AMBCrypto revealed that pressure on the digital currency market has continued for more than six months, recording one of the sharpest contraction periods in recent years.
Data from CoinMarketCap shows that the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies has decreased by about $1.16 trillion during this period, reflecting ongoing capital outflows and a decline in investor appetite for risk.
In contrast, the AI sector continues to attract massive capital, with companies like OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, and Anthropic, the developer of Claude AI, raising around $140 billion since February 2026, which starkly contrasts with the total value of AI-related tokens, which stands at only about $15 billion.
The gap in public interest is widening for five years and the search for artificial intelligence is outperforming.
The site noted that public interest in artificial intelligence has significantly surpassed that of cryptocurrencies, with Google search data showing that global interest in AI has consistently outperformed searches related to crypto since 2021, marking the widest divergence between the two sectors in nearly five years.
However, it's notable that this increasing interest in AI technologies has not yet translated into sustainable gains for the tokens associated with it in the crypto market, suggesting that investors still prefer direct exposure to traditional tech companies over their counterparts in the blockchain world.
The intersection path between blockchain and artificial intelligence
The site pointed out that Maria Carola, the CEO of StealthEX, sees in this disconnect what she describes as a liquidity gap, noting in a special statement to AMBCrypto that the intersection between blockchain and AI is still in very early stages in terms of monetization.
She added that the bulk of current AI investments target infrastructure layers and institutional products, as leading companies compete to enhance computing power and network capabilities, which is why AI-related tokens like Fetch.ai FET and Virtual Protocol VIRTUAL mostly move in line with broader crypto market trends.
The future of AI platforms
The site reported that Carola believes this dynamic could change as soon as the appetite for risk shifts towards digital assets, where AI-related currencies could become major beneficiaries.
As decentralized infrastructure like data markets, GPU sharing networks, and on-chain autonomous systems mature, blockchain-based AI platforms may start capturing greater value within the growing AI economy.
Some analysts believe that AI-related tokens may represent a late stage in the value rotation within the industry, especially as interest continues in AI factors and decentralized computing networks, but achieving that remains contingent on a sustainable recovery in the crypto market as a whole.
