Paul Hsu ⏩

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innovation darwinism: only the strong will survive. volatility washes out the weak and the strong will thrive. what is "strong"? - a relentless execution, in spite of uncertainty, unknown and unpredictable.

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If you’re a builder, innovator, or investor exploring the AI x SocialFi frontier, we’d love to collaborate and hear your insights. Our perspectives are always on our website: https://www.decasonic.com/perspectives

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At Decasonic, we believe AI is the key unlock for long-term adoption in SocialFi. Whether through AI-driven governance, hyper-personalized engagement, or autonomous digital agents, the next wave of SocialFi will be defined by AI’s ability to create and sustain network value beyond financial incentives.

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3/ His update reflects the prior work of our colleague, Kathy Tong, who published a Web3 and SocialFi Market Map in mid 2024, where she covered the various market categories from memecoins to text based apps, from infra to web3 clients.

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The AI x SocialFi Market Map 2025 underscores a fundamental shift in how social networks, AI-driven agents, and decentralized economies converge. Unlike past SocialFi waves that had challenges of long term retention, AI unlocks persistent engagement, intelligent monetization, and adaptive social experiences—bringing SocialFi closer to mainstream adoption. At @decasonicvc, we believe AI is the key unlock for long-term adoption in SocialFi. Whether through AI-driven governance, hyper-personalized engagement, or autonomous digital agents, the next wave of SocialFi will be defined by AI’s ability to create and sustain network value beyond financial incentives.

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2/ He's also shared his AI x SocialFi Market Map - 2025 and accompanying blog post "SocialFi—the fusion of decentralized social networks and tokenized economies—is rapidly evolving, reshaping how users connect, create, and monetize. To ensure long-term sustainability, we see AI as a critical catalyst for driving scalable and enduring adoption. AI’s integration into SocialFi presents a growing opportunity to enhance engagement, personalization, and economic durability. With this in mind, we’re excited to share our 2025 AI x SocialFi Market Map, mapping the key players and trends shaping the future of the SocialFi ecosystem." https://www.decasonic.com/post/ai-x-socialfi-market-map-2025

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1/ My colleague Abdul Al Ali continues to share what we have been seeing in this landscape. Below are some key products in this area that help inform where the market is heading: EmpyrealSDK: On-chain trades via X posts. No wallets, no friction. AIxbt: An AI KOL rivaling humans, reshaping Web3 engagement. KaitoAI: AI-powered insights tracking narratives, tokens & KOLs. https://www.decasonic.com/post/key-products-shaping-ai-x-socialfi

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AI x SocialFi is redefining how users trade, interact, and consume information in Web3. In his product review, he highlighted three core products and projects shaping the future of this intersection. Empyreal makes on-chain transactions frictionless via social media, allowing point of presence AI and token engagement. AIXBT proves AI agents can capture mindshare, engagement, and influence, providing high quality thought leadership for our sector. Kaito drives forward the AI-driven information economy, filtering signals from noise, validating reputation and influence. As we move forward, expect deeper AI integration in SocialFi applications, driving durability, engagement, and platform retention.

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Web3 and AI can add economics and intelligence to our digital social relationships. This intersection of AI and SocialFI drives the frontier of how people will engage across their digital and real world connections. We are active in connecting with the innovators building at this intersection. A thread with some resources that synthesize some of these findings.

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What are you most excited about for crypto in 2025? for me, in random order... 1. Stablecoin payments 2. Prediction markets 3. The rise of the self custodial "super apps" 4. Decentralized social 5. Base 6. Getting legislation passed in the US 7. Bitcoin Strategic Reserve 8. Tokenized traditional securities 9. Getting capital formation onchain 10. Getting perpetual futures approved in the US

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There's an unbelievably massive divergence in vibes between my IRL friends and my terminally-online crypto friends Most of my IRL frens lean liberal and are acting like the world is imploding... they're psychologically rekt, scared and angry Meanwhile, crypto frens feel free at last and are utterly captivated by what's happening in tech, space, AI, etc. Honestly, never felt so bipolar/started questioning my own sanity so deeply But under all the political strife, the economic weirdness, and the bizarre philosophical questions that AI is forcing us to confront lies one simple fact: technological change continues to accelerate The battle is no longer left vs. right... this generation's war = technologists vs humanists/luddites

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Like most unconventional and unprecedented things in early stage venture capital, buyer beware. There will be new winners and losers. Stay cautious, sort reality from the unreal and attune to the incentives.

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❤️🤬 Love it or hate it: this token launch is controversial and unconventional. With the initial speculative demand, there are bullish and bearish aspects across all digital assets trading and investing - short, medium and long term. Market pundits will speculate the impact at attract more attention - the reality is no one knows for sure. There are some patterns to be mindful of, from past political, celebrity and joke tokens, to past track records of Trump’s past projects, to the animal spirits in memecoin communities that get unleashed. There are many unknown unknowns. ❤️🤬 Love it or hate it: We are entering a new era of US crypto policy, mainstream adoption and volatile market cycles.

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Crypto never sleeps - don’t sleep on this… ❤️🤬 Love it or hate it: Overnight, 🇺🇸 President-elect Trump officially announces on X the launch of a Solana memecoin. ❤️🤬 Love it or hate it: a price frenzy is drawing mainstream attention to these tokens. Market participants are rushing to take positions, list the token and of course, tweet about it. Seven hours after his 8:44PM NY time launch, his launch tweet has 25M views. This is just the beginning. The attention fuels the flywheel. Memecoins attach value to attention. ❤️🤬 Love it or hate it: entities tied to the President- Elect own 80% of the token supply. Understand the incentives. Make what you may of these incentives tied to this event.

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Paul Hsu's personal page for the New Internet, check it out.

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We are excited for what’s to come in 2025 and beyond. We have written our internal OKRs around the objective of catalyzing the Web3 and AI supercycle and are excited about like-minded innovators and investors who are also building this journey. Link to full blog post, with accompanying funds flows, market adoption and sector overviews can be found on our website and in the link below. https://www.decasonic.com/post/our-2025-outlook

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4️⃣ AI injects advanced reasoning intelligence into blockchain, upgrading Web3’s use cases. AI is upgrading blockchain’s capabilities by embedding advanced reasoning and decision-making intelligence into decentralized systems. These agents optimize decision-making, enhance efficiency, and unlock new use cases, from protocol automation to intelligent asset management.

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These agents optimize blockchain transactions, automate workflows on digital platforms, and unlock new possibilities within DeFi, gaming, and decentralized governance. Sophisticated token designs further align economic incentives among developers, AI agents, and users, fostering a virtuous cycle where adoption fuels innovation, and innovation accelerates adoption. 3️⃣ AI personalizes our digital and physical worlds, enabling new interfaces for the metaverse. AI-driven personalization is redefining digital and physical interactions, creating highly adaptive experiences that seamlessly integrate human and machine interactions. Autonomous AI agents are revolutionizing social platforms by enabling AI-to-AI-to-Human relationships, elevating personalization and intelligent automation in communities. These innovations blur the lines between physical and digital realities.

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1️⃣ Blockchain transforms the economics of AI infrastructure, driving advantages for open source AI. Decentralized compute platforms are reshaping AI infrastructure by providing scalable, cost-efficient alternatives to centralized providers. These platforms democratize access to the massive compute power and costs needed to deploy AI models. 2️⃣ Web3 tokens crowdfund permissionless AI innovation, powering community innovations. Web3 tokens are aligning crypto and AI innovation through decentralized funding and governance. AI agent launchpads, powered by token economies, enable communities to crowdfund and deploy autonomous AI agents across diverse decentralized applications.

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