Are DEFAI Agents Hiding the Truth?

The DEFAI trend (DeFi + AI) is gaining traction in crypto. It revolves around AI agents helping users unlock DeFi opportunities, with their most sought-after feature being investment advice. Unlike human analysts, who often add disclaimers like “Not financial advice. Do your own research,” AI can offer clear entry and exit strategies without disclaimers.

The leading DEFAI agent is AIXBT, but it faces competition. ASYM, for example, launched 41b07, an agent that trades on Solana and uses $SOL to buy promising tokens. Its results, shared on X, look impressive.

However, ASYM doesn’t disclose the agent’s wallet address, making it impossible to verify these trades. The team claims this is to prevent front-running: if others knew the address, they could copy new trades and crash prices by mass-selling for small profits, leaving the AI with losses.

But this could be solved by using a new wallet for every trade. With rabbit.io, $SOL could be exchanged across blockchains and split into new wallets, breaking any link between them. This would make the agent’s trades untraceable until they’re reported on X.

For now, DEFAI agents lack transparency. And let’s not forget: no DEFAI agent publicly advised buying $TRUMP on January 18 and selling it on January 19. So, their trading genius remains questionable.