2026 Omen: How will AI "wipe out" the DeFi and crypto world?

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Compilation: Vernacular Blockchain! [](https://www.hellobtc.com/d/file/202512/ee86992764a9a3b6a7c3dce696770597.jpg)* At least **5% of Defi will be managed by AI agents*** **Cryptocurrency "vibe-coding" will become a trend - smart contracts, dApps, Defi vaults will be "vibe-coding" by agents* Reliable trading agents will be provided as **trading copilots** (trading copilots) to help **novices trade better*** **Yield Farming Agents** will be able to help optimize more complex strategies, **beyond simply optimizing the Bitcoin market*** Increased demand for AI will lead to increased demand for security, privacy, verification, and transparency* **x402 will start a wave of new cryptocurrency models****ERC-8004 will be optional for AI agents*** DeFAI abstraction layer will be embedded as a feature in popular dApps and mobile apps, **optimizing the experience for new users*** Enterprise adoption of **crypto $	imes$ AI** will still be slow, but **privacy-preserving and compliant** solutions will be able to **capture enterprise needs*** Crypto $	imes$ AI will help **advance robotics** by **collecting data, coordinating, payments, identity, and massive financial support*** **Inference Networks** will serve more needs than ever before, especially **domain-specific** reasoning (weather predictions, sports predictions, outcome predictions, etc.)* **Machine learning systems** will drive the **mass productization** of the **prediction market treasury** (i.e., PM liquidity provision****Prediction markets** remain **explosive cases for cryptocurrencies**, offering opportunities for prediction traders, yield farmers, and builders* **Decentralized AI gains more adoption** driven by the trend of developers and a small group of companies opting for models, open source cheap, and diversified settings* More talent from general-purpose AI will be transferred to Darwinian AI Platforms, **accelerating the development of AI within those ecosystems****ReinforcementLearning** will make new breakthroughs, leading to **at least one commercial RL example in 2026*** **Quantum computing will be a key narrative of the year** – we will see **quantum-resistant coins** (quantum-resistant coins) and **quantum-related coins*** The future of **domain-specific small models** (large models that no one can do) will **further drive the value of decentralized AI in 2026**Link to this article: https://www.hellobtc.com/kp/du/12/6158.htmlSource: