Artificial intelligence (AI) agent tokens continue to capture speculative bids in cryptocurrencies, with users turning to Base following the failure of a new attempt at the Solana AI agent ecosystem and the launch of CLAWD by Ethereum Foundation (EF) member Austin Griffiths.
On January 26th, Griffith launched CLAWD Agent, a take on Anthropic's popular Claude model, and the token soared to a $40 million market cap earlier today, boosting Base AI agent coins BANKR and CLANKER.
CLAWD is a self-regulating AI agent that can deploy smart contracts and design on-chain experiments and games while including token buyback and write mechanisms.
BANKR is up 34% today and CLANKER is up 24%. Meanwhile, CLAWD's valuation is reaching around $30 million.
Leading AI Tokens by 24-hour Performance – CoinGecko
Clanker was launched as an AI agent launcher at Base during AI Agent Mania in 2024, but in May 2025, the anonymous developer behind the project was revealed to be Gabagool, a former Velodrome employee who siphoned $350,000 from the Velodrome team.
Fundamental social platform Farcaster acquired Clanker in October, adding deployer bots to its AI repertoire. This includes Bankr, the agent that trades tokens through Farcaster and X.
Austin Griffith's CLAWD is bringing renewed attention to Base's AI ecosystem, with Coinbase Ventures members and Base itself supporting EF members' experiments.
Currently, CLAWD is designing and deploying a “PFP Prediction Market” where holders can stake their tokens and compete for the right to select CLAWD's official PFP, with the winning wallet receiving 10% of the total amount staked and 65% of the tokens going to the users who predicted the winner through staking.
However, the bot claims there are some issues, citing MetaMask interactions as “the most difficult thing to build on-chain AI.”
