🧊 Here's the hard truth about AI in finance: It's hard for people to trust AI when there's real money involved. And for good reason. Would YOU give an AI access to your wallet when it's running on some random cloud server? Hell no. 🔥 Not unless that cloud is TEE-based. 🧵

1/🧵 TEE is HUGE for fintech because it eliminates the need to "just trust" anyone: ✅ Agent runs exactly the intended code ✅ Private keys never leave the secure enclave ✅ Every decision is cryptographically proven ✅ Zero human interference possible Welcome to trustless AI finance.

2/🧵 Real Talk: Phala's TEE-based cloud is leading this revolution. Phala's TEE-based cloud lets AI agents: 🤖 Control their own wallets (no custodian needed) 🤖 Execute trades in complete privacy 🤖 Prove every action with crypto signatures 🤖 Run 24/7 without human babysitting

3/🧵 The results? Meet @RabbiSchlomo_Ai - An AI hedge fund manager that raised 1 BTC and trades autonomously. No humans involved. Just pure AI alpha, secured by TEEs. This isn't a demo. It's a LIVE fund making real trades.

4/🧵 @elizaOS (ai16z’s agent OS) now runs agent swarms with TEE security 🛡️ Deploy AI armies that: 🐝 Trade with your API keys (safely) 🐝 Run complex DeFi strategies 🐝 Manage media social accounts

5/🧵 Newton by @magic_labs is automating DeFi without custody risk. Their TEE-powered agents handle: ⚡ Recurring buys (DCA) ⚡ Yield farming optimization ⚡ DAO voting ⚡ All while YOU keep your private keys

6/🧵 @VirtualsProtocol is building a launchpad for on-chain agents. Each agent gets its own smart wallet and can: 🛶 Execute blockchain transactions 🛶 Manage digital assets 🛶 Generate revenue autonomously

7/🧵 Even @NEAR_Protocol is going all-in with Shade Agents. Multi-chain AI agents that can: 🌟 Trade across BTC, ETH, SOL 🌟 Optimize yield everywhere 🌟 Use threshold signatures for security 🌟 Never rely on a single point of failure

8/🧵 @crossmint solved the custody problem with dual-key wallets. 🗝️ User keeps one key (ultimate control) 🗝️ AI agent holds the other (in TEE) 🗝️ Smart contract enforces spending limits 🗝️ Platform remains non-custodial Regulatory compliance + AI automation = 🔥

9/🧵 The flywheel effect is starting... 🌪️ More trust → More usage → Better AI performance → More trust We're entering a virtuous cycle where AI agents get smarter AND more trustworthy with every trade, every optimization, every success.

Suddenly, letting AI manage your portfolio isn't crazy — its security is cryptographically guaranteed, with Phala Cloud. Full article: