: https://square.htx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/deepseek-yinbao-ai-saidao-iphone-shike.pdf

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