{"id":71935,"date":"2026-05-02T07:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/nansen-predicts-ai-agent-dominance-by-2028\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T07:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:42:52","slug":"nansen-predicts-ai-agent-dominance-by-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/nansen-predicts-ai-agent-dominance-by-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Nansen Predicts AI Agent Dominance by 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> Nansen predicts billions of AI agents will become the default <span>crypto<\/span> investment vehicle by 2028.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> The forecast compares the shift to how software engineers abandoned manual coding for automated pipelines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> Nansen says the change will fundamentally reshape how <span>liquidity<\/span> moves across <span>decentralized finance<\/span> ( <span>DeFi<\/span>) markets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">From Manual to Agent-Driven<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The prediction, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nansen_ai\/status\/2050058714867274006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">shared by Nansen on X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, draws a direct parallel to one of the most consequential shifts in software engineering, i.e., the move from writing code manually, line by line, to building automated loops, quality gates, and deployment pipelines. Nansen argues that investing is on the verge of the same structural transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Applied to <span>crypto<\/span> investing, that means an agent could monitor market conditions, manage risk parameters, execute trades, rebalance portfolios, and interact with <span>decentralized finance<\/span> ( <span>DeFi<\/span>) protocols around the clock, without any manual input.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_810856\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-810856\" style=\"width:1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-810856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Nansen envisions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hbI7Wv5Ln5A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">billions of such agents active by 2028<\/a>, each representing an individual investor, institution, or protocol, all operating within automated decision frameworks they set and adjust over time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The comparison to software engineering is instructive, as just a decade ago, most development teams wrote and deployed code through largely manual processes. Today, continuous integration, automated testing, and deployment pipelines handle the majority of that work autonomously. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Nansen is arguing that portfolio management is about to undergo an equivalent transformation, that too on a compressed timeline (all driven by the rapid advancement of large language models and on-chain automation tools).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">What Agent-Driven Investing Means for <span>Crypto<\/span> Markets<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">If Nansen\u2019s timeline proves accurate, the implications for existing <span>crypto<\/span> market structures are significant, as agent-driven investing at scale could not only reshape <span>liquidity<\/span> dynamics but also alter trading microstructure across both centralized and decentralized venues. It could also put pressure on exchanges and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-defi-decentralized-finance\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeFi<\/a> protocols to build infrastructure capable of handling high-frequency autonomous activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Automated market participants are not new to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a>, as trading bots have operated on exchanges for years. But the agent paradigm Nansen describes is qualitatively different. These are not simple rule-based programs executing buy and sell orders based on price thresholds, but goal-directed systems capable of reasoning across multiple data inputs and executing complex multi-step strategies <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/autonomous-ai-agents-are-using-crypto-at-scale-and-breaking-things-along-the-way\/\">across DeFi protocols<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-a-cex\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">centralized exchanges<\/a>, and on-chain positions simultaneously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Nansen is not the only voice forecasting AI-agent dominance in investing, but as one of the most-cited analytics platforms in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a>, its public endorsement of a 2028 timeline carries unusual credibility. Whether that specific date holds or not, the move towards agentic everything seems to be clear.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/nansen-predicts-ai-agent-dominance-by-2028\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways: Nansen predicts billions of AI agents will become the default crypto investment vehicle by 2028. The forecast compares the shift to how software engineers abandoned manual coding for automated pipelines. Nansen says the change will fundamentally reshape how liquidity moves across decentralized finance ( DeFi) markets. 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