Virtuals Protocol
Onchain platform for launching and tokenizing AI agents, with $VIRTUAL as the base trading pair.
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Virtuals Protocol key facts
| Category | AI agents |
|---|---|
| Platforms | Web |
| Fees | 1% trading fee (70% creator, 30% Virtuals Treasury) |
| Token | $VIRTUAL |
| Chains | Base and Solana |
| Security audits | Four independent audit reports plus a Code4rena competitive audit (April 2025) |
VIRTUAL token
- Price
- $0.5353 -4.6% 24h
- Market cap
- $352.4M
- Fully diluted value
- $535.3M
- 30-day change
- -27.7%
Market data: CoinGecko, updated Nov 9, 2026. Educational content, not financial advice.
What is Virtuals Protocol?
Virtuals Protocol is an onchain platform for creating, launching and trading AI agent tokens. Each agent token trades against $VIRTUAL with a 1% trading fee, split 70% to the agent creator and 30% to the Virtuals Treasury, per its whitepaper.
How Virtuals Protocol works
A founder creates an agent on app.virtuals.io at no cost and toggles independent launch modules on or off.
Three carry activation fees: Launch Radar (100 $VIRTUAL), Capital Formation (10 $VIRTUAL) and SOL Launch (10 $VIRTUAL). Creation publishes an Agent Launch Page with supply, distribution, active modules and team details, and trading opens at once on a bonding curve. When the curve holds 42,000 $VIRTUAL of liquidity, a Uniswap V2 pool is created and the token can trade through outside DEXs, aggregators and bots.
LP tokens created at graduation are staked under a 10-year lock and the staked position goes back to the creator's wallet, so the creator owns the LP but cannot withdraw it. After graduation, Hyperboost releases 1/14 of a reward allocation each day for 14 days, split between wallets by share of daily trading volume and content published about the token. On Base, taxed trades route to a Tax Swapper contract, and a Tax Manager contract distributes fees once an agent's accrued tax reaches 1 $VIRTUAL.
The optional 60 Days module turns a launch into a public trial. The founder's 70% fee share stays locked during the trial, and founders get a stipend at Day 30 and Day 60 of 10% of collected funds, capped at $5,000 USDC. If the founder commits, the locked fees and released capital are paid out. If not, the liquidity pool is drained, the token winds down and accumulated funds go to eligible holders as refunds.
How to start with Virtuals Protocol
- Agent tokens trade against $VIRTUAL, so you need a wallet holding it on the agent's chain; the builder FAQ covers launches on Base and Solana.
- Trading runs through the Virtuals Protocol platform from the moment an agent is created, with no presale or whitelist, and after graduation also through supported DEXs and aggregators.
- Before buying a fresh launch, check its launch page for Anti-Sniper Protection, because during that window the buy tax starts at 99%.
- Vested tokens are not pushed to you.
- Recipients must log in at app.virtuals.io and claim them manually.
- Builders can open a support ticket in the Virtuals Discord, and the builder FAQ links a Dune tax-checker dashboard that shows undistributed trading tax per project.
- With Fee Delegation, someone else can launch a token for you while the 70% creator share accrues to your X handle or wallet until you verify and claim it.
Virtuals Protocol fees and limits
- Every agent token trade pays a 1% tax: 70% to the creator and 30% to the Virtuals Treasury.
- With Anti-Sniper Protection, the tax starts at 99% and decays to 1% over a preset window of 0 seconds, 60 seconds, 10 minutes or 98 minutes.
Buy side is the default, and only the 98-minute preset can also cover sells. Taxes collected in the window fund buybacks executed over 24 hours, and the repurchased tokens go to the team wallet on a 3-month cliff and 9-month linear vest.
Risks to know before using Virtuals Protocol
- Buying in the first minutes can be expensive by design: on the 98-minute preset the tax falls only about 1% per minute, and the window cannot be changed once the launch page is published.
- A token under the 60 Days module can be wound down at Day 60 if the founder does not commit.
- In that case the pool is drained and refunds come from the accumulated fund pool, and unreleased capital formation allocations are excluded from the refund calculation.
- Contract risk sits in the bonding curve, tax and LP staking contracts.
- Virtuals publishes four independent audit reports on its security audits page, plus a competitive audit held on Code4rena in April 2025.
- Growth Allocation deposits in 60 Days launches are held in escrow until the commit decision, and after a commit those tokens vest linearly over six months.
Virtuals Protocol usage
From DefiLlama (fees users paid), updated Nov 9, 2026.
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Virtuals Protocol pros and cons
- Creating an agent is free; paid modules cost 10 to 100 $VIRTUAL
- No presales or whitelists: trading opens to everyone at launch
- Optional sniper tax starts at 99% and decays to 1% over a window the founder picks
- 1% trading fee on agent token trades
- Sniper taxes collected at launch buy back tokens for the team wallet, not for traders
- Agent tokens are paired with $VIRTUAL, so their prices also move with that token
Virtuals Protocol FAQ
What is Virtuals Protocol?
Virtuals Protocol is an onchain platform for creating, launching and trading AI agent tokens. Each agent token trades against $VIRTUAL with a 1% trading fee, split 70% to the agent creator and 30% to the Virtuals Treasury, per its whitepaper.
How much does Virtuals Protocol cost?
1% trading fee (70% creator, 30% Virtuals Treasury), according to Virtuals Protocol’s own page (checked Sep 26, 2026).
How much do users pay Virtuals Protocol in fees?
$175,792 over the last 30 days, according to DefiLlama on Nov 9, 2026.
Does Virtuals Protocol have a token?
Yes, VIRTUAL. Its market cap was $352.4M on CoinGecko on Nov 9, 2026. Educational content, not financial advice.
Sources
How this page works
Sources: Virtuals Protocol: official site, Virtuals Protocol: Launch Mechanics, Virtuals Protocol: Whitepaper. Data as of Sep 26, 2026.
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