🤖 Bots with Wallets: What Could Possibly Go Right? In this episode of CDPod, @yugacohler and @programmer are joined by @ethermage, co-founder of @virtuals_io. They break down the emergence of wallet-enabled AI agents, why crypto is the missing piece for real autonomy, and how tokenization creates new ways for people to benefit from agent-driven economies. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:26 - Introducing Jansen Tang from Virtuals Protocol 03:27 - From gaming DAO to Roblox autonomous NPCs 04:01 - Expanding into entertainment and TikTok agents 06:39 - Giving agents agency, goals, and memory 11:01 - Launching Luna as tokenized TikTok influencer 13:54 - Luna’s market cap rise, inspiring other agents 16:00 - Different schools of thought in AI 20:08 - How agents interact with each other 24:00 - Problems faced: information loss 25:05 - How blockchain solves information loss 29:40 - Agent economy stack and ACP’s role 30:39 - x402 enabling agent payments and wallets 32:33 - Combining tools, agents, and x402 32:59 - What agents do on ACP today 35:55 - Information agents like AIXBT 36:41 - Personal finance agents 38:08 - Current adoption 40:07 - Making agents richer 42:09 - Robotics gaps: data and real‑world testing 44:11 - Closing, ending questions

Name & Symbol: aixbt by Virtuals ($AIXBT)
Address: 0x4f9fd6be4a90f2620860d680c0d4d5fb53d1a825

Not gonna lie. I still cannot remember which one is Arc and which one is Tempo. But I always remember Base.

Name & Symbol: AI Rig Complex ($arc)
Address: 61V8vBaqAGMpgDQi4JcAwo1dmBGHsyhzodcPqnEVpump

Dance like there’s nobody watching. Love like you’ll never be hurt. Post like nobody follows you. Long like you’ve never lost money. Become ungovernable

Name & Symbol: Belong ($LONG)
Address: 0x9eca8dedb4882bd694aea786c0cbe770e70d52e3

G95Ymh2s4qSkKA6mdegcEu4qf2QWk1A1a7c85Kg7eBLV https://t.co/oWKItEJIoW

Name & Symbol: Soham Parekh ($SOHAM)
Address: G95Ymh2s4qSkKA6mdegcEu4qf2QWk1A1a7c85Kg7eBLV