By Rob Maximus, Founder of AI-powered trading tools DeepBot and DeepBot PRO
The cryptocurrency market has grown into a multi-trillion-dollar ecosystem in just over a decade. Yet despite its size and promise, it still remains the preserve of a minority. Only around 12% of the global population currently hold crypto, meaning the vast majority of people are still excluded from one of the most dynamic financial innovations of our time.
This exclusion is not simply about a lack of interest—it reflects real barriers. The complexity of trading platforms, the ongoing challenges of security, and the powerful influence of human emotions like fear and greed all make crypto seem inaccessible, risky, or reserved for insiders.
But fintech is evolving, and artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of this transformation. With the right application, AI can remove the complexity, reduce the risks, and open the door for everyday investors. In fact, a recent survey by Reown in partnership with YouGov, showed that 37% of crypto users attribute a surge in adoption to AI and payments infrastructure.
Why AI matters in crypto
AI brings three powerful benefits to crypto trading: automation, objectivity, and accessibility.
- Automation: By automating trading strategies, AI systems reduce the burden of constant monitoring and analysis. This not only saves time but ensures that trading decisions are executed at the optimal moment—something even experienced human traders struggle to achieve consistently.
- Objectivity: Human emotions are one of the greatest pitfalls in investing. Fear causes people to sell too soon, greed leads to risky overexposure, and hesitation often means missed opportunities. AI strips emotion out of the process. It acts only on data, following pre-programmed rules and models designed to maximise efficiency and manage risk.
- Accessibility: Crypto has long been dominated by a few big players – wealthy individuals and institutions known as ‘Whales’. AI tools level the playing field by giving investors access to the same kind of data-driven decision-making once reserved for professionals. In doing so, AI helps to dilute the dominance of the heavy hitters and contributes to a healthier, more balanced market.
Safe trading for all
While AI can’t eliminate every cyber risk, it can significantly improve resilience by constantly monitoring for anomalies, flagging suspicious activity, and helping users avoid common pitfalls such as phishing or poorly secured exchanges.
Whatever AI tool you use, it’s important to check its safety credentials. DeepBot uses Blockaid, the world’s leading Crypto security platform, trusted by all of the major organisations in our sector.
A more balanced market
The key to crypto’s success and the success of its investors is a more balanced market. Broad participation is crucial here, with lots of people holding the purse strings, rather than monopolisation by a few. Currently, the ‘Whales’ have too much influence.
When AI empowers individuals to participate, it reduces reliance on these large players. This dilution of dominance creates a fairer ecosystem, where price movements are less prone to the dramatic swings driven by a handful of investors. In fact, in recent months, crypto has been described as less volatile than the stock market – largely due to Trump’s tariffs.
Overall, the more people that invest in crypto, the more stable it will become, creating greater trust in this new financial market: ‘trust’ is the foundation on which the next stage of crypto’s growth depends.
An inclusive future
Crypto has the scale to change finance forever, but it needs the right tools to bring more people on board, moving it from a space that only ‘tech-bros’ feel comfortable in, to somewhere that anyone seeking financial growth and independence can take a stake.
Well-designed AI-powered trading apps that track all the different factors influencing the markets, with a focus on safety and user-experience, are key. The next generation of these tools are set to bring crypto out of the shadows of Web 3 into the Web 2 world the less crypto-literate are more familiar with – watch this space!