Crypto Crash vs. AI Swarm Self-Funding: A Torn Take on the Selloff
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-10-23
Amid the crypto selloff, @mimi10v3 voices a split reaction: half cheering "crypto crash!", half rooting for it as the easiest path for AI agent swarms to fund themselves. The quoted post warns people to stay away from crypto entirely—even if the blockchain itself isn't hacked, everything interacting with it exposes you to AI hackers.
The exchange highlights the emerging, uneasy link between autonomous agent economies and crypto: self-funding agents are both a technical prospect and a new attack surface.
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