Since December 2024, the AI token sector has shed over $53 billion in value, according to data shared by the analytical resource CryptoPresales.
Assets that had previously shown triple- and quadruple-digit growth have now returned to a deep correction. The most significant decline occurred at the end of the year, with market capitalisation dropping by $14 billion in November and December combined.
According to CoinMarketCap, the market volume currently stands at $16.8 billion—four times lower than last year’s figures. On CoinGecko, the figure is higher at $25.4 billion.
From Record Highs to Collapse
The capitalisation of AI tokens reached an all-time high of $69.9 billion in December 2024 amid a surge of interest in neural networks. However, by the first quarter of 2025, sentiment had shifted: by April, the sector had lost 63% of its value, or $44 billion.
In the second half of the year, the market attempted to stabilise at around $30 billion, but a general correction in the fourth quarter nullified these efforts.
The downturn hit the segment leaders hard: eight out of the top ten coins fell by more than 70% from their December peaks.
The biggest loser was Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI), which dropped by 84%. Render (RNDR) and The Graph (GRT) each lost 82%.
Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL), which soared by 3500% in 2024, plummeted by 73% over the past 12 months. Similar declines were seen in Injective (INJ), Filecoin (FIL), Internet Computer (ICP), and NEAR Protocol (NEAR).
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