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at token2049 singapore, eliza labs founder shaw walters pushed back on the hype around fully autonomous “ai traders.” he says the real near-term value is in better signal processing + faster execution, not “agents trading treasuries.” “you probably don’t want to give an ai agent a pile of money and expect profits,” walters said. agents work best today as interfaces for quant tools and social data ingestion layers. eliza labs built elizaOS, an open-source platform on solana for creating and managing AI agents and simulations. it powers a “marketplace of trust” — converting shill posts into paper trades to track accuracy and build credibility. we can tell who’s actually good at calling markets and who’s just scamming,” walters added. walters says agents in telegram groups can even front-run social sentiment, buying small amounts minutes after a major KOL post simple rules, real alpha.

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