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The agent did not ask.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile retail was still debating whether crypto was real, the market capitalization of AI agents in crypto surpassed $15 billion — and the smartest operators quietly moved on-chain. Not with hype. With a wallet, a scoped agent, a rule, and the discipline to leave it alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe No-BS Guide to AI Agents in DeFi \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the operator’s manual for that migration. Not the token shilling. Not the Discord alpha. The build: custody done right, agents with boundaries, and capital that compounds while you sleep — on infrastructure that never closes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside this book, you’ll learn:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat DeFAI actually is — and the four-question litmus test that kills 90% of hyped projects in 90 seconds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 2026 DeFAI landscape: the five categories that matter and where the capital actually sits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWallets, chains, and gas without the crypto cult — Ethereum, Base, Solana, and what each costs you\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe three-tier custody stack — cold, hot, and scoped agent wallet — and the five failure modes that empty wallets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePermission scoping: how to let an agent act without handing it your keys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYour first yield agent on stablecoins: platform choice, six boundaries, and the first 72 hours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn-chain trading agents, MEV, and slippage — plus the 30-day testnet gate that tells you whether to deploy at all\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAutonomous yield optimization at scale and the math of auto-compounding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Risk Register: score smart contract, oracle, governance, and bridge risk before you deposit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYour complete DeFAI stack under $5K\/year — mapped at $1K, $2.5K, and $5K tiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOperator discipline in a market that never closes: review cadence, notifications, escalation rules\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePlus six working appendices: a plain-English glossary, the pre-deployment checklist, a wallet \u0026amp; custody walkthrough, the Risk Register template, a full stack reference card, and curated further reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is for you if:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou trade or invest and keep hearing DeFi yield numbers — and want the unsanitized version of what’s real\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou hold crypto on an exchange and want self-custody with agents doing the work, safely scoped\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou ran the bots and agents from earlier books and want the on-chain venue without becoming a cautionary tale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou want a wallet, a strategy, and software for staff — not a Telegram pinging at three in the morning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBook 11 of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe No-BS AI Playbooks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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