AI News: Sector Outperforms on ZK Proving, DePIN Tailwinds & a16z $15B Bet

AI News: Sector Outperforms on ZK Proving, DePIN Tailwinds & a16z $15B Bet

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The AI ​​sector is still in good shape after last week’s meteoric rise, with the sector adding another $400 million to its market value.

TL;DR:

  • Sentiment: BTC nears $91K; Altcoin Season Index High; Total caution continues.
  • AI Sector: Market Cap ~$20B; Tight gains. TAO/IP/VVV/AIC lead.
  • Agents: delayed; Most red. OLAXBT and ARC bucked the trend strongly.
The cryptocurrency market maintained its strong position this week Bitcoin (BTC) It remains steady at around $91,000 while… Altcoin Season Indicator It ticked slowly.

But with gold being shredded and yields continuing to rise in the US, some capital remains parked in “safer” positions rather than high beta altcoins.

Artificial Intelligence Market Overview

The AI ​​sector is still in good shape after that Meteor spike last week. The sector added another $400 million to its balance Market valuereaching nearly $20 billion after a 2.1% gain on a weekly basis (WoW).

This time, the gains were largely concentrated among a few AI tokens. Nearly a quarter of the AI ​​Top 100 list is in the green this week, with a handful of outperforming companies carrying the sector.

Some of the biggest company outperformers and their catalysts include:

The index list also highlighted several big winners, including GAIB (GAIB), which rose 47.2% on heavy volume.

source: Top of the AI ​​codes page

The sector had quite a few losers as well. Some of the worst performers include:

According to Artemis, the AI ​​sector is outperforming most other sectors this week. It ranked third in terms of gains in fully diluted market capitalization (FDMC). For comparison, Deben Sector He came in first place.

Source: Artemis

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The AI ​​agents sub-sector declined this week, with the vast majority of… Notable agent codes Drowned in red.
He said that, Olax PT (AIO) and Artificial Intelligence Platform Complex (ARC) It managed to weather the downturn significantly, posting gains of 44.4% and 33.4% respectively.

Artificial Intelligence News Digest

As the most funded cryptocurrency sub-sector, there has been no shortage of major developments this week. Below, we’ve summarized some of the most important ones.

Brevis ProverNet mainnet launch: Brevis launched ProverNet on Main networkframing it as a decentralized ZK proof marketplace that can run AI-heavy crypto applications (e.g., private verification of proxy actions, model certificates, and on-chain proofs without revealing the raw data).

Complete token achievement for the “Burn Mint Equilibrium” token for Akash ships: Akash founder Greg Ossory announced that Burn Mint Equilibrium (BME) has been code completed and the PR merger is now public. The model aims to burn AKT through deployments, connecting structurally distinct demand to real compute use as decentralized AI workloads grow.

A16z raises $15 billion to double its AI and cryptocurrency efforts: Andreessen Horowitz has raised more than $15 billion across five new funds, saying America must “win” the next era of technology by leading in artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies. The company is allocating significant capital to AI infrastructure and broader strategic technology bets.

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