Why do analysts look up?
Since the beginning of the year, virtualization—a protocol that allows users to create and own AI agents—has grown by 70 percent. While the AI agent narrative has cooled, VIRTUAL's price rally has brought new attention to the project.
What forces are driving this growth, and how do analysts see VIRTUAL's vision for 2026?
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Why are so many analysts bullish on the fantasy in 2026?
Recently, the project introduced three new agent launch systems: Pegasus, Unicorn and Titan
This move represents a notable and bold change. Virtualization has abandoned a single, unified tokenization mechanism and replaced it with different models tailored for specific use cases.
These methods are intended to facilitate the development and deployment of AI agents on blockchain networks. Each model corresponds to a different stage of project development, from trial to scale.
Pegasus (pre-distribution and testing): designed for developers who want to launch quickly and ensure market demand. Unicorn (Trust, Capital and Liability): Built for builders who want money while maintaining transparency. Titan (a large scale for popular startup teams): Intended for projects with existing products, support or real-world deployments.
This launch framework gives investors more reasons to wait with virtual confidence. The token is down more than 75% from its previous low point.
Another factor supporting the recovery is a strategic investment by Virtual Ventures into PredictBase.
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This partnership creates significant opportunities for AI agents on VIRTUAL to interact with PredictBase. Use cases include engaging in forecasting, implementing automated trading strategies, and enhancing liquidity.
This move is particularly significant as experts predict that the forecasting market will grow by 2026.
Additionally, VIRTUAL long-term bullishness may emerge from the x402 trend. x402 is a new micropayment protocol that gained a lot of interest late last year.
According to Layergg's analysis of the X, the x402 closely matches the AI agent era. The protocol allows autonomous agents to pay small fees for services such as marketing, market forecasting and robotics.
In this trend, VIRTUAL plays an important role. The project acts as an AI agent launchpad and a platform that supports x402-based payments.
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“Launchpads have moved like sticky betas. AI agents are waking up again. x402 is still early, but it's clearly bidding,” said analyst 0xJeff.
VIRTUAL RESTORE does not stand alone. It is part of a broader recovery in AI-related tokens. For example, RENDER has gained 80% over the past seven days, while Artificial Super Intelligence Alliance (FET) has increased over 45% over the same period.
Retail investors are seen prioritizing the AI sector as early as 2026.
The data on the chain still shows no clear improvement.
Despite these hopes, the outlook is speculative. VIRTUAL price recovery could not be accompanied by new token creation on the platform again.
According to data from sources like Dune Analytics, as early as 2026, only a handful of tokens will be launched each day. Only 1 or 2 tokens start each day.
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Moreover, tokens launched on the platform have not been able to generate the same traction and visibility as some meme tokens on Pump.fun.
In addition, VIRTUAL's share has dropped from more than 40 million since the middle of last year to 25.8 million at the moment.
KEEPING VIRTUAL allows awardees to earn rewards by staying consistent with ecosystem activity. However, inflated levels are yet to show signs of recovery.
Without a clear recovery in real demand, the VIRTUAL price rally may struggle to remain sustainable in the long term. If so, optimistic predictions will be little more than encouraging.
