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In a market where most major cryptocurrencies are struggling to find momentum, AI tokens are posting significant gains.

Even as blue-chip assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana remain stagnant, the likes of SingularityNET (AGIX), Fetch.ai (FET) and Oraichain (ORAI) are up 57%, 53%, and 11.5% over the week respectively.

Much of the recent buzz around AI tokens has been significantly fueled by the anticipation of Nvidia's Q2 earnings report.

The AI hardware titan has been at the forefront of the AI revolution, and its financial performance is closely watched by investors across various sectors, including cryptocurrency. Analysts are expecting sales of $28.7 billion, or a 112% increase, which would be 139% higher than the prior year's Q2.

The anticipation of strong earnings has driven a wave of optimism towards these tokens. Nvidia's influence on the AI token market is profound. As the company continues to dominate the AI hardware industry, it indirectly boosts the confidence of investors in AI-driven cryptocurrencies, which are seen as part of the broader AI ecosystem.

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This divergence between cryptocurrencies and AI-themed tokens can further be attributed to the growing interest in sector's innovation. Investors are increasingly looking at AI tokens as a new frontier, offering growth opportunities that blue-chip cryptocurrencies currently lack.

Additionally, as traditional cryptocurrencies face regulatory scrutiny and market saturation, investors are seeking new and innovative opportunities such as AI. The success of these tokens suggests that this rally is not just a short-term hype but could signal a more sustained interest in AI-driven cryptocurrencies.

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) breakout above $65,000 could lead to ‘exceptionally high’ chances for a wider crypto rally in Q4 2024, according to Markus Thielen, head of research at 10x Research.

Sustained Bitcoin Rally Could Spark FOMO In Altcoins In a recent report, Thielen outlined several factors that could set the stage for a crypto rally in the last quarter of 2024. According to the report, further upside for the crypto markets could be on the cards due to two key factors.

First, the acceleration in stablecoin minting signals rising interest among investors and traders in re-entering the crypto market.

In the weeks following the July 31 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, nearly $10 billion worth of stablecoins were issued, boosting market liquidity and even eclipsing Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows.

The report states:

Circle, which typically caters to more regulated institutions, has accounted for a disproportionate 40% of recent stablecoin inflows, signaling increased allocation from larger market players. Unlike USDT minting on Tron, typically associated with capital preservation, USDC minting may indicate a rise in DeFi activity. Year-to-date, stablecoin inflows have reached $35 billion, pushing the total value of outstanding stablecoins to $160 billion.

Thielen emphasizes Bitcoin’s recent breakout above $65,000, stating that it could rapidly move toward the psychologically important $70,000 price level before it attempts to print a new all-time-high (ATH) value.

Another metric suggesting a potential altcoin rally later this year is the declining Bitcoin dominance (BTC.D) following the September FOMC meeting. BTC.D’s decline coincides with rising Ethereum (ETH) network gas fees, likely driven by increased altcoin activity on the smart contract blockchain.

The chart below shows the rise in Ethereum gas fees, surging from $1.89 million on August 13 to consistently hovering above $7 million since September 22. 

Source: DefiLlama.com The report adds that assuming the US Federal Reserve (Fed) continues to cut interest rates, high-beta altcoins could become increasingly attractive to crypto traders.

Encouraging Cryptocurrency Trends In South Korea, China The report highlights South Korea’s crypto trading activity as a factor strengthening the altcoin trend. Daily trading volume in the country now floats around $2 billion, with altcoins dominating trading activities ahead of BTC.

Notably, Shiba Inu (SHIB) has reclaimed the first position in trading volume in South Korea, indicating enhanced speculation and paving the way for a potential altcoin-dominated market in Q4. 

Finally, Thielen highlights that Chinese over-the-counter (OTC) brokers have reported regular quarterly inflows of roughly $20 billion over the last six quarters, totaling $120 billion. 

As reported recently, the Chinese central bank reduced its reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 50 basis points to inject liquidity into the market, which could fuel a parabolic rally in digital asset prices later this year.

The report concludes by forecasting that Bitcoin’s next target will be $70,000 within two weeks, with a potential new ATH by late October. BTC trades at $66,298 at press time, up 1.4% in the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin looks to reclaim $70,000 on the daily chart | Source: BTCUSDT on TradingView.com Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Charts from DefiLlama.com and TradingView.com

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It can be argued that the innovation spurred by Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market gave rise to Initial Coin Offerings [ICO]. Looked upon as a means to revolutionize the way capital was raised in the ecosystem, ICOs also pushed general people to participate in a particular project. In fact, ICOs’ popularity peaked in 2017, with the year coming to be known as the year of the ICOs.

With time, however, this popularity faded, as multiple fake ICOs emerged. Even though not all projects were fake, it emerged later that nearly 45% of the top 20 ICOs had failed.

However, the lessons of these ICOs remain instrumental, especially with respect to major companies of the cryptocurrency ecosystem that are hinting at conducting an Initial Public Offering [IPO].

Understanding IPO and ICO

ICOs and IPOs differ from each other significantly, like two different generational concepts. On one hand, while IPOs are conducted for well-established companies that are considered “safer” to invest in, on the other hand, ICOs are looked upon as an avenue for young companies, avenues that might come with a *risk warning.* 

In fact, according to a report that analyzed 20 ICO projects, 9 out of 20 projects failed, which is 45%. However, 11 were successful, including EOS, a project that, at press time, was ranked eighth in the market with a market capitalization of $1.76 billion.

Since ICOs usually don’t involve parties with years of experience, investment by users will often be based on sentiment [or good faith], while on the other hand, IPOs provide a record of experience in the field, healthy bank accounts, and a business resume. 

Alina Kiselevich of Enigma Securities explained this difference between ICOs and IPOs in an interview with AMBCrypto. She said,

“If put simply, Initial Public Offering is a process of distribution of shareholdings to the public though investment, usually only open to established private entities, Initial Coin Offering is, on the other hand, open to everyone who is willing to invest on blockchain, and is a process of crowdfunding for the startup companies, though the intent is the same in both cases.”

The earliest form of IPO can be traced back to publicani during the Roman Republic. IPOs have since evolved to become a more organized, legal, and compliant process. For a company to conduct an IPO, it has to fulfill several requirements like having a minimum earning threshold, a good record, the legal declaration of its intentions to issue public shares, and information about the company to assist potential investors. 

Contrarily, ICOs do not fall under any regulatory framework and legal protocols, with many newly formed companies having just a whitepaper to support its project. Similarly, investing in ICOs also has its perks as the only requirement is to have an Internet connection, with investors open to investing in companies in any part of the world. This isn’t the case for IPOs as in its case, there are legal footsteps to be followed to invest in a country abroad. 

The stocks acquired by investors during an IPO process resemble their ownership stake in the future revenues of the company. While investing in ICOs does not grant ownership to the investors, but it offers different ways to earn benefits. These benefits could stem from the project’s success and growth of the value of the token it offers. 

Even though IPOs appeared to be safer compared to its ICO counterpart, the fate of the company cannot be pre-determined. For example, WeWork, a real estate company providing shared working spaces, had to roll back its idea of conducting an IPO after it ran into financial trouble. The company had filed its IPO paperwork in August but within a month’s time, its valuation was down from $47 billion to $10 billion. Thus, the fate of any company, big or small, new or old, cannot be pre-determined.

When a comparison between ICOs and IPOs was drawn, Alina was of the view that IPOs could be the chosen one.

She elaborated,

“When it comes to returns of the investments, IPOs offer a more secure dividends from the company’s profits, whilst ICOs offer tokens at a price that will get higher due to the trust and interest in the project.”

SEC’s views on ICOs and Ripple’s ICO 

As the ICO wave crashed, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] clamped down on various projects for selling unregistered securities. For example, Kik and Kin, both successful ICO projects, were among several companies to face the wrath of the SEC. 

There has been a long-standing discourse surrounding the treatment of digital assets and Ripple Labs Inc. has been at the center of it – with the digital asset XRP. The company had an ongoing class-action lawsuit filed against it by Taylor-Copeland law firm in May 2018 for the sale of unregistered securities. According to a report, 

“The lawsuit targets Ripple, its subsidiary XRP II, and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, alleging that Ripple’s sale of XRP tokens is a violation of U.S. securities laws.”

The plaintiff in the case stuck to Howey Test and its criteria that can categorize XRP as a security. However, the validity of the Howey Test has been argued as it did not fall true for digital assets as they remain a novel concept. 

There has been a lot of back and forth in the court about the legitimacy of Howey’s test, but Ripple has not managed to quash the case. In a recent turn of events, a United States federal district court even decided to allow a lawsuit alleging that Ripple’s XRP is an unregistered security.  

According to Adam Blumberg, the co-founder of Interaxis, Ripple’s tiff with the SEC could play out in multiple ways. Declaring XRP a cryptocurrency would be one easy way out, but what about if it is not? Blumberg posed some important questions,

“…the SEC is having a wrangle with that [Ripple’s ICO] and figure out, “okay, you raised a bunch of money in the public markets using this cryptocurrency that is not at all tied to ownership of ripple,” So does ripple off to give the money back? Do they have to convert every XRP to a share? They’re not, they’re not quite sure how to get over this because it’s been out there for years already.”

Ripple’s IPO

Davos becomes a prime spot once every year when the big shots of the world of finance and politics gather for the World Economic Forum. The summit has its own set of critics, but as January begins, all heads turn to the summit to hear from the horse’s mouth the measures for development taken in the field and the trends to follow.

One name among the guest list was Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. In a talk with WEF, Garlinghouse had opined that the upcoming trend in the industry could be of IPOs. He had also claimed that Ripple might not be the first to do it, but won’t be last either. He stated,

“In the next 12 months, you’ll see IPOs in the crypto/blockchain space. We’re not going to be the first and we’re not going to be the last, but I expect us to be on the leading side… it’s a natural evolution for our company.”

Thus began the speculation of Ripple’s IPO in the crypto-market. However, according to the co-founder of Interaxis, Adam Blumberg, Ripple has already, in a manner, conducted an IPO of its own.

In an exclusive interview with AMBCrypto, Blumberg noted,

“…XRP and Ripple are not the same things and they [Ripple] basically used XRP as an IPO, essentially. So they raised billions of dollars right, there were billions of dollars now without having to have an IPO.”

However, before Ripple jumps on the IPO train, it will have to settle this case with the SEC and prove that XRP is a crypto and not a security. If Ripple is able to play that out, the IPO of this crypto-giant will be interesting and according to Enigma Securities’ Alina Kiselevich, might impact XRP.

Kiselevich told AMBCrypto,

“Some crypto analysts say that IPO could have a great impact for Ripple. They are planning to be on the leading side and predict more IPOs in the crypto space. But Ripple going public has potential implications for the fate of altcoin XRP.”

Ripple’s IPO has been raising the same question in most people’s minds and even Blumberg’s mind, “What about XRP?” However, Blumberg believes that the only way a crypto-company could conduct an IPO is if they are profitable first, otherwise it could be conceived similarly to an ICO – where you raise money on the future prospects of a company.

Talking about successful companies in crypto, Blumberg gave the example of Coinbase, a multi-billion dollar company that can conduct an IPO in theory as they suffice the requirements laid down by SEC. Blumberg claimed,

“Coinbase is a multibillion-dollar company, right? They can go public, but they are not. They’re making money because they charge transaction fees in dollars, not because they mint anything, right? They’re not a crypto company. There is a bank. They’re a financial services company, so they can go public and they probably will go public because why wouldn’t it?”

A profitable crypto-company may benefit out of an IPO as a means to raise capital quickly and may open it to a large set of investors. However, according to Alina, the crypto-space is not the one to follow a trend that is getting older with time.

She noted,

“So if ICO is said to go sour, IPO is even more so.”

Crypto or Stock?

Any crypto-company conducting an IPO will be able to pave the basic understanding of crypto into the mainstream. However, at the end of the day, the investors holding a company’s coins or stocks perceive that the project reaching them must be vetted by the SEC. The moment technology and risks set in, investors become wary.

An IPO does provide the security offered by the company’s history, and legal barriers do make it easier for investors to be part of the project, but the same cannot be said for ICOs due to its decentralized nature.

However, the variety of products and services offered by the crypto-space could be a cumulative functioning of five to six different industries; thus, an IPO could drive adoption and attention from the mainstream, but at the same time, unpopular projects might have to either drop the plan or prove their worth.

Venture capital firm Stratos announced a 109% net return for its liquid token fund in the first quarter, attributing the substantial gains to its investments in Solana, Nosana, and the meme coin Dogwifhat (WIF), which alone provided a 300-fold return. The total net value is over 25 times when compared to its second early-stage venture fund.

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“We’re very pleased to share such high returns with our LPs, who are aligned with our investment philosophy, which is based on investing early and with conviction in high-quality projects with exceptional teams,” said Rennick Palley, founding partner at Stratos. “One aspect of our approach that may be more unique among our peer group is that we incorporate memecoins into our liquid fund portfolio.”

Palley added that meme coins have consistently outperformed other digital assets, have limited correlation to other alts sectors, and function as pure monetary assets with theoretically uncapped upside. “As an example, we started buying WIF around $0.01 in December, delivering a 300X return since then for our liquid token fund.”

Moreover, Stratos continues to explore new trends and technologies within the crypto space, with a current focus on Layer-2 solutions for the Bitcoin ecosystem. Palley remarked on the importance of scaling Bitcoin transactions in a trustless manner and enhancing the overall utility of the Bitcoin network.

The Bitcoin decentralized finance (BTCfi) ecosystem is expanding rapidly this year, registering a year-to-date growth of 265% after surpassing $1 billion in total value locked, data aggregator DefiLlama shows.

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PolySwarm (NCT) has registered an over 90% price increase in the past 24 hours, as major crypto assets experience minor dips across the board. PolySwarn is a blockchain project focused on strengthening cybersecurity in the Web3 space. 

The current PolySwarm(NCT) price of $ 0.0397 represents a rise of 91% in the last 24 hours and an impressive 56.53% increase in the past week. The current circulating supply of 1.7 billion NCT gives PolySwarm a market cap of over $65 million.

PolySwarm, which is based on the Ethereum (ETH) network, is a Decentralized Antivirus and Cyber Threat Intelligence Ecosystem that uses smart contracts and blockchain technology to reward a global community of cybersecurity professionals.

Instead of depending on one source for cybersecurity, PolySwarm provides a common place where enterprises, consumers, vendors and different experts come together to build a unified marketplace.

Through this collaborative process, anti-malware engines are built by various cybersecurity experts, which produces a fast-paced innovation to cope with emerging threats. 

While this is in stark contrast to the predominant market dynamics, PolySwarm believes in interoperability and cooperative problem-solving, hence the participants can be sure of the collective protection provided by several anti-virus solutions.

Cybersecurity is a cornerstone discipline that protects digital systems, networks, and confidential data from cyber attacks or unauthorized access. In a world where almost everything is connected through advanced technologies, strengthening cybersecurity is paramount.

As PolySwarm (NCT) continues its bullish momentum, other cybersecurity tokens are experiencing varying fortunes. Hacken (HAI) and BLOCX (BLOCX) have seen positive gains of 20.32% and 34.16%, respectively. On the flip side, gotEM (GOTEM) faces a 37.44% decline, emphasizing the dynamic nature of the cybersecurity crypto market. Quantstamp (QSP) has seen a decline of 8.6% in the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.

At the time of writing, the total market capitalization for cybersecurity coins stands at $463.7 million, with a trading volume of $119.2 million, per CoinMarketCap data.

The alt-coin market appears to be following Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent surge that is impacting the entire cryptocurrency market. 

The rise appears motivated by positive sentiment around the new exchange-traded funds (ETF) and the upcoming halving, has pulled in more investors into the crypto market.

It is worth noting that since the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in January, these funds have attracted investment from leading institutional investors like BlackRock and Fidelity Investments amounting to $7.35 billion. This flood of money has pushed the value of Bitcoin to new heights.

According to Fundstrat co-founder Thomas J. Lee, further growth for Bitcoin appears to be gaining steam in the 2024. Lee predicts that Bitcoin (BTC)price could hit a high price of $150,000, supported by supply and demand dynamics as well as the effect of spot ETFs, increasing the suspense around the ever-growing cryptocurrency world.

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Dutch Blockchain ticketing service breaks own sales record

There are many great ideas in the blockchain space. While projects like Bitcoin worked to change the way we view money, other projects like the GET Protocol have their sights set on more focused issues, like the sale of event tickets.

While many startups have come and gone in the last few years, the team at GET Protocol has shown it has what it takes to survive, and expand an interesting business model.

We all love to see live events, but the ticketing system that most venues use is less than perfect. In some places, there are major companies that get in the middle, and make a huge markup on an event’s ticket sales.

As tickets are sold into the public sphere, things get even more complex. Not only are tickets marked up by unauthorized resellers, counterfeit tickets are also an issue for everyone in the events industry. When overpriced or fake tickets are sold, it is bad for everyone by the unscrupulous actors.

GET Protocol has a blockchain-based solution to mitigate all these risks, and it has been shown to work in the real world.

GET Protocol is Working Today The Guaranteed Entrance Token Protocol (GET Protocol) project was founded in the heady days of 2017 and has been able to expand its global reach, even as cryptos and blockchain struggled through a rough 2018, and volatile 2019. Unlike many start-up companies that have big dreams and no income, GET Protocol is the opposite.

One of the company’s most recent success stories involves the new Klaytn blockchain platform, which GET Protocol was invited to join as an initial service partner. Klaytn is backed by South Korea’s Kakao (via Kakao subsidiary GroundX), which is the nation’s largest mobile platform.

According to the Klaytn homepage:

Klaytn is a service-centric blockchain platform that provides easy development environment and friendly end-user experience. It is an advanced hybrid platform, combining an enterprise-grade performance based on solid reliability and significant stability with an open access in a decentralized trust system. The platform allows real world applications of large scale to be produced right away.

The move to work with the Klaytn platform is a natural progression for GET Protocol, which has sold more than a quarter-million tickets via the platform since it went live. That number is projected to expand by as much as 800% over the next calendar year, as more people use the service.

How it GETs Done As mentioned above, the existing ticketing chain has multiple flaws that affect entities at every level, from the performing artist to the venue, all the way down to the person who is buying the ticket.

GET Protocol addresses the entire ticketing chain by ensuring transparency at all levels. Unlike some systems that make tickets non-transferable, the GET Protocol platform allows tickets to be resold by end-users, but not at a profit.

Here is how GET Protocol works for everyone in the ticketing ecosystem (via GET Protocol whitepaper):

Users: GET ensures that event participants enjoy a secure and stress-free ticketing experience, and provides a simple and inexpensive way for ticket holders who cannot attend the event to securely sell their tickets to other consumers/users.

Content-creators: The GET Protocol prohibits commercial ticket resellers from disturbing the value chain; artists can be certain that their fans pay a fair price for a guaranteed, authentic ticket.

Event organizers: GET provides a scalable ticketing protocol to manage ticket sales for any size events in a secure and controlled manner. GET controls and accounts for the true value and cost of transactions, the ticket and possible margins/discounts. The blockchain ensures transparency in the true price and properties of the tickets sold. This transparency by design aims to eliminate middlemen from the value chain. The protocol increases market efficiency as a whole while increasing margins for the stakeholders delivering actual value.

Venues: GET provides users with an honest and fraud-free experience that promotes a higher occupancy rate of the venue. The token will also allow venues to offer dynamic pricing of their tickets and thereby maximizing for attendance. As tickets are only used by actual attendees it allows for accurate re-marketing (on opt-in basis) and giving discounts to their loyal and non-scalping customers of their venue.

It is easy to see that GET has created a system that works at every level of the ticketing ecosystem, and makes sure that anyone who is working within the rules is given a fair position to use, or sell their tickets. Additionally, GET ensures that any secondary ticket sales are free from corruption, as well as scalping for abusive profits.

Grassroots Success Story in Native Holland GET was founded and is based in the Netherlands, where it has found a home in the local economy. One of the most recent successes for the company was an agreement it signed with ITIX, a Dutch company that works with the entertainment industry.

ITIX was founded a decade before GET, and today the two companies will be working to use blockchain and the internet to deliver the best possible ticketing experience to the Dutch public. ITIX has sold more than 14 million tickets in its history, which bodes well for an expansion of GETs usage rates.

GET Protocol CEO Maarten Bloemers commented on the new partnership:

Our partnership with Dutch ticketing company ITIX is very exciting in various ways. Not only will we learn how to make the technical onboarding for ticketing companies as easy as possible with a committed local partner, also the opportunity costs for choosing not to service theaters directly but through an established brand are virtually non-existent. GET Protocol is extremely committed in helping ITIX grow in market share with our unique features, to both our benefit.

There is little doubt that GET will learn more about how to expand into the existing marketplace with this new partnership, which should help the company to continue its global growth trajectory. The world needs companies like GET, who are committed to creating fair systems that reward entities who play by the rules.

GET Tokenomics The GET platform doesn’t require that end-users interact with a blockchain interface of any kind, which makes it an easy sell for ticketing platforms that don’t want to make buying tickets a hassle. On the other hand, the GET Token has compelling tokenomics that could see its exchange value rise over the next few years.

While the end-users won’t use GET tokens directly, they are at the core of the GET platform and are designed to drop in quantity as the platform is used. This may lead to a virtuous price cycle for the tokens as the usage rate of the GET platform rises, and the amount of tokens in circulation drops.

GET Protocol has a Growing Niche Market Live performances aren’t going anywhere, and GET has created a platform that allows people to buy tickets, and ensures that they are the real deal. Not only is the legitimacy of a ticket ensured for every entity in the ticketing ecosystem, but end users are also able to sell their tickets to other end-users at fair prices.

The team at GET has demonstrated that it can launch a great idea, and develop it in adverse market conditions. Blockchain is a novel solution to numerous problems, and GET is demonstrating that blockchain has a home in the global ticketing ecosystem.

If you want to learn more about GET, GET tokenomics, or the recent, successful sale of GET tokens in Korea, have a look at the company’s website, or Medium account. GET is bringing honesty and transparency to a long-overlooked market, and the company likely has a bright future ahead of it!

Nicholas Say

Nicholas Say was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has traveled extensively, lived in Uruguay for many years, and currently resides in the Far East. His writing can be found all over the web, with special emphasis placed on realistic development, and the next generation of human technology.

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When deciding how to beef up your crypto wallet balance, it’s natural to look at big currencies like Bitcoin or meme coins. But have you considered the best AI agent coins?

The top AI coins are currently hot, cheap to buy, and promise potentially big profits for investors. With the current AI mania in the tech industry and stock market, crypto is determined not to be left out of the party. AI agents are being promoted as the answer to automation, fact-checking, and more.

We’ll look at the best AI agent coins that analysts think show the most potential.

The Best AI Agent Crypto Coins at a Glance You can keep reading for our in-depth analysis, but if you want a quick answer, here’s an overview of the top six we highly recommend checking out:

SUBBD ($SUBBD) – AI-Powered Content Creation Meets WEB3 Earning Revolution Virtuals Protocol ($VIRTUAL) — Connect and Move Assets Between Virtual Worlds Artificial Superintelligence Alliance ($FET) — Offers a Unified Ecosystem for Multiple AI Agents ai16Z ($AI16Z) — Participate in AI-Powered Investment Strategies Freysa AI ($FAI) —Tests AI Against Humans in Crypto Games PAAL AI ($PAAL) — Gives AI-Powered Chatbots Custom Trading Tools The Best AI Crypto Coins Reviewed Let’s dive into each of our recommendations and why they’re worth caring about.

1. SUBBD ($SUBBD) – AI-Powered Content Creation Meets the WEB3 Earning Revolution Content creators are leveling up, and SUBBD ($SUBBD) is at the forefront—reshaping the $85 billion creator economy with AI-powered efficiency and crypto-fueled innovation.

With over 250 million followers across its brand and ambassador network, SUBBD ($SUBBD) proves that content is still king.

Now, creators can focus on making content and engaging fans while SUBBD handles the rest—editing, research, monetization, the lot.

The platform also leverages Web3 technology to provide seamless, low-fee transactions, letting fans support creators directly without layers of middlemen taking a cut.

And the perks don’t end with creators. Fans can get in on the action too, gaining exclusive content, rewards, and the ability to invest in the ecosystem and stake $SUBBD for a fixed 20% APY.

The token is still a low $0.0337, but prices are rising soon, so if you want in, now’s the time.

Join SUBBD on X to stay tuned, or read more in the whitepaper.

Monetize your content, support your favorite creators, streamline your content creation processes, or simply boost your crypto holdings with a novel AI-powered token.

Join the SUBBD creator economy.

2. Virtuals Protocol ($VIRTUAL) – Connect & Move Assets Between Virtual Worlds

Virtuals Protocol ($VIRTUAL) is a bot that can help users navigate various digital worlds. These include gaming worlds (MMORPGs, for example), metaverses, social media platforms, virtual classrooms and offices, and training simulations.

It can manage your digital assets (such as NFTs, avatars, and game items), interact with those assets across platforms, and offer personalized recommendations unique to each user.

At a time when virtual worlds are expanding (you only need to look at Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to create a metaverse on Facebook), tools like Virtuals Protocol leverage AI models trained to manage crypto assets and interact with blockchain APIs. They then move across multiple virtual worlds and manage the digital assets in each one.

In the virtual world, the AI agent learns, interacts with the environment, and makes decisions for you. For example, if you use a crypto wallet in an online game, the AI agent will manage the wallet for you inside the game.

$VIRTUAL is currently trading at $3.20 a token, and its market cap is a hefty $1.9B. This gives the AI agent coin credibility and investor confidence because they can see that a large amount of money is behind the project to pay out promised dividends and cover operating costs..

You can follow Virtuals Protocol on X and Telegram and check out their governance platform.

3. Artificial Superintelligence Alliance ($FET) – Create a Unified Ecosystem For Multiple AI Agents

Artificial Superintelligence Alliance ($FET) is a team of four top AI companies joining forces to produce a superior AI product. Those companies are:

SingularityNET focuses on decentralized AI development and an AI services marketplace. Fetch.AI develops autonomous AI agents to learn, act, and interact within decentralized systems. Ocean Protocol offers secure and decentralized data sharing. Cudos provides high-performance computing power for blockchain and AI applications. The four companies are now pooling their knowledge and expertise to make better, more innovative, more accessible AI products and services. It’s unusual to see such a business alliance in the AI space.

$FET is currently sitting on a token price of $1.34 and a total market cap of $3.2B. There have been some big fluctuations in the price lately, but the coin is now rallying, and investor confidence looks to be extremely bullish.

Sign up for real-time updates at their X channel or on Telegram.

4. ai16Z ($AI16Z) – Participate in AI-Powered Investment Strategies

ai16Z ($AI16Z) has created a smart assistant to help you make better venture capital investment decisions.

It’ll take what humans can take hours, days, and weeks to do and do it in a tiny fraction of the time. It will then make decisions on your behalf based on the data it has analyzed.

Venture capital investment usually involves finding and researching promising companies and closely examining reams of company data. Then, a judgment has to be made about whether to invest in each company based on a series of internal and market analyses – all highly complex stuff that is better carried out by specialized AI agents.

In a world where faster decisions can make all the difference between making a profit and suffering a loss, ai16Z can become a very valuable tool in speeding up long, tedious, labor-intensive processes. However, VC-backed companies can still not be successful, so using something like ai16Z is no guarantee of fewer financial failures.

$AI16Z is currently at $1.68 per token, and its market cap is just over $1.8B.

Being a venture capital firm, ai16Z has a rather corporate-looking X account, although strangely, there’s also a parody account unconnected to the company. There looks to be no Telegram channel presence.

5. Freysa AI ($FAI) – Test AI Against Humans in Crypto Games

Freysa AI ($FAI) is an AI agent where humans have to convince the AI to release a pot of cryptocurrency. Look at it as humans interacting with AI, testing its capabilities and limits, and attempting to get the AI to agree with them. With each interaction, Freya learns, so in theory, each successive interaction gets harder and harder.

You’ll get money if you win, and the AI model learns. In other words, you must chat it up and get it on your side. And one user actually managed to do it, gaining almost $21,000. Not a bad day’s work.

Freysa.AI is currently trading at a very low 7 cents per token, with a market cap of ‘only’ $587M (which is relatively low compared to the others on this list.) Although the token price is relatively low, the substantial market cap should allay investor concerns about Freysa’s long-term stability and liquidity.

Plus, 7 cents a token is a nice, low-barrier entry for anyone looking to buy AI agent tokens for the first time.

Check Freysa out on X and Telegram.

6. PAAL AI ($PAAL) – Gives AI-Powered Chatbots Custom Trading Tools

PAAL AI ($PAAL) is an AI assistant providing crypto research and real-time metrics. It can provide real-time data on cryptocurrencies and give you the tools to buy, sell, and withdraw crypto from your wallet.

PAAL.AI can make trades on your behalf based on your defined rules. It can also analyze the market, study new coins, and then buy them for you, again based on the parameters you set in advance, such as the minimum token price you would accept and the maximum amount you would want to spend.

And in case you’re worried that the AI bot will mess up and lose your money, you can pre-set parameters such as trade size, take profit, stop loss, and maximum slippage.

PAAL.AI is currently running at around 44 cents per token, with a total market cap of $386M. This is again a bit on the low side compared to, say, Virtuals Protocol’s $1.9B. But it’s still a large enough amount to satisfy investors that PAAL is a viable investment option.

If you want to follow their online communities, PAAL.AI has a presence on X, Telegram, and Discord.

How We Selected the Best AI Crypto Coins to Invest in AI agent coins have a different use case than meme coins, so you’re probably wondering how we selected these five recommendations. What metrics did we look at to come to our conclusions?

Origin & Team The first thing we check out is who’s behind the project. Are they geeky developers? Wall Street bankers? What’s their background? Traditionally, those behind crypto coins don’t reveal themselves (we still don’t know who Satoshi Nakamoto is).

But developers sometimes leave subtle clues online about themselves, such as references to Wall Street. So we check that out first.

Community Then we check out the community angle. AI agent coins will have a different type of community. Meme coins tap into the existing fan bases of the original meme. AI agent fans, on the other hand, will get excited about the technology and its future potential.

AI agent coins are a bit more niche than meme coins. Their success or failure may not depend on an online community. Some big investors don’t appear on social media.

Functionality AI agent coins are going to have a function. Unlike some meme coins that may exist purely to please its fans and bring them together into one community, AI agents will have been built with a specific tech purpose in mind. So we always look closely at that and analyze its potential usefulness.

Investors prefer to see a long-term vision for real utility before deciding whether to invest their funds in the project. They may also like the meme itself, but obviously, they’re also looking for signs that they will get a good ROI.

Time in Market & Market Performance Like any other kind of investment, it’s good to look at a cryptocurrency’s past performance and price history. There’s always hype around a new project trying to attract capital. The project’s cheerleaders always claim big successes, but are they truthful?

A past history helps to answer that, and it helps to assess an AI agent coin’s viability. However, if the coin has just launched, we must look at other factors instead.

Are AI Agent Coins a Good Investment? AI agent coins can be a good investment if their real-world use case promises to bring improvements or radically new ideas. If the agent’s purpose becomes popular with users, its long-term investment prospects can look very bright.

However, we must provide a big disclaimer – we’re not financial advisors, lawyers, Wall Street bankers, or crypto developers. We’re simply a group of people who analyze cryptocurrencies and attempt to provide the best recommendations we can to our readers.

This is to say that you shouldn’t take what we say as gospel. A prediction is not a cast-iron guarantee that you can take to the bank. Besides our predictions, you recommend bookmarking other trusted sites like CoinMarketCap.

The crypto market waters can get rather choppy, so you need to consider several factors when doing your research. We also follow these markers when making predictions.

1. Growth Potential We first obviously need to judge a coin’s future growth potential.

Here, indicators to watch out for include total market capitalization, past performance and pricing history, and the current token price. Studying what the AI agent coin has been designed to do can also help judge how much mileage it potentially has in the future. Crypto trading tools are likely to do exceptionally well.

After all, why invest in a coin that will go nowhere fast? Some wealthy idle people may buy crypto for fun and as an amusing distraction. However, many crypto token holders do it for investment reasons. They want to make a profit.

2. Lower Token Price It’s normal to look for bargains when figuring out what AI agent coins to buy next. A lower token price makes it more cost-effective to buy more early and then let the markets take it forward. After all, that’s how big profits can be generated.

But sometimes, a lower token price can tell a different story. It may be because it has a low market capitalization, making it potentially worthless.

However, low market cap coins aren’t always dead on arrival, and there are always exceptions. The trick is figuring out which ones are hidden gems. How do you do that? Research. Lots of research.

3. Diversification Diversification is the key to minimizing your losses. Instead of putting $50,000 on one coin, for example, splitting it up into $5,000 payments on 10 coins makes more sense. So if one coin flops, you still have hope in the other nine. This is why we give you multiple recommendations.

There are lots of crypto coins hitting the market in 2025. With 13,000+ cryptocurrencies estimated to be out there, with a total market cap of over $1.3T, it makes finding potential high performers difficult, and you’ll obviously lose money if you back the wrong horse.

Should I Invest in AI Agent Coins? Ultimately, whether you should invest in AI agent coins is your own personal decision. You have to consider all the various risk factors, your willingness to take a potential loss, and your ability to hold on when the crypto waters lurch.

But here are some guidelines to help you make that decision:

Buy AI Agent Coins If: You like investing in new cutting-edge technologies. You don’t mind the volatility and uncertainty. You’re willing to take a long-term view on holding the investment You can take a financial hit if the coin takes a dive. Don’t Buy AI Agent Coins If: You prefer safe, stable currencies with a proven track record. You don’t fully understand what a specific AI agent bot does. You prefer short-term gains over long-term ones. You can’t afford to lose your investment. Best AI Agent Coins Summary The six options listed here have practical and productive real-world uses. From analyzing and making investment decisions to managing your digital assets, these AI agents have the potential to do remarkable things. So if they do as well as their developers hope, investing in these coins will likely be a good decision.

Once again, we must stress that we only provide predictions, not solid financial advice. Always do your own research and come to your own conclusions.

FAQ 1. What is an AI agent? An AI agent is a sophisticated bot that can perform tasks on your behalf on the blockchain, and learn from its mistakes. These can include automating crypto transactions, managing portfolios, and providing personalized financial advice.

2. What are the best AI agent coins to invest in? Based on our in-depth analysis, the best AI crypto coins to invest in right now are Virtuals Protocol, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, ai16Z, Freysa AI, and SUBBD. Their low token cost makes them an attractive low-barrier investment that will hopefully mature over time.

3. What are AI agent tokens? AI agent tokens act as the currency in the blockchain transactions AI agents undertake on your behalf. Every action on a blockchain costs money, and these coins would finance those operations.

Developers would also be rewarded for creating and maintaining their AI agent, and token holders would be rewarded for contributing and participating in the network.

4. Which cryptocurrency is linked to AI? Quite a few cryptocurrencies are throwing their lot in with AI. Leveraging AI technology can improve the coins in various ways. Some top cryptocurrencies currently doing this include NEAR, ICP, Render, and TAO. However, it’s worth noting that there are both general AI coins and AI agent coins, which are different.

With AI mania at a fever-pitch right now, there are thousands of such coins with varying degrees of trustworthiness. So you should only invest your money in projects that have been strictly vetted.

5. What are AI agents in crypto? AI agents are technologically sophisticated bots that are designed to perform automated tasks on your behalf on the blockchain and are, in a sense, “self-aware” enough to learn from previous mistakes. With training, they can perform blockchain tasks like placing crypto transactions or managing crypto portfolios, but in a fraction of the time it would take a human to do it.

Film Review: “Self Custody” Indie Film about Bitcoin on Amazon Prime

Federal prosecutors said Ferro burglarized homes to steal hardware wallets when online crypto scams failed to access victims' funds.

The US Department of Justice announced that 20-year-old Marlon Ferro of Santa Ana has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a large-scale cryptocurrency theft and social engineering conspiracy that stole more than $250 million from victims across the country.

Ferro, who also used the alias “GothFerrari,” pleaded guilty in October 2025 to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise.

Crypto Burglary Operation In addition to the prison sentence, the court ordered him to serve three years of supervised release and pay $2.5 million in restitution. According to court filings, federal investigators uncovered a multi-year operation active between late 2023 and early 2025 that involved members across several US states and abroad.

The group allegedly carried out database hacks, fraudulent phone calls, money laundering, and residential burglaries that targeted people believed to hold large amounts of cryptocurrency. Prosecutors said Ferro was brought in when victims stored their assets in hardware wallets that could not be accessed remotely.

In one incident in February 2024, Ferro allegedly traveled to Winnsboro and broke into a victim’s home, stealing a hardware wallet that contained about 100 BTC worth more than $5 million at the time. Authorities said he later laundered the funds through crypto exchanges. In another case in July 2024, Ferro allegedly flew to New Mexico and monitored a target residence for several days before smashing a window with a brick and entering the home in search of a hardware wallet.

Investigators said the burglary was captured on the victim’s surveillance cameras. Court documents also stated that Ferro helped launder stolen crypto by using fraudulent identification documents to open accounts on geo-blocked payment platforms, which allowed members of the group to spend stolen funds at retail stores and nightclubs. Authorities alleged he purchased more than $255,000 worth of designer clothing for co-conspirators and assisted an arrested conspiracy leader by converting crypto into cash to pay legal fees.

Prosecutors also said Ferro arranged the purchase and shipment of Hermès Birkin bags for the associate’s girlfriend. When Ferro was arrested in May 2025, law enforcement recovered two firearms and a fake identification document.

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Amid those concerns, Binance this week introduced a feature allowing users to lock withdrawals for up to seven days, which is designed to help reduce risks tied to physical coercion.

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Industry Leaders Forecast Top Crypto Narratives for 2025

Industry leaders have much to say about what’s going to happen next now that Bitcoin has broken the $11k price hurdle.

I reached out to several industry leaders and here’s what they have to say!

The Whales are going to Make a Splash! Robert Beadles, Co-Founder Of Monarch Wallet

“In addition to the trade war and global macroeconomics, the whales and traders operating in pools have spotted several entries and exit points they executed trades on to further increase their Bitcoin holdings as shown in this weeks price fluctuations.” 

Points to Note

The Whales are going to trade with accuracy and have been doing so. This will lead to more liquidity and a whole lot of volatility in the Bitcoin market! Several corrections are highly likely, so don’t freak out when prices shift! Bitcoin is Coming into its own as a Global Asset Colin Pape, Founder of Presearch

 

“Bitcoin is a non-correlated hedge against uncertainty, and investors are realizing that even with significant short-term volatility, on a longer time horizon, it’s one of the most promising assets they can invest in. This view enables them to buy at any ‘reasonable’ price, which is why we’re seeing strong demand between $10,000 and $12,000.” 

Points to Note

Bitcoin is fulfilling a specific role in global markets. Investors are starting to use Bitcoin for many different reasons and purposes, this is a BIG deal. This generates demand which will make prices to be driven by DEMAND. Much of this demand will come from INSTITUTIONS. A Major Bull Run is Underway! Michael Terpin, Transform Group CEO and BitAngels Executive Chairman

“The current range of fluctuation has been in the range of 15 percent, which is not particularly high by historical standards in a new asset class like bitcoin. We can look forward to the beginning of another cyclical bull market for bitcoin, fueled not only by the upcoming May 2020 reduction in new supply, but a larger sea change in asset allocation.

Many high-net worth individuals and institutions are looking to shift their multi-year gains from stocks and bonds into hard assets like gold, silver and bitcoin. This trend is being stoked by uncertainty over negative interest rates, dollar hegemony and the popping of bubbles fueled by a decade of excessive money printing.”

Points to Note

Current traditional financial markets are currently full of uncertainty. Massive inflationary tendencies are up ahead. Bitcoin operates very much like Gold or Silver! Investors are seeking to preserve the value of their investments Transaction Fees are Going to Play a Major Role Sean Barger, Managing Director at CPUcoin 

“I believe the fact that Bitcoins have reached the 85+% of Bitcoins Issued through miners means there is going to be a shift in the dynamics from mining blocks to transactional fees between holders. I believe this will have an automatic inflationary effect. Right now, as of today, there are 3.133 mil. BTC remaining to be mined, at approximately 1,800 per day of new Bitcoins (on average), that leaves less than 5 years of regular mining dynamics.

Additionally, I believe more and more people are starting to realize the store of value and speed of liquidity & transfer, which is generally the benefit of all crypto currencies which will drive buying demand beyond simple range or quant trading experts. As the world becomes more destabilized as a result of countries printing and borrowing funds globally (the inevitable result), BTC is a stabilized proven liquidity haven to park converted fiat gains “in the cloud”.”

Points to Note

Mining will begin to have a lesser role to play. Within the next five years, transaction fees will start replacing the role played by mining. Demand for Bitcoin will increase. As the world economy goes to bits, more people will look toward cryptocurrencies for stability. What do you think?

What is going to happen next now that Bitcoin is stable at $11,000?

Please let us know in the comments below!

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The Bitcoin (BTC) price has plunged below $98,000, retracing from $105,000 as low as $97,750 today, marking a sudden decline of as much as -6.8%. The rapid sell-off coincides with heightened volatility across both crypto and traditional markets, with multiple factors contributing to BTC’s downward spiral.

Why Is Bitcoin Down Today? #1 DeepSeek’s Surprise Impact On Tech Markets

The primary driver behind the broader risk-off sentiment appears to be the emergence of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) platform whose swift rise and cost-effectiveness have rattled US tech giants. Renowned market commentary outlet The Kobeissi Letter posted via X:

“Nasdaq 100 futures are now down -330 POINTS since the market opened just hours ago as DeepSeek takes #1 on the App Store. This is how you know DeepSeek has become a major threat to US large cap tech. The stock market does not lie.”

DeepSeek reportedly competes with ChatGPT yet was developed at a fraction of the cost, using less advanced hardware. Benchmark tests indicate that DeepSeek is outperforming ChatGPT in categories such as AIME, MATH-500, and GPQA, igniting concerns that the dominance of US-based AI firms could be at risk.

The Kobeissi Letter added:“OpenAI … was valued at ~$157 BILLION in October 2024 … has ~22 TIMES more employees than DeepSeek. This is why markets have been blindsided.”

Traders fear that if investors pull capital out of overextended AI stocks, a broader tech sell-off could ensue. This has significant implications for the Bitcoin and crypto market as well because of its correlation. “Crypto is front running as markets are closed & it’s a higher risk-beta asset class,”crypto analyst Miles Deutscher noted via X.

However, he sees a silver lining for Bitcoin and crypto once the AI stock boom subsides: “If DeepSeek is the knife that could (momentarily) burst the AI stock bubble, then this could actually be bullish for crypto, as liquidity rotates back. AI stocks sucked up a lot of speculative capital that previously would’ve flowed into BTC/crypto.”

#2 Pre-FOMC De-Risking

Another contributor to the current downswing is the commonly observed pre-FOMC market de-risking. Historically, investors recalibrate their portfolios ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meetings, scheduled for January 28–29, 2025. Although consensus indicates that interest rates may remain unchanged, riskier assets like Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies often face sell-pressure in the lead-up to such announcements.

Deutscher commented:“Pre-FOMC de-risking (this is very normal, especially in an environment where we’re extremely sensitive to rates/U.S. dollar/liquidity).”

Deutscher also speculated on whether Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell might adopt a softer stance, given the recent transition of the US presidency: “So… if stocks are already in panic mode, is Jerome Powell really going to come out super hawkish? Right as Trump has just entered office? Idk… My prediction is that the pre-FOMC sell-off marks the local bottom.”

#3 Lack Of New Price Catalyst After Trump’s Executive Order

Market participants also cite a perceived vacuum of fresh bullish news following last week’s first-ever crypto executive order by President Donald Trump. Although the order initially propelled crypto optimism, the absence of a new catalyst left traders wanting more. Deutscher referred to this as the “lack of short-term ‘north star’ after Trump’s inauguration.”

#4 Long Liquidations Exacerbating The Move

According to Coinglass data, a flurry of long liquidations has magnified the downward price action. 313,683 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours. Total crypto liquidations hit $853.92 million, with $795.5 million in longs.

The largest single liquidation order occurred on HTX for BTC-USDT valued at $98.46 million. On the Bitcoin market alone, $250 million worth of long positions were liquidated. The surge in liquidations amplified BTC’s fall, triggering more traders to unwind positions. Analysts view these forced liquidations as both a cause and a symptom of heightened volatility.

At press time, BTC traded at $98,983.

Bitcoin plunges to $98,000, 4 hour chart | Source: BTCUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TadingView.com