Crypto.com’s Secret AI Project Keeps Engineers Up at Night

Crypto.com’s mysterious Cortex AI hints at transforming blockchain via autonomous agents, heralding a pivotal shift in digital finance.

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  • Crypto.com‘s 2025 roadmap is ambitious.
  • Kris Marszalek envisions greater blockchain and AI integration.
  • The “Cortex AIproject is shrouded in mystery.

Crypto.com has unveiled its 2025 roadmap, showcasing bold ambitions to expand its crypto ecosystem. Highlights include plans for a native stablecoin, a CRO ETF application, and ventures into stocks and banking, signaling a broad push for innovation.

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Among these initiatives, the mysterious “Cortex AI” project has captured significant attention. While details remain scarce, CEO Kris Marszalek recently hinted at its transformative potential, stoking curiosity about how it could redefine the user experience.

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In a recent AMA, Marszalek described Cortex AI as one of Crypto.com’s most ambitious undertakings to date. It aims to merge AI and cryptocurrency through “Autonomous AI Agents.”

While he remained tight-lipped on the specifics, Marszalek expressed the team’s overwhelming excitement, noting they โ€œdonโ€™t sleepโ€ as they work tirelessly to bring the project to life.

“Let me just say this: the world has changed, and it’s going to be amazing,” Marszalek said on Cortex AI.

Despite withholding specifics about Cortex AI, Marszalek drew parallels with the recently launched AI Agent SDK. This developer tool allows projects to integrate AI capabilities for data queries, wallet management, portfolio tracking, and content monetization tasks.

However, he emphasized that Cortex AI will significantly enhance these capabilities, making it “extremely useful for the CRONOS ecosystem.”

AI & Blockchain

A KPMG report described AI and blockchain pairing as a transformative duo, dubbing them “the new power couple” for their ability to complement and enhance each other’s capabilities.

The report noted that blockchain acts as a digital “bouncer,” offering the security and guardrails needed to keep AI in check. Together, they enable use cases such as precise IP tracking, royalty management, and content attribution, transforming AI’s expansive capabilities into a safer, more structured, and monetizable ecosystem.

However, KPMG’s research also revealed that 92% of surveyed executives view AI implementation as moderate to high-risk, underscoring the need for responsible AI frameworks to mitigate potential challenges.

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Why This Matters

While Cortex AI’s specifics are unclear, Marszalek suggests we’re witnessing a transformative moment in which cryptocurrency transcends speculation and emerges as an intelligent, adaptive technological frontier.

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Samuel Wan

Samuel Wan is a reporter at DailyCoin covering market affairs. Samuel's has holdings in Bitcoin and Cardano, with other minor holdings across the market.

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