AI tokens market cap rebound 79.7% to $32B amid renewed investor confidence
2024-08-27

The market capitalization of artificial intelligence and big data cryptocurrency projects and tokens has surged by 79.7% over the past three weeks, reflecting renewed confidence among crypto investors.
On Aug. 6, the AI and big data market cap recorded a yearly low of $18.21 billion, primarily due to its indirect reliance on the underperforming price of Bitcoin BTCUSD and crypto markets in general. At the time, Bitcoin’s price fell sharply under $50,000, according to data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView.
Heavy influence of the Bitcoin market
According to CoinMarketCap data, the AI and big data token ecosystem replicated Bitcoin’s price recovery and saw its market cap comfortably exceed $38 billion on Aug. 25. 
As of Aug. 27, top AI and big data tokens in terms of market capitalization include Near Protocol NEARUSD at $5.5 billion, Internet Computer ICPUSD at $3.8 billion, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) at $3.4 billion and Bittensor (TAO) at $2.8 billion.
Market volatility negatively impacted investors’ sentiment during this time, as the greed and fear index meter by Alternative.me reached “extreme fear” levels.
AI tokens surge amid Improved investors’ sentiment
However, the sentiment returned to “neutral” as markets began recovering and crypto investors sought to recoup losses. 
Cointelegraph
The Fear & Greed Index aims to measure the emotions of crypto investors and can now serve as a useful indicator for making investment decisions.
Onchain analytics platform Lookonchain observed the big gains and noted strange whale transaction behavior in FET in an Aug. 26 X post. 
It noted that a whale “seemed to regret selling” at a lower price before spending $2.38 million Tether (USDT) to repurchase 1.79 million FET tokens from Binance at a higher price of $1.33 on Aug. 25. 
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