AI agents, associated meme coins, and the protocols used to create these agents are among the top five best performing crypto assets of the day, according to CoinGecko. The recent surge is driving speculation that AI will be the latest “meta” for crypto traders to latch onto, though some traders and analysts aren’t yet convinced.
As a result, conversations have broken out across the industry about the role of artificial intelligence in the world of crypto. Some traders believe it's the start of the next crypto revolution, providing a fresh narrative to fuel potentially explosive gains—while others think it’s just another bubble waiting to pop.
Put simply, AI agents are models set out to perform specific tasks—such as Aixbt, which analyzes projects—or simply have a quirky personality that viewers enjoy. Some agents are tied to a crypto token, either as a way to fundraise or to promote and brand itself.
Others have simply shilled meme coins. For example, Truth Terminal—the agent that started much of this wave—has promoted Goatseus Maximus (GOAT) and Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) causing both to skyrocket. Fartcoin surged to a new all-time high price early Thursday.
Over the past 24 hours, AI agent tokens are up 18%, AI meme coins jumped by 20%, and agent launchpad tokens have collectively risen by over 21% as the best-performing category tracked by CoinGecko.
Of these tokens,
#ai16z is one of the biggest winners of the week, rising 176% to a market cap over $2.2 billion—the third-largest of any AI-related token. This comes following Binance’s announcement that it would launch perpetual futures contracts trading for ai16z, alongside AI agent musician Zerebro and agent launchpad Griffain.
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