A Phut Crypto study found that 88% of AI agent tokens failed, with an average lifespan of just 17 days.
Despite being a hugely popular topic in 2024, 88% of AI agent tokens are already dead. Moreover, research has shown that 75% of traders who interact with them suffer losses.
To illustrate the findings, the study compares the profits of a decentralized autonomous organization ( DAO ) AI16z, an AI-driven company with profits from venture capital firm A16z.
While AI16z achieved a 150% ROI, it was nothing compared to A980z’s 16% ROI in making the right investment decisions. AI16z’s portfolio consists of approximately 72% of projects that are considered dead, indicating that AI-driven investments have not reached the human capacity to make the right investment decisions.
Despite this, AI agent tokens are still expected to see explosive growth in 2025. For example, positive comments from the AI agent aiXBT led to an increase in the price of the tokens. However, when the comments were negative, the price drop was deeper.
Positive mentions can cause a 12,54% jump in price, while negative mentions cause a 48,43% drop. This stark contrast highlights the important role of AI agents like aiXBT in shaping market movements, especially in smaller projects with a market cap of less than $20 million, the researchers concluded.
Experts believe that to achieve long-term success, AI agents must develop in areas such as decentralized financial AI (DeFAI), DAO and AI games.
