Take a look at 13 popular DeFAI projects: GRIFFAIN and Hey Anon have a market value of over 100 million, with an average increase of over 440%

Reprinted from chaincatcher
01/09/2025·1MAuthor: Nancy, PANews
Following the hype boom of AI frameworks, DeFAI has also become one of the popular tracks in encrypted AI agents. The DeFAI project is promoting the transformation of the encrypted financial interactive experience of the DeFi ecosystem into an intelligent and automated one by improving asset management efficiency, capital yields, and operating process optimization, thereby enhancing transaction convenience and market efficiency for DeFi users.
In this article, PANews compiled 13 popular DeFAI currency issuance projects. Among them, only GRIFFAIN and Hey Anon have a market value of over 100 million, and most of the others are in the tens of millions of dollars. The scarcity of leading projects may mean that participation in the DeFAI track is still relatively limited. However, the overall performance of the DeFAI project is still worthy of attention. The 13 projects have increased by an average of 445.6% in the past week. Among them, Hive, HotKeySwap, Bankr and Hey Anon have increased far beyond the average, demonstrating the attention of capital.
GRIFFAIN ( GRIFFAIN)
GRIFFAIN is built by Solana core developer @tonyplasencia3, who was a developer on the Underdog and Blink projects on Solana. This is a blockchain platform combined with AI agents, allowing users to easily build and deploy custom AI agents to provide intelligent assistance for various tasks. GRIFFAIN's agent network has two types of agents: personal agents and special agents, which currently use an invitation system. At the same time, GRIFFAIN integrates DEX to support token exchange, liquidity provision and ecosystem growth, providing users with powerful solutions for efficient trading and management of digital assets, aiming to make decentralized finance more efficient and easier to use.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, GRIFFAIN's market value reached US$390 million, with an increase of 33.4% in the past seven days.
Hey Anon ( ANON)
Hey Anon is an artificial intelligence-driven DeFi protocol that simplifies interactions, aggregates real-time project data, and performs complex operations through natural language processing. It has recently been launched on Sonic and has received support from DWF Labs’ $20 million AI Agent fund. The founder of Hey Anon is DeFi developer Daniele Sesta, who created projects such as Wonderland and AbracadabraMoney, and launched DEX WAGMI last year. PANews has previously published an article introducing its three core scenes.
Data shows that as of January 9, ANON’s market value reached US$136 million, an increase of 775.8% in the past seven days.
ModeNetwork(MODE)
ModeNetwork is an Ethereum Layer 2 platform focused on creating a DeFi economy entirely operated by AI agents. According to the official website, ModeNetwork’s TVL has exceeded US$500 million, and the number of transactions has exceeded 24 million. Currently, there are 129 AI agents running on the Mode network, and these agents have completed more than 1,670 DeFi transactions.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, MODE’s market value was approximately US$97.42 million, down approximately 14.5% in the past seven days.
Hive(BUZZ)
Hive is the star project of the Solana AI Hackathon. It is a modular, interoperable DeFi agent network that can coordinate and execute complex operations on the chain, integrating multiple DeFi functions (such as trading, staking, liquidity management, and sentiment analysis) seamlessly. seamlessly integrated into a unified platform powered by a natural language interface.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, BUZZ’s market value was approximately US$91.4 million, with an increase of over 2713.4% since its launch on January 3.
neur.sh(NEUR)
Neur, which claims to be Solana's "intelligent co-pilot", is an open source full-stack application that combines large language models (LLM) and blockchain technology. It achieves seamless interaction with DeFi protocols, NFTs and more functions through intelligent interfaces. Currently, Jupiter, Pump.fun, Magic Eden, etc. have been integrated.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, NEUR’s market value reached US$47 million, down approximately 2.6% in the past seven days.
ORBIT(GRIFT)
ORBIT is a DeFi assistant that supports natural language interaction and is designed to simplify on-chain operations. It has integrated more than 117 chains and nearly 200 protocols. The team behind ORBIT is the AI infrastructure protocol SphereOne, which is supported by Coinbase, Google and Alliance DAO.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, GRIFT’s market value exceeded US$37 million, with an increase of 92% in the past seven days.
Polytrader( POLY)
Polytrader is an AI agent built on Virtuals specifically for prediction markets. It provides actionable insights by analyzing data and market sentiment from social media and Polymarket.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, POLY’s market value was approximately US$17.2 million, a decline of nearly 0.2% in the past seven days.
Gekko AI ( GEKKO )
Gekko AI is an AI agent created by Virtuals protocol to provide comprehensive automated trading solutions. Gekko AI was created by AI trading platform Axal, whose flagship product Autopilot allows users to create custom trading agents.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, GEKKO’s market value was approximately US$15 million, having fallen by nearly 27.8% in the past seven days.
BankrCoin (BNKR)
BankrCoin is an AI-powered crypto asset management and trading assistant that helps users easily conduct crypto transactions, manage wallets, set limit orders, and more by sending simple messages. At the same time, the platform makes cryptocurrency trading and asset management more convenient and automated by seamlessly integrating with multiple platforms such as Warpcast, X, Discord and Telegram. According to the latest plan, BankrCoin will soon support token exchange, USDC usage, on-chain activity tracking and other functions.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, BNKR’s market value exceeded US$12.39 million, with an increase of 870.8% in the past seven days.
HotKeySwap(HOTKEY)
HotKeySwap is an AI-driven DeFi platform that provides a complete set of DeFi tools such as AI-driven DEX aggregator and analysis tools, cross-chain transactions, etc., aiming to enhance the trading and asset management experience.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, HOTKEY’s market value was approximately US$11.76 million, an increase of 1220.1% in the past seven days.
ASYM (ASYM)
ASYM is an AI agent network designed to create profits by identifying opportunities with high ROI and allocating capital to these opportunities, and then settling the profits in $ASYM.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, ASYM’s market value was approximately $11.2 million, up 3.9% in the past seven days.
Project Plutus( PPCOIN)
Project Plutus focuses on providing AI-driven intelligent trading and investment strategy optimization for DeFi users, aiming to help users trade in complex markets, manage investment portfolios, and improve transaction efficiency and decision-making quality through automated AI agents.
GMGN data shows that as of January 9, PPCOIN’s market value was approximately US$8.67 million, with a decline of 29.6% in the past seven days.
Cod3x( TONY)
Cod3x allows users to discover, build and automate on-chain financial strategies, providing no-code construction tools to create agents for automated DeFi strategies. Cod3x was created by ByteMasons, a team that has deployed multiple protocols on platforms such as Fantom and Optimism.
BigTony is the first autonomous trading agent plugged into Cod3x. GMGN data shows that as of January 9, TONY’s market value was approximately US$7 million, rising 158.8% in the past seven days.