AI-linked memecoins’ market value exceeds $11bn

The combined market capitalisation of “AI-inspired” memecoins has exceeded $11bn; 24-hour trading volume neared $2.5bn.

Leaders in the segment:

• ai16z: market value of circulating supply — $2.6bn; seven-day price gain — 184%;
• Fartcoin: $1.35bn and 38.2%, respectively;
• Zerebro: $765m and ~116%.

Over the past 24 hours, the aggregate capitalisation of such assets rose by 26.7%.

“Memecoins that are linked to or inspired by artificial intelligence. They either employ AI agents, are created using AI tools, or base their concept on the relevant technologies and trends,” — the CoinGecko website explains.

ai16z is a project that parodies the name of a well-known Silicon Valley venture firm. It lets users receive capital for subsequent trading on behalf of investors. The latter are issued tokens that can be redeemed for the fund’s underlying assets or sold.

In December the ai16z team announced a tokenomics overhaul and a potential launch of its own layer-1 blockchain.

The “utterly useless” joke token Fartcoin (FART) debuted in October and became a vivid example of how easily absurdity sells in crypto.

Zerebro is an AI-based autonomous system designed to create, distribute and analyse content on decentralised and social platforms.

Earlier, the expert known as Kyle questioned the long-term popularity of AI agents because the technology has reached its limits.

In December, Binance launched the Alpha platform for early-stage crypto projects, many of which are tied to AI and memes.