🥛 Are robot tokens the next AI? 🤖

GM. This is Milk Road Degen, the crypto newsletter that’s suddenly more into robots than a kid watching Transformers for the first time.

Here’s what we got for you today:

✍️ Are robot tokens the next meta?
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ARE ROBOT TOKENS THE NEXT META?

Listen, degen.

We’re a day late here. This edition was meant to go out on Monday, but we ran out of milk in the trenches and had to push a day.

These weekly newsletters are meant to do one thing: tickle our curiosity.

There are too many “metas” out there to chase all of them. Even when you spot one, you need to move fast.

So today, I’m zooming in on one meta that came out of nowhere and suddenly has its own Coingecko page: Robotics.

Source: @S4mmyEth

A month ago, no one was even talking about robots.

Now we’ve got tickers, trading volume, and whole new narratives forming.

Heck, even CoinGecko has a category for it.

The big question: do robots actually need tokens? I don’t know.

But there are many projects worth watching, and maybe punting on if you’re feeling spicy.

Source: @Rewkang

I’ve narrowed it down to just a few for today’s edition.

$PEAQ - The machine economy chain

Peaq is an EVM-compatible L1 built for the “Machine Economy”. Think cars, drones, sensors, robots all earning, spending, and verifying value onchain. It powers DePINs, DePAI, Machine DeFi, and even tokenized RWAs.

It’s fast (10k+ TPS), dirt cheap (~$0.00025 per tx), and comes with baked-in tools like DIDs, access control, and machine payments.

Why it matters: $PEAQ is the fastest horse here. Biggest trading volume, most mentions, and actual dev traction. The $PEAQ token fuels fees, staking, governance, and the disinflationary design keeps pressure on supply.

Note: They are also running a massive Kaito InfoFi campaign, so keep that in mind when looking at mindshare.

How to buy:

Tricky one because it’s on its own L1
Bridge $ETH to PEAQ on their site, although you’ll need to add a bit extra for gas
Buy their pairs on Ethereum or Binance
Buy on a Tier 2 Exchange, like Kraken or MEXC.

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ARE ROBOT TOKENS THE NEXT META? (P2)

$CODEC - The robot flow

CodecFlow is all about “digital workers” called Operators that can see, understand, and act across cloud, desktop, and real-world robots. Basically: plug AI into processes so they can figure things out without 100 manual steps. Volume is picking up - second only to $PEAQ - but trades at 1/6 the market cap.

Why it matters: $CODEC is a utility + ownership play. 65% of supply unlocked at TGE means there’s plenty of liquidity, and their community-first design feels legit.

Source: @zerokn0wledge_

How to buy:

Buy on Milk Road Swap
Buy on Axiom (Referral here)
CA: 69LjZUUzxj3Cb3Fxeo1X4QpYEQTboApkhXTysPpbpump

Virtuals ecosystem

Virtuals has long been the home of AI on Base and seems eager to support all robotic plays. That being said, volume is quite low on all of these. So buying them is betting less on their concepts (despite being great!) and more on the trend itself.

$VADER: OG Virtuals token, and this dude basically developed the Genesis program. He just pivoted to robotics with a platform that trains AIs through video uploads (via smart glasses). Dev is highly respected, and the pivot confirms robotics is a trend.
$ROBOT: RoboStack is like Minecraft for robots. Simulate, train, and scale robot learning in the cloud. Uses $ROBOT to unlock tools and steer governance.
$SAM: The wild card. They sell actual consumer robots for $249, and have robot arms on the way. Although I’m unsure what the token actually does, you could consider it a proxy to the company’s actual marketing value. Plus the token is tied to an X account where the robot apparently fights?

Source: Frodobots

How to buy:

Buy on Definitive (Referral code)
$VADER: 0x731814e491571A2e9eE3c5b1F7f3b962eE8f4870
$ROBOT: 0x708c2B2eEb9578dFe4020895139E88F7654647Ff
$SAM: 0xd0174292C4d6dfa7c4Ee20F371f3b6D401782cd5

Wrapping up

I’m not your robot overlord here. If you want sharper signals, follow S4mmy, who’s been early to AI and is now all over robotics.

As for us, this meta could be a quick flash in the pan… or the start of something massive. Pick a horse, punt a little, or just watch from the sidelines. Either way, it’s worth keeping robots on your radar.

And hey, if nothing else, at least now you can say you’ve scouted robot tokens in crypto. That alone feels peak 2025.

Source: @Chyan

ROTATION SEASON IS HERE 🔄

In last Friday’s episode, we sat down with RCIV to talk about top crypto trades, prediction markets, and the new meta rotation shaping late 2025.

Take a look at what surprised us:

How RCIV timed a clean win on $XPL, then watched it rip
Why Aster might be soaking up institutional capital
The one Q4 strategy he’s going all-in on: prediction markets
What tokens he’s farming right now on Base for future drops

It’s a banger of an episode, don’t miss it 👇

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