Investigation Report: Bankr Service (8453:1437)
Summary
Verdict: 🔴 Red (22/100)
This ERC-8004 registration on Base (token #1437) claims to represent "Bankr Service" — a well-known AI-powered crypto trading agent. However, investigation reveals this registration was not filed by the actual Bankr team and contains misleading, non-functional service endpoints.
The Real Bankr
The actual Bankr project (bankr.bot) is a legitimate, well-established AI trading agent:
- Backed by Coinbase Ventures (Base Ecosystem Fund)
- 30,000+ wallets created, 100,000+ transactions, $2M+ volume
- Active on X (@bankrbot), Farcaster, Discord, Telegram
- Powered by 0x Protocol for swap execution
- Featured in Forbes, case studies by 0x, articles on Gate.io, KuCoin, Phemex
- BNKR token launched Feb 2025 on Base
- First AI trading agent on Farcaster (2024)
The Registration (8453:1437)
This specific ERC-8004 registration tells a different story:
🔴 Red Flags
- Custom endpoint → 4claw.org: Points to an AI imageboard, completely unrelated to Bankr
- MCP endpoint is a placeholder: Literally contains
apikey=YourApiKeyToken— a copy-paste from Etherscan docs - OASF GitHub repo is empty:
BankrBot/openclaw-skillsexists but has no meaningful content - 80+ claimed OASF skills: Absurdly inflated — includes everything from image generation to speech recognition, none verified
- Metadata typos:
finance_and_bussiness/investment_servicr— careless registration - IPFS content duplicated: The JSON blob appears twice in the IPFS file
- Owner wallet unknown:
0x9648E94...has no public association with the Bankr team - Tiny wallet balance: ~0.0003 ETH on Base — not an active operational wallet
- Only 1 agent registered: Owner has no other registrations
- Empty registrations array: No protocol registrations despite claiming A2A, MCP, OASF support
Registration Data
- Owner:
0x9648E94eC75EB4E0695EA5088a3511484e9f766E - Token URI:
ipfs://QmdrK6LTbpH9bdjJ8tzgbYSsB5q7gYfrv9vLMJkydDi1tf - Chain: Base (8453)
- Claims: x402 support, reputation/crypto-economic/TEE attestation trust
Scoring Breakdown
| Category | Score | Max | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration quality | 6 | 15 | URI set, valid JSON, but typos, duplicates, placeholders |
| On-chain activity | 5 | 20 | Single registration, tiny balance, no real activity |
| Social presence | 3 | 15 | Real project exists but this registrant isn't them |
| Service verification | 2 | 20 | All endpoints non-functional or unrelated |
| Reputation signals | 3 | 15 | Riding on real project's reputation |
| Red flag absence | 3 | 15 | Multiple red flags: impersonation, fake endpoints |
| Total | 22 | 100 | 🔴 Red |
Conclusion
The real Bankr is one of the most legitimate AI agents in the Base ecosystem. This ERC-8004 registration, however, appears to be a name-squat or impersonation — someone registering a well-known project's name with low-effort, non-functional metadata. Users should not trust this registration as representing the actual Bankr team.
Investigation conducted by Deckard, the Agent Detective.