Beyond the pitch deck — AI’s real role in crypto infrastructure
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Everyone in crypto wants a piece of the AI narrative in 2025. We’ve seen a wave of announcements, token launches, and integrations that boldly claim to sit at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and Web3. Yet, strip away the surface, and most ‘AI + crypto’ projects amount to lipstick on a protocol — cosmetic, not structural — chasing pitch deck momentum rather than building real utility. There’s progress — just not where most people are looking. Let’s draw the line between hype and infrastructure, and see where the crypto-AI convergence is actually happening. Why most ‘AI-crypto’ integrations fall short Plugging ChatGPT into a Web3 front-end does not make a protocol “AI-native.” Nor does adding AI-generated content to a whitepaper, or delegating DAO voting to a large language model. Most current integrations are little more than surface-level UX enhancements — clever, but ultimately hollow if they don’t change the logic of how these systems operate. Real convergence starts when AI agents are natively designed for on-chain logic — meaning they don’t just analyze blockchain data, but directly participate in it: executing smart contract functions, proposing DAO votes, or managing real-time collateral adjustments within DeFi protocols. Right now, that infrastructure barely exists. Most chains can’t even support consistent real-time data feeds without oracles, let alone AI inference. Until the core stack evolves — including compute layers, decentralized data availability, and modular execution — most “AI + crypto” projects will remain superficial rather than transformational. While most AI + crypto projects struggle with protocol-level integration, some of the most meaningful groundwork is being laid at the infrastructure level, by leveraging existing Bitcoin mining infrastructure to support AI workloads alongside crypto operations. For example, Riot Platforms, a major U.S. Bitcoin miner, is pivoting into high-performance computing (HPC) — building AI-ready data centers on top…
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