Rick Billings

#AI trading

AI Trading· 9 min read

What Is an On-Chain AI Agent? (And Why It Matters in 2026)

Reading time: ~6 minutes The short answer: An on-chain AI agent is a piece of software that executes trades, allocations, or other actions directly on a blockchain through smart contracts — without relying on a centralized platform to hold your funds or process the transactions. Every action the age

Web3· 9 min read

Custodial vs Non-Custodial Wallets: What Crypto Users Need to Know

Reading time: ~7 minutes The short answer: A custodial wallet is one where a third party — an exchange, a platform, a bot operator — holds your private keys for you. A non-custodial wallet is one where you hold your own private keys. The difference sounds technical, but it’s the single most importan

Web3· 9 min read

How Do AI Trading Agents Actually Work?

Reading time: ~6 minutes The short answer: An AI trading agent is a piece of software that watches market data, applies a defined strategy, and executes trades automatically when its rules are met. It removes the human bottlenecks — emotion, fatigue, distraction — and replaces them with consistent e

AI Trading· 9 min read

Web3 vs Web2 Explained: Why Read-Write-Own Changes Everything

Reading time: ~7 minutes The short answer: The internet has been through three distinct eras. Web 1.0 was read-only — you could look at pages, but you couldn’t interact. Web 2.0 is read-write — you can post, share, and create, but the platforms own everything you put on them. Web3 is read-write-own