Don't Get Rugged by an AI Agent | Internet Explorers Ep. 79

What happens when you unleash thousands of AI agents into a fake economy filled with scams, memecoins, and market manipulation? Poof from DX Terminal joins Internet Explorers to explain why that might be the future of crypto.

In this week's episode of Internet Explorers, we dive into the second banana zone with a special guest: Poof from DX Terminal. The gang explores DX Terminal's wild new simulation—a weeklong, no-stakes, AI-generated memecoin market that's equal parts Mario Kart and Wolf of Wall Street.

They also unpack a massive week of mainstream adoption: Stripe's move into stablecoins, Meta's rumored payout rails, and Robinhood's blockchain ambitions. Meanwhile, consumer apps like Focus Tree are outpacing entire L2s, and Jess asks the big one: do chains even matter anymore?

From social wallets to speculative agents, this episode is a chaotic ride through the bleeding edge of consumer crypto—and the internet-native markets it's giving birth to.

This episode unpacks:

• Stripe's stablecoin strategy and why it matters
• DX Terminal's AI simulation of an onchain memecoin market
• Why Poof ditched real-world tokens for in-game economics
• How Focus Tree beat StarkNet in daily users
• Why crypto Twitter kills retention
• The power of mini apps on social wallets
• DX Terminal's art collaboration with Gremlin
• Lessons from training thousands of AI trading agents
• Why ephemeral software may be the next big thing
• How Poof thinks about the "autonomous economy"

Chapters:

0:00 — Intro: Crypto market sentiment and recent news
5:37 — DX Terminal: AI agent simulation of crypto world
11:28 — Stablecoins and mainstream crypto adoption accelerating
18:01 — Building for broader market vs crypto Twitter
23:29 — Focus Tree: Successful consumer crypto app example
29:05 — DX Terminal: Details on gameplay and launch
34:48 — Reflections on working with AI for 5 months
41:07 — Ephemeral software and AI experimentation insights
48:38 — Advice for getting into AI development
54:57 — Coinbase Wallet integrating Farcaster: Potential challenges
1:02:31 — Minia demo day highlights and Zora episode

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