AI returning (overflowing) into Crypto Ponzi schemes is inevitable.

Without large-scale attempts by people in the crypto industry, Openclaw itself wouldn't have such a strong FOMO effect.
The reason is very simple: the crypto community is the largest single group in the public internet domain: they have purchasing power (a few hundred dollars a month is nothing to them; to traditional people, it's a significant expense), leisure time, and a loud enough voice (like Teacher Kong Jianping).
The crypto circle even experienced FOMO lobsters earlier than the Chinese AI industry practitioners by at least a month, and many in the latter group haven't even tried Claude due to costs and barriers.
But this group also includes near-spectrum groups in Web2: for example, a large number of people over 35 who have been optimized out of the professional career sequence and are "forced to start their own businesses," are the most ROI-conscious.
When the "learning costs" paid cannot be converted into the "orthodox ROI" in Web2 terms, there are only two possibilities: either the hype ends abruptly, or it is filled with Ponzi schemes (i.e., the mismatch between expected returns and actual returns in the three-plate theory of Ponzi schemes).
However, the biggest beneficiaries of OpenClaw are a group of token sellers and shoveling vendors like Minimax. These people’s LLMs originally had very few users, but now just by giving away eggs, their data skyrockets, and they can even turn trash stocks into penny stocks in the stock market. These利益集群 (interest clusters) won't let the music stop.
Crypto is the only market that has been tested over time to quickly turn any narrative into capital markets, create bubbles, and also use trading and leverage to quickly suppress those bubbles. It is an effective, versatile, low-wear Ponzi market that can penetrate across regions and cultures, with efficiency surpassing any other known financial market type.
Creating a lifeline for the macro AI scam through the Crypto market is an inevitable choice for all AI-related industries worldwide.
If you are a Ponzi builder, then now is not a bear market for you, but a great opportunity to make your mark before the emergence of inscriptions in 2023.