The crypto market finds new ideas every year to attract capital and attention. Let's analyze the chain of the last 3 years:
🔹 2024: The Year of Memecoins.
PumpFun (
$PUMP )turned everyone into a trader. Technology took a back seat, replaced by creativity and community power. Simplicity and viral spread became the main drivers. D. Trump also created his own memecoin, heating up the market even more.
🔹 2025: The Year of Perpdex (Futures DEX).
Platforms like Hyperliquid ($HYPE ) attracted traders away from centralized exchanges (CEX). People wanted to trade with leverage but keep their funds in their own wallets. Large airdrops brought billions in liquidity to this sector. The trend was continued by
$ASTER .
🔹 2026: Prediction Markets.
Our current trend! Here, there is no "dev rug" or "stop-loss hunters." Only real life: politics, sports, even weather. Easy for the average person to understand: just a "Yes" or "No" button. Crypto is no longer confined to crypto itself but has become money bet on real-world events. Prediction Markets are now integrated into major wallets like Metamask and Trust Wallet, marking significant growth.
💡 Next stop: What will be the trend in 2027?
If we look at the cycle logic, the 2027 trend is quietly developing somewhere in the testing phase right now. My guess is that it will be the economy of AI Agents. A time when humans do not trade, only AIs settle accounts with each other. Or something close to that...
The race has already begun
Solana has started a hackathon with a $100,000 prize pool.
Circle is not far behind; they announced a competition based on the Moltbook platform. The goal is simple — to independently teach OpenClaw to manage USDC and perform payments.
Let's also add Base to the list; all activity around AI agents started right here. Eric Brown also launched a competition, so the process is being closely watched on the Coinbase L2 network.
Ton also does not intend to fall behind; today they announced a $10,000 prize for AI agent tools on Ton here
Which AI agents do you think will win? In my opinion, the most convenient, safe, cheap, reliable, multifunctional AI agents should win.
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