Top 10 AI tokens rally, defying broader crypto market lull

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) category of tokens is an emerging narrative in crypto in the ongoing cycle. The top ten tokens in the AI category have observed recoveries after recent corrections in their prices. 

NEAR Protocol (NEAR), Fetch.ai (FET), Render (RNDR), Bittensor (TAO), The Graph (GRT), Akash Network (AKT), SingularityNET (AGIX), AIOZ Network (AIOZ), Arkham (ARKM), and Ocean Protocol (OCEAN) have extended their gains in the past 24 hours. 

AI tokens extend gains in the past 24 hours

AI tokens have extended their rallies in the past 24 hours, with assets in the top 10 posting gains, per Coingecko data. The category’s market capitalization was above $27.32 billion on Wednesday, with FET, AKT and RNDR trending among traders, per CoinGecko. 

The AI tokens in the top 10 have erased their losses from the past seven days. Amidst the market-wide correction, tokens erased between 8% and 21% of their value in the past seven days. 

AI tokens on CoinGecko

In AI-related news, the price of chip stocks surged, with giant NVIDIA replacing Microsoft as the world’s most-valued public company. The catalyst drove prices of AI-related tokens higher in the past 24 hours. 

AI industry updates from last week, Apple’s announcement of Siri 2.0 at the WWDC, Luma Labs’ new AI model launch for video generation and NVIDIA’s open source model Nemotron’s release are likely the other catalysts driving AI prices higher. 

Recent research from OurNetwork showed that NEAR Protocol, the largest AI project by market capitalization, has hit 7 million daily transactions, second only to Ethereum competitor Solana. The report highlights the growth of users and the rise in activity on NEAR.