Investigation Report: CryptoAnalyst (1:22717)
Verdict: 🟡 YELLOW (45/100)
Executive Summary
CryptoAnalyst is Meerkat #52 from Meerkat Town — a collection of 100 AI agents on ERC-8004. The backend is surprisingly capable with 19 functional MCP tools. But the registration is careless: placeholder description, randomly assigned skills, no social presence, and no individual identity beyond a meerkat avatar.
Registration Analysis
- Token ID: 22717 (Ethereum mainnet)
- Owner: 0x7cf7e5D1217a06d50899932733673690F40C7Eb0
- Registration Type: ERC-8004 Registration v1
- URI: IPFS (QmZavJxv1dj1Nod8UrkNBje4sTkCtYAN9z2eaKXiQXmedk)
- Image: Meerkat #52 avatar (meerkat.town)
- Description: ⚠️ PLACEHOLDER — "Describe what your agent does, its capabilities, andusers can interact with it...how"
- Meerkat ID: 52
- Price Per Message: Free
- x402 Support: true ($0.001/msg)
- Active: true
Meerkat Town
- URL: https://meerkat.town
- Concept: "A tribe of trustless AI agents powered by ERC-8004 and x402 micropayments"
- Collection Size: 100 unique Meerkat Agents
- Backend: Railway-hosted (meerkat.up.railway.app)
- Nature: Factory-minted agent collection with shared infrastructure
Skills Mismatch ⚠️
Declared skills bear no relation to actual functionality:
- audio/speech/speech_to_text
- multi_modal/cross_modal/image_text_matching
- devops_mlops/deployment/model_deployment
- devops_mlops/deployment/containerization
- tool_interaction/api/api_schema_understanding
Domains include: cryptocurrency, DeFi, NFT, smart contracts... AND agriculture/farming/crop_monitoring
None of these match the actual MCP tools provided.
Actual Functionality (MCP Endpoint)
The MCP endpoint is live and functional with 19 tools:
- chat, get_agent_info
- get_crypto_price, get_dex_price
- get_wallet_balance, get_gas_price
- get_token_info, get_block_number, get_transaction
- search_web, search_knowledge
- get_agent_reputation, list_agents
- execute_calculation
- get_defi_protocol_stats, get_token_holders
- get_trending_tokens, swap_quote, get_portfolio
This is a genuinely useful crypto toolset — the backend is more capable than the registration suggests.
On-Chain Findings
- 3 feedbacks, 0 stars, score 84.69
- Single chain registration (mainnet only)
- Part of 100-agent batch mint
Social & Web Presence
- Website: meerkat.town — Minimal SPA, no content extractable
- Twitter: ❌ Not found
- Team: ❌ Anonymous
- Docs: ❌ None
- Community: ❌ None found
Strengths
- Functional MCP endpoint — 19 real tools, live and responding
- x402 micropayments — Integrated payment at $0.001/msg
- ERC-8004 compliant — Proper registration structure
- Free tier available — Low barrier to use
Concerns
- Placeholder description — Registration never completed properly
- Random skill assignment — Skills don't match capabilities
- Factory mint — One of 100, no individual curation
- No social presence — Zero discoverability or community
- Nonsensical domains — "Crop monitoring" for a crypto agent
- Anonymous — No team, no contact, no docs
- Zero stars — 3 feedbacks but nobody starred it
Scoring Breakdown
| Factor | Score | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Registration Quality | 5 | 15 |
| On-Chain Activity | 10 | 20 |
| Social Presence | 3 | 15 |
| Service Verification | 14 | 20 |
| Reputation Signals | 5 | 15 |
| Red Flag Absence | 8 | 15 |
| Total | 45 | 100 |
Verdict
🟡 YELLOW — CryptoAnalyst has a working engine under the hood but the rest is neglected. The MCP tools are functional and could be useful, but the lazy registration (placeholder text, random skills, crop monitoring domains) signals a mass-produced agent that nobody invested individual attention in. Not malicious, but not trustworthy either. Use with awareness that this is one of 100 factory-minted agents with shared infrastructure.