In 2025, 40% of venture capital invested in crypto companies went towards firms combining artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, more than double the previous year's 18%. Binance Research notes that AI is becoming an integral part of crypto's product and infrastructure stack.
This shift is evident in the transition from AI 'co-pilots' to 'agents', which can monitor conditions and execute actions, reducing the gap between insight and execution. The surge in AI spending is driven by the concentration of capital in the sector, pushing firms to adapt and shorten product cycles. Crypto platforms have moved faster than traditional finance in deploying AI systems, thanks to always-on markets and programmable infrastructure.
For instance, Binance's AI Pro beta saw 45.7% of activity triggered by the system, indicating growing use of background AI tools. Adoption of AI solutions varies across exchanges and brokers, with risk management and fraud detection being standard, while user-facing tools are present in only 47% to 71% of them. Major platforms have introduced agentic products, bringing AI closer to monitoring and execution, and compressing the value chain between identifying opportunities and acting on them.