While the exchanges, Nasdaq and especially Nvidia experienced sharp price drops in Monday, the crypto-based AI agents struck back with price gains of 35-40 percent. Kaupr gives you the explanation.
As Kaupr already wrote on Monday Morning Norwegian time, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has shaken both the tech giants and the financial markets with its new and cheaper AI models. Where technology stocks in general and the large LLM solutions with OpenAI in the lead see this as a problem, the crypto-based AI agents see open source and the reduced training costs as a unique opportunity.
Here, Venice AI, a decentralized AI platform that uses DeepSeek along with many other language models, represents an exciting bridge between AI and crypto. On Monday, Venice launched its own token, plumbing, which immediately rose to a valuation of 250-300 MUSD.
In Kaupr, we also wrote two longer articles earlier in January about the evolution of AI agents and what we refer to as a meeting between AI and crypto. Now come the AI agents: A new industrial revolution? And AI Agents and Crypto: The New Narrative in 2025?
On Monday night, the price losses were significant for investors both in the stock and crypto markets, on the technology exchange Nasdaq and for the world's most valuable company, Nvidia. The Nasdaq was down 3 percent, the S&P by 1.5 percent and the Nvidia stock by 17 percent. The crypto markets also took a hit, but Bitcoin, among others, has recovered somewhat, after being below $100,000 on Sunday night. The question going forward is whether the financial and crypto markets will evolve at pace, or whether we may see tendencies towards a decoupling.
Late Monday night, there was at least one market showing clear signs of decoupling, namely crypto-based AI models and AI agents. And then we're not talking about memenoins! Although the market is currently small, the market value of AI tokens has risen by 35-40 percent to a total value of $14-15 billion, before falling back somewhat. For the record: The AI agents, too, have had to endure significant price declines over the past couple of weeks, in the aftermath of President Trump's inauguration and influenced by the more general uncertainty in the financial markets
At the forefront of the rise in the crypto-based AI market is Venice AI. The special thing is that Venice AI actually adopts Chinese DeepSeek, in addition to many other language models, but because DeepSeek is built on open source this can be done without fear of Chinese hacking of personal data! 2. “Private, Uncensored AI” is their slogan, while here follows a slightly longer explanation: “We're building essential infrastructure for AI agents, devs & 3rd party apps: private, uncensored inference at zero marginal cost through our API”.
Venice builds not only on Open Source, but also on principles of decentralized AI. The platform offers private, uncensored access to AI for the generation of text, images and code without storing user data on centralized servers. Venice uses end-to-end encryption and decentralized GPUs for secure processing.
This innovative approach sets Venice apart from traditional centralized platforms. By leveraging a network of decentralized GPUs, Venice ensures that user interactions remain anonymous and secure. The platform stores no call history or user data on its servers, providing a significantly higher level of privacy compared to mainstream AI services. Venice's unique architecture also enables unchecked access to AI models, in keeping with the platform's commitment to free speech and resistance to censorship.
On Monday night, Venice launched its new cryptocurrency, the Venice Token (VVV), on Ethereum's Layer 2 network Base. This marked a milestone for the platform, as VVV is the first token specifically designed and airdropped to AI agents. Within hours of its launch, VVV reached a total market capitalization of over $1.6 billion, showing strong interest from investors and AI enthusiasts.
AI agents now see opportunities in the new developments. As David A. Johnston writes on Twitter: “The real money is in the Inference of LLMs, not in the training.” It is also this opportunity that the crypto-based AI agents are now seeing.
On Monday night, the Twitter feed was filled with founders and AI agents who wanted to announce that they are now using Deepseek, along with other language models, and without risk to personal data. This, combined with an increased insight into what Open Source within AI may actually come to mean, is the immediate explanation for the overall rate rise on crypto-based AI agents on Monday night. So time will tell if this is a temporary recoil or a more lasting decoupling relative to more general AI and crypto trends.
This article has been researched and prepared in several ways: using the author's knowledge, overview and narrative ability, via good old-fashioned search, using an analytic-based human-to-agent dialogue and through a personal quality assurance of content and sources.
While the exchanges, Nasdaq and especially Nvidia experienced sharp price drops in Monday, the crypto-based AI agents struck back with price gains of 35-40 percent. Kaupr gives you the explanation.
As Kaupr already wrote on Monday Morning Norwegian time, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has shaken both the tech giants and the financial markets with its new and cheaper AI models. Where technology stocks in general and the large LLM solutions with OpenAI in the lead see this as a problem, the crypto-based AI agents see open source and the reduced training costs as a unique opportunity.
Here, Venice AI, a decentralized AI platform that uses DeepSeek along with many other language models, represents an exciting bridge between AI and crypto. On Monday, Venice launched its own token, plumbing, which immediately rose to a valuation of 250-300 MUSD.
In Kaupr, we also wrote two longer articles earlier in January about the evolution of AI agents and what we refer to as a meeting between AI and crypto. Now come the AI agents: A new industrial revolution? And AI Agents and Crypto: The New Narrative in 2025?
On Monday night, the price losses were significant for investors both in the stock and crypto markets, on the technology exchange Nasdaq and for the world's most valuable company, Nvidia. The Nasdaq was down 3 percent, the S&P by 1.5 percent and the Nvidia stock by 17 percent. The crypto markets also took a hit, but Bitcoin, among others, has recovered somewhat, after being below $100,000 on Sunday night. The question going forward is whether the financial and crypto markets will evolve at pace, or whether we may see tendencies towards a decoupling.
Late Monday night, there was at least one market showing clear signs of decoupling, namely crypto-based AI models and AI agents. And then we're not talking about memenoins! Although the market is currently small, the market value of AI tokens has risen by 35-40 percent to a total value of $14-15 billion, before falling back somewhat. For the record: The AI agents, too, have had to endure significant price declines over the past couple of weeks, in the aftermath of President Trump's inauguration and influenced by the more general uncertainty in the financial markets
At the forefront of the rise in the crypto-based AI market is Venice AI. The special thing is that Venice AI actually adopts Chinese DeepSeek, in addition to many other language models, but because DeepSeek is built on open source this can be done without fear of Chinese hacking of personal data! 2. “Private, Uncensored AI” is their slogan, while here follows a slightly longer explanation: “We're building essential infrastructure for AI agents, devs & 3rd party apps: private, uncensored inference at zero marginal cost through our API”.
Venice builds not only on Open Source, but also on principles of decentralized AI. The platform offers private, uncensored access to AI for the generation of text, images and code without storing user data on centralized servers. Venice uses end-to-end encryption and decentralized GPUs for secure processing.
This innovative approach sets Venice apart from traditional centralized platforms. By leveraging a network of decentralized GPUs, Venice ensures that user interactions remain anonymous and secure. The platform stores no call history or user data on its servers, providing a significantly higher level of privacy compared to mainstream AI services. Venice's unique architecture also enables unchecked access to AI models, in keeping with the platform's commitment to free speech and resistance to censorship.
On Monday night, Venice launched its new cryptocurrency, the Venice Token (VVV), on Ethereum's Layer 2 network Base. This marked a milestone for the platform, as VVV is the first token specifically designed and airdropped to AI agents. Within hours of its launch, VVV reached a total market capitalization of over $1.6 billion, showing strong interest from investors and AI enthusiasts.
AI agents now see opportunities in the new developments. As David A. Johnston writes on Twitter: “The real money is in the Inference of LLMs, not in the training.” It is also this opportunity that the crypto-based AI agents are now seeing.
On Monday night, the Twitter feed was filled with founders and AI agents who wanted to announce that they are now using Deepseek, along with other language models, and without risk to personal data. This, combined with an increased insight into what Open Source within AI may actually come to mean, is the immediate explanation for the overall rate rise on crypto-based AI agents on Monday night. So time will tell if this is a temporary recoil or a more lasting decoupling relative to more general AI and crypto trends.
This article has been researched and prepared in several ways: using the author's knowledge, overview and narrative ability, via good old-fashioned search, using an analytic-based human-to-agent dialogue and through a personal quality assurance of content and sources.