IOSG reports that the decline in the number of crypto developers does not indicate an industry downturn but rather a structural adjustment in talent. While many newcomers from the bull market have exited, the number of core developers with over two years of experience has reached a new high, focusing on ecosystems like Bitcoin and Solana that have real users and revenue. According to IOSG, the skills accumulated by crypto builders in zero-trust environments—such as mechanism design, incentive coordination, verifiable computation, and on-chain payment capabilities—are aligning with critical needs in the AI era, including computational power aggregation, agent payments, and autonomous system governance. This alignment is leading to a revaluation of crypto builders in the context of AI's expansion.