MEXC's report, published Oct. 15, said 84.8% of 3,708 survey respondents had used artificial intelligence (AI) for crypto research or trading in the prior six months; 6.5% would let it trade more than half their funds in a hypothetical setup.
The fund question used a scenario in which AI could not send assets out of an account and users could end trading at any time. Under those terms, 54% would make some capital available, capped at 20% of their balance, while 18.3% would provide none.
On a separate question about automated execution, 55% said they would accept it with transaction notifications and a way to pause or revoke the AI's authority. That share rose to 71.8% in a more restricted case that set upper bounds for funds deployed, position size and leverage, and stopped activity if losses reached a preset limit.
Among respondents who had used AI, 58.3% said it had improved their market research. For execution, 46% reported an improvement, 30.9% noticed no difference and 23.1% said outcomes were worse. MEXC described these as users' subjective views, rather than independently measured performance.
Of 3,464 valid answers to a question about industry standards, 95.5% favored requiring at least one safety measure, the report said.
The online survey ran Sept. 14-20, with participants recruited through MEXC's social media, app and website. The exchange said 3,145 people reported recent AI use and 563 did not. It also reported that 53.1% used AI once a week or more. Recruitment through MEXC's channels means the poll does not establish how crypto traders generally use AI.
Blockchain security firm Hacken supplied technical analysis for the report. It cautioned that preventing withdrawals alone would not stop an AI agent from losing money through trades allowed by its existing access. MEXC said Hacken's contribution did not include an audit of the exchange's trading systems.
