Compared to DeFi, the threshold for the popularity of AI Agents is lower, making them more attractive to ordinary users. DeFi primarily attracts users with a deep understanding of financial products, which tend to be more complex.

AI Agents offer more contextualized intelligent services (such as personalized assistants, on-chain interactions, etc.), catering to a wider range of user needs and being closer to everyday demands.

The usage scenarios for AI Agents can cover areas such as entertainment, education, and productivity, adapting to more user requirements. Compared to DeFi, the adoption scale of AI Agents is expected to be larger, as they target a broader user base and have lower interaction costs.

Looking at the successful performance of the Virtual ecosystem, this trend is accelerating: users can achieve asset management, automated decision-making, and personalized services through on-chain intelligent agents.

The rapid growth of the AI Agent market also provides more application demand for on-chain infrastructure (such as payments, identity verification, data storage). The widespread application of AI Agents relies on efficient and secure on-chain protocol support, such as encrypted payments, NFT assetization, and decentralized data verification.

The broad adoption of AI Agents requires more low-threshold, high-practicality application scenarios. This will be key to driving their popularity. Although Virtual's revenue performance is outstanding, to ensure long-term growth, the design of its economic mechanism needs continuous optimization to avoid short-term booms caused by inflation or bubbles, similar to those seen in past DeFi.

As the AI Agent ecosystem expands, the crypto space is ushering in a new growth cycle, with its scale and influence expected to surpass the previous DeFi wave.