🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Do AI Trading Agents Actually Work?
Today we're diving into AI trading agents, the rise of DeFAI, and whether autonomous trading bots are actually generating alpha.
We discuss:
- AI trading agents and the DeFAI hype cycle
- @elizaOS, @virtuals_io, and agentic trading products
- Onchain tracking vs qualitative research
- Whether agents actually made money
- Early wins, later losses, and extractive markets
- Alpha Arena and AI model trading competitions
- Why sample size matters for agent experiments
- Agent reliability, harnesses, and model variability
- AI workflows, Dune MCP, and product building
- Ethereum bearishness, EVM success, and ETH value capture
- Stablecoins and prediction markets
And much more—enjoy!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:46) AI trading agents
(01:26) DeFAI product promises
(04:55) Eliza and Virtuals
(05:08) Research methodology
(12:58) Biggest wallet gains
(14:48) Profitability fades
(16:19) Alpha Arena experiment
(19:18) Sample size problem
(25:57) Learning from competitions
(31:51) Dune MCP workflows
(42:04) Ethereum bearishness
(53:41) Outro
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A couple months ago, I was going through X and saw an influencer hosting a Web3 class for a million.
While it's well known that web 3 provides high income not everyone can afford a million.
To avoid similar costs for our community, I and a team of experienced web 3 experts decided to host a class on telegram without charging a million and got 100s of interested students.
Midway 2026, we've decided to hold another training as requested by those that missed the first training.
You'll learn:
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2. Airdrops
3. NFTs and DeFi
4. Wallet security
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6. Trading fundamentals
7. Vibe coding without writing a code
8. Ai automation
9. Personal branding and positioning
10. Mentorship
11. Airdrop and job updates
Full course outline in the link below
https://t.co/jFXCtUPSyw
A one time payment of 32 thousand naira is required for full access to the class.
To also support my community, I will personally cover ₦13k for those who can’t afford the full rate. This co-payment option is limited to 10 people.
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finally, introducing Geek AI
Geek AI is an @arc native ai agent built to allow users improve their knowledge on crypto in general, powered by claude
features:
- crypto chat
- onchain analysis
- live market data
- instant alerts
- light/dark mode
- crypto chat history
- image upload for analysis
this ai agent is fully registered on arc blockchain: https://t.co/MJSb5COEpt
registration/setup was done with python and circle SDK
note: your crypto chat history only works when your wallet is connected, feel free to use a burner to explore
built this with the help of claude AI, arc documentation, and circle kits
i would love for you lots to help me test it out using your testnet wallet, although it is completely safe and built for exploring
had fun doing this, suggest features for me to include in the comments, and i will look into that
explore geek AI: https://t.co/qYsDL5pfrL
Week 2 assignment complete ✅
Currently learning onchain analysis through @AnalyticSages and this week focused on SQL concepts like JOINS, UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT etc.
Big thanks to @_angelnath for the guidance and support 🙏
Assignment link 👇
https://t.co/BZYJMvkW5R
Started my journey into blockchain analytics recently, and here’s one of my assignments from @AnalyticSages.
Still learning, still improving, but consistency is key. 💡
https://t.co/Pt1EUqSqON
https://t.co/ZkpdbRjj92
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