The New Landscape of Cryptocurrency in 2026: When the Main Actor in Trading Is No Longer a "Person"


If you're still manually browsing chains, monitoring markets, and watching candlestick charts, you might already be falling behind this era. Entering 2026, the Web3 industry is undergoing a profound structural transformation: the main force behind on-chain transactions is shifting from humans to AI Agents (autonomous intelligent entities).

Why AI Agents?
In the past, when we discussed AI, it was mostly seen as chatbots; but in 2026, AI has evolved into digital entities with "execution power." These Agents have their own on-chain wallets, capable of autonomously assessing market sentiment, analyzing liquidity depth, and completing cross-chain arbitrage within fractions of a second.

For human users, complex DeFi operations once posed a huge barrier, but for AI Agents, it's just a matter of a few lines of logical code. An "intent-centric" architecture allows users to simply give commands—"Help me earn 5% annualized return with minimal risk"—and the rest, including route planning, asset cross-chain transfers, and signature execution, is handled automatically by the Agent.

Web3: The Native Financial Layer for AI
Why do AI entities choose Web3 over traditional banks? The answer is simple: machines can't open bank accounts, but they can hold sovereignty on the blockchain. Blockchain provides AI with a permissionless, 24/7 operational, transparent, and auditable financial infrastructure.

By 2026, we will see a large-scale explosion of the A2A (Agent-to-Agent) economy. AI entities will pay each other in stablecoins to access data, computing resources, or API calls. This is no longer science fiction but a real scenario generating billions of dollars in daily transaction volume.

The Shift in Investment Logic
As the main actors in trading change, investment logic is also being reconstructed. The market no longer solely chases "celebrity signals," but shifts toward competing on "whose Agent protocol is more efficient" and "whose data layer is more resistant to bias." We are witnessing an era of "driverless" finance.

As investors, rather than exhausting yourself in the sea of information, consider how to develop a powerful AI assistant and secure your place in this wave of "AI + Web3" infrastructure revolution.
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