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Hunting for Hidden Treasure in Crypto AI

Back in 2016, Daily editor Teeka Tiwari traveled to the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It's the largest technology showcase in the world.

At the time, innovation awards went to products like the eGeeTouch Smart Fingerprint-NFC Luggage Loc, Owlet Baby Monitor, and Whirlpool Smart Top Load.

There was just one speaker talking about bitcoin (BTC). And even then, Teeka was one of the few people in attendance.

The speaker explained what bitcoin was… why it was valuable… and, more importantly, why its underlying blockchain technology would be so revolutionary.

And when Teeka fully grasped the power of the blockchain, a lightbulb went off in his head. He had seen the future.

So he immediately changed his travel plans, flew back to Florida, and told his publisher, "I'm writing about bitcoin."

Long story short: Teeka listened to a gifted speaker's talk on bitcoin. He showed Teeka the future of crypto and blockchain with complete clarity.

After his talk, Teeka finally understood why bitcoin had value. In his words, "It was as close to a religious experience as I've ever had."

Soon after the event, Teeka recommended bitcoin to his readers at $400 and change. If you'd bought $1,000 worth of bitcoin in 2016, your stash would now be worth close to $261,904.

Today, bitcoin is trading well over $100,000. And Teeka has been voted the most-trusted expert in the crypto industry.

We believe it'll go at least as high as $150,000 this bull cycle. And $1 million by the end of the decade.

But bitcoin is maturing as an asset. And your chances to turn $1,000 into $261,904 with the granddaddy of crypto are over.

That doesn't mean you can't still find life-changing gains in the crypto space today, though.

In fact, I've learned the best ideas in crypto often come from attending the types of conferences Teeka frequented in his early days of crypto research.

And it's on the last days of these events – in those sparsely attended meeting rooms – where you can find hidden jewels like unearthing bitcoin in 2016 before the masses even knew about it.

Where and When to Find Hidden Jewels

Last September, I (Houston) attended a conference on the merger of crypto and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in Lisbon, Portugal.

For me, it was a lightbulb moment similar to what Teeka experienced at CES Las Vegas nearly a decade ago.

Now, I've attended dozens of crypto conferences over the years, including Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville and Solana Breakpoint in Singapore.

Nearly every event at these crypto conferences is packed to the brim. You can't get into most of them unless you know someone important.

But here's a photo I took just five minutes before a presentation at the crypto-AI conference in Lisbon…

Photo by Houston Molnar at November 2024 Crypto AI

When I walked into the venue in Lisbon, I wondered if I had come at the wrong time. Very few people were in attendance.

The scene reminded me of the sparsely attended room where Teeka first learned the revolutionary nature of bitcoin.

And that's when it hit me.

We're very early in what I believe will be one of the biggest megatrends of the future: AI agents.

In October and November 2024, we spotted two tokens riding this AI agent trend. One of them I learned about at the November conference in Lisbon. And in January 2025, less than two months later, we booked gains of 826% and 932% on them.

I think those types of gains are just the beginning. That's because the masses still haven't caught on to the crypto AI agent mega trend.

I'll get to what these AI agents do in a moment. But first, let me tell you why we're still early in this trend.

Last month, I travelled to Toronto to attend Consensus 2025.

It's one of the largest blockchain conferences in the world, with more than 15,000 people from across the globe attending this year.

The speakers list included some heavy hitters in the crypto space, including Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary and mega crypto investor Anthony Scaramucci.

Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary Speaking at Consensus in May 2025

As you can imagine, the first couple of days of these conferences are wild and crazy. That's when you see all the personalities and the media covering the latest gadgets.

For instance, as I walked through the Toronto convention center, I was nearly shoved over by Eric Trump's Secret Service contingent as he made his way through the crowd.

But the hassle was well worth it…

During the first two days of Consensus, the talk was all about the rise of stablecoins… Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs)… And how the pro-crypto Trump administration would be bullish for digital assets.

Representatives from Cantor Fitzgerald, Amazon, PayPal, and Stripe showcased their blockchain developments and how they'll revolutionize their businesses.

If you're a longtime follower, you know these developments are old hat.

Wall Street is just catching up to what we've been predicting and sharing proof of for years: Crypto technology will revolutionize finance.

For instance, we recommended Ethereum way back in 2016 to play the tokenization of RWAs. Since then, it's up 29,444%.

And we recommended Chainlink in 2020 to play the buildout of crypto payment rails. Since then, it's up 1,699%.

As you can see, most of the upside in these ideas is already gone.

Now, I'm not saying these trends don't still have legs… But as I showed you above, our subscribers have already had the chance to reap the juiciest early gains.

The real hidden jewels come out during the final days of these conferences. That's when all the celebs flee back to Fisher Island, Calabasas, and the Hamptons.

It's in those sparsely attended rooms – like I attended in Portugal last year and Teeka attended in Las Vegas in 2016 – where you uncover what developers are working on and will be rolling out soon.

We've been attending these conferences for years. And I can tell you that most conference goers just want to hear from big names like President Trump, Michael Saylor, or Kevin O'Leary.

They're not interested in talking to project teams they've never heard of… Or take the time to understand the latest trends in blockchain development.

No way. It's much more fun being in a jam-packed conference hall getting caught up in the hoopla. But that's not where the big opportunities are found.

You have to find projects working on new ideas and pull their founders and developers aside and grill them on their projects.

This is often an uncomfortable moment for me, and sometimes these project leads get angry at the tough questions.

But looking a founder in the eyes and asking the tough questions is the only way to know if a project has the right intentions and the potential to deliver for our subscribers.

Doing this grunt work is how we've been able to give our readers the opportunity to make 1,000% or more in gains on 27 crypto recommendations over the years.

I believe our next 10x winner will come from the same playbook: Paying attention to a sector of the market no one is interested in and because they don't understand it…

The Hidden Jewel in Toronto

On the final day of Consensus 2025, the massive Toronto convention center was like a ghost town. Hardly anyone was there. Most of the booths were empty.

This doesn't surprise me. From my experience, most conference goers are too burnt out to show up on the last day. Plus, there are no big headliners to lure them in.

But as I mentioned, the final day of a conference is when you can find really bleeding-edge ideas. And that's exactly what I uncovered on the last day of Consensus.

Day 3 was all about AI agent projects. And those who skipped the final day missed all the bullish developments happening in this trend… which is great news for us.

As a refresher, AI agents are more advanced forms of AI chatbots.

If you use the internet, you're probably already familiar with AI chatbots. They can answer questions… Write articles, social media posts, emails, and resumes… And help you book a travel reservation.

For instance, our research team uses an AI bot to transcribe and organize videos of our weekly editorial meetings. We just hop on a Zoom call, and the AI bot adds captions and suggests images to improve the overall meeting experience.

But AI agents will do much more.

Rather than simply transcribing videos, an AI agent would be able to understand what we're saying and form its own opinions. It would also be able to search the internet to provide us suggestions on how we can improve our research.

Having an AI agent is like having another person working for you.

Unlike AI chatbots, which you have to prompt to carry out tasks or get a response, the next generation of AI will think for itself.

And the activity going on behind the scenes in this area of the crypto market is incredible.

More than half of the speakers on the final day of Consensus were building projects that focused on the AI agents.

During one of these events, I learned big tech companies like Google are building analytical tools for blockchain developers working in this area.

These tools will help developers create chatbots for customer support, program smart contracts (which dictate the rules blockchains run on) faster, and much more.

One representative from Google I spoke to told me over 1 million developers are utilizing their research tools each month.

For comparison, Solana, one of our favorite blockchain plays, had 23,613 monthly active developers in 2024, according to Electric Capital Developer Reports.

On top of that, Google also launched a startup program offering blockchain projects up to $200,000 in "cloud credits" to help them get off the ground and running.

Developers can use these credits to tap into Google's cloud computing without fronting the cost.

At another event, I spoke to a founder whose project recently raised $325 million. This level of funding strongly indicates private investors are bullish on a project.

To give you some perspective, Solana raised $41.5 million from 2018-2020, Helium raised $54 million through 2019, and Avalanche raised $98 million from 2019-2020 according to cryptorank.io.

Following these funding rounds, these tokens soared 21,305%, 42,344%, and 4,864%, respectively, in under two years.

As I wrote on Friday, I've never seen this level of commitment from the big tech companies before.

The fact that Google is targeting this sector of the crypto space – and no one is talking about it in the mainstream press – suggests we're at the forefront of a massive trend.

Just like Teeka was with bitcoin in 2016 when he recommended it at around $425… And just like we were during the DeFi explosion of 2021, when our subscribers had chances to lock in gains of 6,069% and 53,978% on Chainlink and Ethereum.

If you missed out on those opportunities, the good news is that we're still early in the AI agent trend.

Teeka recently put together his most recent research briefing on how he sees the AI agent trend playing out.

He also wrote a special report on what our research suggests are the top six names in the space. These are coins we believe could make you a life-changing amount of money this year.

You can watch a replay of his research briefing right here. It won't be available for long, so be sure to view Teeka's latest AI Agent briefing now.

Regards,

Houston Molnar