SINGAPORE, June 5, 2026 — Digital wallet provider imToken is pivoting from its roots as a self-custody crypto wallet to what it calls a “personal control interface” built for the age of artificial intelligence, marking the company’s 10th anniversary with its largest strategic shift to date.
From storing assets to managing identities and AI
The firm said it will expand beyond helping users store, send, and stake crypto assets, moving into managing digital identities, permissions, and AI-driven decisions across multiple platforms.
To anchor this transition, imToken introduced “Sign” as a fourth core product pillar, extending the concept of authorization from simple blockchain transactions to a broader set of digital actions.
According to founder and CEO He, the new system is designed to let users define policies, grant and revoke permissions, delegate actions, and express intent through clear, verifiable signatures. Over time, these signatures could authorize automated workflows and AI agent operations that act independently within user-defined limits.
New brand focus on full digital control
Reflecting this broader scope, imToken updated its brand statement from “Digital Assets, Under Your Control” to “Your Digital World, Under Your Control.” The company said the new message is meant to cover not only tokens and coins, but also identities, data, and interactions with AI systems.
The firm outlined three near-term priorities:
- preserving self-custody for users,
- extending security protections from basic transactions to delegated permissions, and
- building infrastructure for permissions, policies, and revocations.
The goal, imToken said, is to maintain user-centric control even as more processes become automated and handled by software agents.
Positioning in a growing self-custody and AI market
The shift comes as self-custody continues to gain ground. In 2025, 59% of global crypto wallet users chose non-custodial solutions over centralized services, according to industry data cited by the firm. imToken’s new control interface strategy targets a global base of more than 820 million active cryptocurrency wallets, as users increasingly look for tools that go beyond simple asset storage.
The “Sign” pillar places imToken in the emerging field of decentralized finance AI, or DeFAI, where autonomous agents are programmed to run complex strategies such as yield farming, risk management, and portfolio rebalancing.
These AI agents operate under user-defined rules, analyzing large data sets and executing actions at speeds and scales not possible manually. This could reshape how digital portfolios are managed and how risk and execution are handled across decentralized markets.
Implications for active market participants
For active market participants, imToken’s move highlights a rising need to understand how to delegate permissions safely to automated systems.
The firm’s architecture is closely tied to account abstraction, a technology that allows features such as bundling multiple actions into a single on-chain transaction and scheduling future operations. This could change how advanced strategies are designed and executed, especially in volatile markets where timing and cost efficiency are critical.
In the near term, traders managing digital asset portfolios may need to become comfortable with platforms that support policy-based controls and revocable authorizations. The ability to set precise, auditable boundaries on what AI agents can do — from placing trades to monitoring security — is expected to become a core skill.
Understanding how to review on-chain records, verify that delegated systems have acted within their permissions, and adjust or revoke those permissions quickly is likely to be an important part of using DeFAI tools safely.
imToken’s existing footprint
Founded in 2016, imToken provides access to more than 50 blockchain networks, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and TRON. The company serves users in over 150 countries and is integrated with hardware wallet imKey, payment platform Rivo, and token swap service Tokenlon.
The new strategy suggests the firm intends to leverage this existing infrastructure and global reach as it transitions from a traditional crypto wallet to a broader control layer for digital and AI-driven activity.
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