How much of “crypto AI” is still just narrative—and how much is finally real?

In this episode, Messari’s Enterprise team unpacks findings from Messari’s newly released State of AI Report and what they mean for decentralized AI, infra, and the broader market. Chris walks through why post-training, reinforcement learning, and test-time compute are pushing us into a new decentralized AI paradigm, from swarm-style inference networks like 42 Network to open source models that are finally seeing real, paid demand.

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00:00 – Introductions

01:11 – State of AI & Crypto

08:28 – AI Agents & Micropayments

23:05 – New L1 & TG Analysis

36:10 – Market & Cycle Outlook

50:04 – Token Launch Advice

56:22 – On-Chain Activity

57:52 – Conclusion

Hosted by Matthew Nay of Messari

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