Summary of AI Cryptocurrencies on the Market

Here’s a summary of AI cryptocurrency categories on the market: $TAO: The subnet is expanding to 256; the decentralized Covenant-72B LLM training program is being launched; the Grayscale spot ETF fund is expected to be approved by the SEC. $NEAR: The AI-Intents framework is being launched for automated agent commerce; the Nightshade 3.0 security fragmentation is underway; the goal is weekly trading volume of $10 billion by mid-2026; Bitwise’s ETF application is under review. $RENDER: Enterprise-grade GPU integration with H100/H200; expanding a decentralized subnet network for machine learning training; RenderCon 2026 (April 16–17, Hollywood); expanding Blender integration. FET: Launching the ASI:Chain testnet (blockDAG L1 for AI infrastructure); the public beta ASI:Create; the “earn and burn” deflationary mechanism worth $50 million is being launched. ICO: Mission 70 deflationary issuance (new issuance reduced by 70%); Caffeine… An AI platform is being used to compute full LLMs on-chain. ẢO: The first AI DApp mainnet is expected to launch in mid-April; the ERC-8183 proxy standard will be released; and BNB chain expansion is expected in Q2. AKT: The fully featured Burn-Mint balance mode is being launched; the deflationary tokenomics model is directly linked to GPU computing usage; Market v2 has been deployed. IO: Expanding the GPU network to meet AI training demand; integrating intelligent agent tools; DePIN usage is expected to reach its peak. PHA: Upgrading TEE hardware for secure AI computing; deploying large-scale privacy-first AI agents; expanding Cipher ParaTime. LINK: Expanding the real-time AI oracle information stream; the model verification layer is being released; cross-chain proxy data payment infrastructure. ATH: The Aethir v2 mainnet is being launched; the AUSD stablecoin is used for enterprise computing payments; upgrading verification on-chain for IDC v2. GRT: The Horizon mainnet network upgrade is expected in Q1 2026, along with launching the token API and Tycho for multi-chain indexing and liquidity data. With so many AI crypto projects, my view hasn’t changed: I’m most optimistic about TAO and VIRTUAL. What about you?