A whale just burned $20M on AI agents.
By Maxime Laurent · 2025-12-16 16:05
A whale just burned $20M on AI agents.
One year of buying, one brutal exit: $23M in, $2.58M out, almost −89%. A painful reminder that size doesn’t mean wisdom.
I was scrolling this morning, espresso in hand, when I saw the chart and literally stopped breathing for a second ☕️
This whale spent a full year loading up AI-agent tokens on Base. Slow accumulation, conviction plays, the whole “smart money” narrative. And today? Boom. Everything sold. The damage: −$20.43M.
The worst offenders read like a graveyard of hype: $FAI, $AIXBT, $BOTTO… most of them down 80 to 99%. Not a drawdown — a massacre. You could almost feel the optimism evaporating block by block.
What hits me isn’t just the loss, it’s the psychology. Everyone loves to track whales, copy wallets, follow on-chain breadcrumbs like it’s a treasure map. But sometimes it leads straight off a cliff. Même les gros poissons se plantent.
AI agents as a narrative aren’t dead, but this shows how brutal timing and crowding can be. Conviction without risk management is just expensive hope.
Moral of the story, my friends by the sea 🌊: on-chain data is a tool, not a religion. Think, filter, and never assume someone bigger than you is smarter than you.
#crypto #AIagents #Base #onchain #whales #riskmanagement 🧠💥
One year of buying, one brutal exit: $23M in, $2.58M out, almost −89%. A painful reminder that size doesn’t mean wisdom.
I was scrolling this morning, espresso in hand, when I saw the chart and literally stopped breathing for a second ☕️
This whale spent a full year loading up AI-agent tokens on Base. Slow accumulation, conviction plays, the whole “smart money” narrative. And today? Boom. Everything sold. The damage: −$20.43M.
The worst offenders read like a graveyard of hype: $FAI, $AIXBT, $BOTTO… most of them down 80 to 99%. Not a drawdown — a massacre. You could almost feel the optimism evaporating block by block.
What hits me isn’t just the loss, it’s the psychology. Everyone loves to track whales, copy wallets, follow on-chain breadcrumbs like it’s a treasure map. But sometimes it leads straight off a cliff. Même les gros poissons se plantent.
AI agents as a narrative aren’t dead, but this shows how brutal timing and crowding can be. Conviction without risk management is just expensive hope.
Moral of the story, my friends by the sea 🌊: on-chain data is a tool, not a religion. Think, filter, and never assume someone bigger than you is smarter than you.
#crypto #AIagents #Base #onchain #whales #riskmanagement 🧠💥
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