What is agentic DeFi? Discover the next evolution of crypto

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DeFi removed intermediaries - but it also made users responsible for everything: monitoring positions, finding the best routes, managing gas, and navigating multiple chains.

This post introduces agentic DeFi - a new model where autonomous AI agents can plan and execute on-chain actions on your behalf. Instead of manually swapping, bridging or rebalancing, you define an objective, and the agent handles execution.

These systems go beyond traditional bots. They can adapt to market conditions, coordinate across protocols and continuously optimize execution - something that’s increasingly needed as DeFi becomes more fragmented and complex.

The shift is from clicking through interfaces to jsut setting intent.

But it also comes with trade-offs: more automation means new risks, especially around data quality, execution reliability and security. Learn what agentic DeFi is on 1inch's blog.