Do you know Crypto isn’t just about coins anymore, these days it can be about a lot of things, most especially, intelligence. Imagine tokens that don’t just sit in your wallet but actually fuel AI brains and even rent out computing muscle.
Yes, welcome to 2025, where the world is not wild on crypto and artificial intelligence and how they both crash together to create something entirely new.
The Market In 2025
As of today, AI crypto tokens have reached a market value of $31.12 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. That’s a huge growth in just a short time. After the hype in 2024, when tokens went up fast and then dropped, this particular market proved that it still has staying power.
Now, let’s talk about some of the common names you’d find in this market. Each one has different interests to offer, but together, they show many ways AI and Blockchains can work hand in hand.
Bittensor (TAO)
Bittensor is a decentralized network where people train AI models together. People who provide computing power or knowledge earn TAO tokens as rewards. The project describes itself as a “peer-to-peer machine learning network.”
As of time of writing, TAO is trading for around $322 with a market value of about $3.16 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.
At its peak in April 2024, the token had traded near $760. Bittensor explains that “contributors train AI models across domain-specific subnets and receive TAO tokens based on output quality.”
The project has more than 118 active subnets. Each one handles a different task like, such as text, images, or language. This shared structure is what makes Bittensor stand out.
Fetch.ai (FET)
Fetch.ai builds AI agents that can complete jobs like handling supply chain tasks, financial services, or analysis data. These agents are designed to connect and work safely through blockchain.
Last year, Fetch.ai joined SingularityNET and Ocean Protocol to form the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI) with a goal of building an open AI network that would be worth around $6 billion. Today, Fetch.ai remains one of the most popular projects in the AI and crypto field.
NEAR Protocol (NEAR)
NEAR is a blockchain where developers build smart contracts. It has added features like Near Tasks, which help with data labeling and verification.
The token is currently trading for $2.43 with a market cap of $3 billion. It is available on many major exchanges, including Coinbase.
The project promotes itself as “a scalable and user-friendly smart contract platform.” Developers often choose NEAR because it offers low transaction costs and fast speeds.
Render (RNDR)
Render Token is used on a decentralized GPU network. The idea is simple: people can rent out unused GPU power, and others can buy it for AI training or digital art. RNDR tokens are used to pay for this service.
RNDR became popular after the demand for GPUs spiked in 2024. The price for the token rose sharply during AI rallies. It even did a 20% jump in a single day.
Artists, developers, and AI builders use Render to access strong computing without spending thousands on hardware.
Ocean Protocol (OCEAN)
Ocean Protocol is a safe marketplace for data. It lets people and companies share data in a secure way while keeping control over who can use it. This data can then be used to train AI models.
According to the team, Ocean “enables secure sharing and monetization of datasets.” It uses features like compute-to-data, which lets people use data without directly downloading it.
Last year Ocean saw strong growth with gains of around 65 percent. Although that has slowed down this year, it still ranks among the most important AI crypto projects.
Virtuals (VIRTUAL)
Virtuals is a platform for AI agents. Users can create digital workers, each linked to its own token. These workers can perform tasks and can also be traded.
In 2024, the token’s market value reached as high as $1 billion. But, it has even surpassed that as of 2025, and now has $1.2 billion in market value with an incredible 3845% surge. In one month, more than 21,000 new agents were launched on the platform.
The platform works with Solana and Base, which is Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network. This makes it easier for developers and users to trade tokens and build new projects.
The Bigger Picture
If you take a step back to think about this, this is more than just investing. It’s the beginning of a process in which anybody can participate, be it by contributing a GPU, contributing a dataset or by training an AI model and receive token rewards for that. Picture millions of people all around the globe who each put in a little bit and create something that not a single company can be the owner of.
In 2025 alone, AI tokens added more than $10 billion in value within a week. Analysts expect this trend to continue into 2026, because the demand for AI is still growing.
