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 introduction When AI impacts traditional industries, Ethereum is reshaping the future trust system. At the ETHShanghai 2025 Summit that concluded in Shanghai, more than 40 blockchain leaders from around the world discussed the new economic form after the integration of AI and Ethereum. When Vitalik, Xiao Feng, Li Guoquan, and Audrey Tang spoke at the same time, a new question was put on the table: Is the future of Ethereum a more intelligent financial foundation or the next experimental ground for AI?  1. Vitalik: The Rise of the AI Prediction Market  Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, pointed out in an online conversation that prediction markets are becoming “a new medium of information.” During the US election, Polymarket's activity allowed him to see the power of market mechanisms to replace the guidance of public opinion. By feeding back reality through price signals, prediction markets reflect collective wisdom better than traditional media. Vitalik believes that the addition of AI will make predictions more accurate and real-time. AI can identify large amounts of unstructured data and predict event trends through algorithms. When AI is integrated with the decentralized prediction market, human beings will make more scientific and intelligent judgments about the future. But he also warned that the security challenges brought by AI cannot be ignored. AI Agent may independently issue coins and participate in governance. Without strict security mechanisms, ecological risks will rise sharply. Vitalik specifically mentioned that ZK ID (zero-knowledge identity) will play a key role in preventing AI abuse and distinguishing real people from robots. Through the privacy protection identity system, DeFi will also move towards a new era of "low risk, high trust". He concluded that AI should not replace people, but should serve people. When blockchain becomes the rule of the game and AI becomes a participant, the future financial ecosystem may enter the stage of "human-machine co-governance". 2. Xiao Feng: Ethereum’s moat and compliance challenges  Xiao Feng, chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain, pointed out that blockchain can be divided into two camps: "currency type" and "application type". Bitcoin is the former, and Ethereum is the latter. The latter takes applications as its core and continues to evolve along the original intention of the white paper, and now accounts for 60%-70% of the global application market share. In his view, Ethereum’s first-mover advantage and continuous optimization make it difficult to be replaced. New chains that want to challenge it must find a completely different strategic space in terms of positioning and ecology. At the same time, he emphasized that the future of DeFi must go hand in hand with KYC and anti-money laundering (AML) requirements. ZK ID provides an ideal technical path - users can prove that they are qualified investors while protecting privacy, and conduct secure transactions globally. This means that Ethereum is no longer just a "consensus network for the technical community", but is moving towards "the infrastructure of the global financial system". This statement also signifies a trend: the focus of Web3 competition is shifting from "technological breakthroughs" to "compliance implementation." 3. Ethereum Foundation: Expansion, Experience and Trust  Hsiao-Wei Wang, co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, proposed in his speech that if Ethereum wants to achieve large-scale adoption, it must cross the three major gaps of "scalability, experience, and trust." In terms of expansion, Ethereum is achieving high throughput and low cost through the L1+L2 collaborative route. Core upgrades include Dencun, Pectra, Fusaka, etc. Account Abstraction is also a key breakthrough. Through mechanisms such as smart accounts, gas payment, and social recovery, the user experience will be greatly improved. She emphasized that the ultimate goal of Ethereum is to no longer be "seen", but to be silently relied on like the Internet. This sentence was called “the second vision of Ethereum” by many attendees. True decentralization does not mean that users discuss the existence of the chain every day, but that the chain flows naturally like air. Another executive director, Tomasz Stanczak, mentioned that Ethereum is becoming the coordination layer for AI Agents. The ERC-8004 and x402 standards will build the foundation of the agent economy. AI agents can autonomously execute payments, establish credibility, and reduce reliance on the traditional financial system. This means that Ethereum will be upgraded from the "Internet of Value" to the "Internet of Intelligent Collaboration". 4. The global implementation of Ethereum and the next stage of competition  Professor Li Guoquan of the Singapore University of Social Sciences pointed out that Ethereum has become the first choice underlying facility for enterprises to face the global market. Not only is its technology mature, it is also recognized by regulatory agencies in terms of compliance and transparency. The Singapore government has used Ethereum for diploma certification and trade voucher systems, verifying its public governance value. He believes that Ethereum’s neutrality is the biggest advantage of internationalization – it not only complies with anti-money laundering requirements, but also maintains a balance in geopolitics. For Chinese companies seeking internationalization, “Ethereum is the only key that can truly open the global market.” Audrey Tang emphasized from the perspective of a builder that the Ethereum infrastructure has been improved and that the next ten years should focus on application implementation. The "Shanhaiwu" project she leads is building a cross-border builder community, supporting open source development through structured financing and public goods funds, allowing Chinese developers to truly integrate into the global ecosystem. In the hackathon session, projects such as Yield Market and VRF using EIP 2537 won awards, and the combination of AI and DeFi became the biggest highlight. These projects represent the direction of the new generation of Ethereum developers - no longer reinventing the chain, but using Ethereum as the bottom layer to create real economic and social value. Conclusion ETHShanghai 2025 is not only a technology conference, but also a consensus reconstruction about the future of trust. When AI meets Ethereum, the human financial system is moving from "programmable currency" to "programmable intelligence." The next cycle does not belong to a single chain or algorithm, but to those who can find a balance between intelligence, trust and compliance. 👉 Follow us and we will bring you the latest information and in-depth interpretation of the Web3 market as soon as possible! End Friends who are interested in Web3 are welcome to scan the QR code to add an assistant on WeChat, join our communication group, chat with senior players in the industry about the latest developments in Web3, and explore the infinite possibilities of the future together!  Disclaimer Some of the pictures in this article are from the Internet. If there is any infringement, please contact us to delete them. 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