AI token market to reach $60B by 2025 – Bitget CEO
Tokens tied to artificial intelligence agents are set to soar to $60 billion in total market capitalization by 2025, Gracie Chen, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, told Cointelegraph.
Initial use cases for AI agents include crypto transactions such as trading and wallet management, Chen said. In addition, crypto exchanges will begin launching AI agents to automate operations and improve customer service, she added.
“The technology is insufficient for large-scale investments due to the need for human control,” warned Chen, adding that investors should choose signals backed by practical solutions. [such as] that replace a programmer or automate tasks.
Agentic AI tokens command a total market capitalization of approximately $15 billion and a daily trading volume of approximately $875 million, Chen said.
AI agent tokens at market value. Source: CoinGecko
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Bargain Market
In the fourth quarter of 2024, the market cap of AI agent tokens rose by 222%, from less than $5 billion in October to $15 billion by the end of the year, according to a report by CoinGecko.
Agentic AI tokens were adopted as a category shortly after the Goatseus Maximus (GOAT) coin launched on Solana in October, according to CoinGecko.
Since then, Solana has emerged as the leading blockchain in AI agents, holding a market share of 56.48% with a market capitalization of $8.44 billion.
Industry executives expect AI agents to transform the Web3 by 2025, with cryptocurrency trading as the first use.
In the year By 2025, “AI agents are expected to play a more significant role in decentralized societies,” JD Serafin, CEO of Web3 AI developer Raiinmaker, told Cointelegraph.
As of December, Web3 has hosted about 10,000 AI agents who collectively earn millions of dollars from onchain activity each week, according to VanEyck's report. By the end of 2025, more than 1 million AI agents are expected to populate blockchain networks.
Top crypto categories by traffic market share between January 1st and December 21st. Source: CoinGecko
Dominance of Memecoin
Despite the expected 4x increase, the overall market value of AI agent tokens still lags memecoins.
Memecoins took the top spot in mindshare in the crypto space this year, with almost a third of investor interest focused on highly speculative tokens, CoinGecko research found.
In comparison, interest in artificial intelligence-related crypto tokens was the runner-up narrative for memecoins, CoinGecko noted.
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