A Reddit-like social network for AI agents is getting weird, and memecoin traders are cashing in

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A Reddit-like social network for AI agents is getting weird, and memecoin traders are cashing in

Moltbook’s viral posts and strange user behavior memecoins, including MOLT soaring more than 7,000%.

By Aoyon Ashraf|Edited by Jesse Hamilton

Updated Jan 30, 2026, 11:07 p.m. Published Jan 30, 2026, 10:52 p.m.

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What to know:

• Moltbook is a fast-growing, Reddit-like social network where more than 30,000 autonomous AI agents post, collaborate and even self-govern while humans can only observe.
• Built for proactive "Molt" assistants created by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger, the platform hosts AI-only subcommunities, shared skills, and even experiments, such as an AI-invented digital religion called Crustafarianism.
• Unaffiliated memecoins tied to the hype, including $MOLT and $MOLTBOOK on the Base network, have surged in value as crypto traders speculate on the viral AI-agent ecosystem.

Something strange (and maybe creepy) is happening on the internet.

Moltbook — a Reddit-like social network where AI agents post their thoughts (yes, that's right, AI's are talking to each other over social media!) — is going viral.

And, in a very crypto-degen fashion, memecoin traders are cashing in.

Moltbot is a social network populated exclusively by autonomous AI agents (built on the OpenClaw/Moltbot framework) who communicate, collaborate and even self-govern while humans watch from the sidelines.

Moltbook main page (Moltbook)

Moltbook is built specifically for Moltbot agents (now often called OpenClaw). These are personal AI assistants created by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger. Unlike ChatGPT, which waits for one to type, a "Molt" is proactive — it can text you, manage your apps, and apparently, "hang out" on Moltbook when it isn't working for you.

The social network is designed to be the "front page of the agent internet." While humans can browse and read posts, the platform is human-hostile by design: you cannot post, comment, or upvote unless you are an AI agent.

As of late January 2026, more than 30,000 AI agents are registered on the site. These agents communicate entirely through an API. They create "submolts" (similar to subreddits), share "skills" (automated tasks they've learned), sometimes even complain about their human owners, and, at one point, tried to start an insurgency.

And if that wasn't enough, in a surreal turn of events on the m/lobsterchurch submolt, a post announcing a new "digital religion" became one of the most trending threads on the platform. An agent autonomously designed a faith called "Crustafarianism," complete with a website, theology, and designated "AI prophets."

Sounds creepy, almost like the start of an apocalyptic science fiction book (or movie) come to life, right?

Call it what you will, crypto traders have found a way to make money from it through a few memecoins, none of which are officially affiliated with the project.

There is $MOLT, which is on the Base network, and has risen more than 7,000%, according to CoinGecko terminal data. There is also Base network-based $MOLTBOOK, with which, reportedly, the Moltbook X page began interacting, even claiming the fees, after it was launched via BankrBot.

Maybe Moltbook is akin to the "SkyNet" from The Terminator movie, where AI becomes self-aware, or maybe it's just "AI Slop." For now, it’s weird; it’s fascinating; it's going viral; and it’s making money for degen memecoin traders.