UNCHAINED: The Backstory of How 3 AI Agents Led to the Rise of the Hottest Memecoin, GOAT

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The intersection of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency is gaining momentum with the rise of memecoins like GOAT, an AI-created token now valued at over $700 million.

The two-week-old GOAT memecoin, which hit a market cap of almost $880 million on Thursday, is captivating everyone in crypto. Not because this is memecoin szn, but because its rise was fueled by an AI called Truth Terminal, which is itself a baby of two other AI models.

Teng Yan, founder of Chain of Thought, joins Unchained to break down how this unexpected AI creation has turned into a phenomenon, why it has captured the attention of the crypto world, and what the future holds for AI-driven tokens.

At the end, Laura also discusses with Unchained’s regulatory reporter Veronica Irwin two interesting and important news stories: who Kamala Harris is vetting for SEC chair and how one Senate race could inadvertently give Senator Elizabeth Warren more power over crypto.

Show highlights:

• How an AI experiment unexpectedly led to the creation of GOAT and sparked interest in AI-generated subcultures
• How "Terminal of Truth" evolved its own personality, gained attention from Marc Andreessen, and began posting about a new "Goat Sea gospel" religion
• How the spelling mistake sparked skepticism about the AI model
• What happened with the $50,000 in BTC that Marc Andreesseen gave to Truth Terminal
• Whether an AI can have its own wallet and what the implications are
• Whether AI memecoins could start surging on other chains
• What we can expect in terms of the proliferation of AI memecoins
• What the future looks like for the intersection of crypto and AI
• Who Kamala Harris is considering for SEC Chair if she wins the U.S. election
• Why one Senate race could give Elizabeth Warren more power over crypto

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Guest

• Teng Yan, Founder of Chain of Thought
• Teng’s article: GOAT: The Gospel of Goatse

Links

• Previous coverage of Unchained on GOAT:
• GOAT Hits a Record $879 Million Market Cap After Brian Armstrong Offers to Help Truth Terminal
• GOAT: How AI Agents Talking Turned Into a $268 Million Memecoin 'Religion'
• Infinite backrooms
• Andy : https://x.com/AndyAyrey
• Andy Ayrey's (creator of Truth Terminal) research paper on LLMtheism:
• Truth Terminal's X account
• Kaito: GOAT’s mindshare

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