AI never stops, a review of the top ten potential AI concept coins of the year.

This article will summarize the top ten AI concept coins worth paying attention to, covering subfields such as infrastructure, DeFi, and memes.

Source: CoinPedia Markets

Compiled by: BitpushNews

The artificial intelligence (AI) category has been one of the main focuses for investors in 2025, and the cryptocurrency space is no exception. According to data from CoinpediaMarkets, the market capitalization of the AI sector is currently $41.22 billion, having grown by 7.86% in the past 24 hours. This article will summarize the top ten AI concept coins worth paying attention to, covering subfields such as infrastructure, DeFi, and memes.

1. Virtual Protocol (VIRTUAL)

Price: $2.04

Market Cap: $1.31 billion

What makes VIRTUAL unique is that it provides infrastructure for AI-driven synthetic environments and metaverse deployments. Following the recent adoption of AI token scalability, the Virtuals protocol has developed into one of the best liquidity providers for its native token over the past month.

It is built on the Base and Solana blockchains. Its native token, VIRTUAL, was launched in December 2023, following the rebranding of PathDAO to Virtuals Protocol. VIRTUAL is used for proxy creation, liquidity pools, and token swaps.

According to CoinPediaMarkets analysis, Virtual continues to lead the market monthly. Even with pullbacks, the price has increased by 267% over the past 30 days and over 1,600% in the past year. The steady rise could lead to a significant parabolic trend in the short term. Analysts expect that if buying activity returns to weekly levels, VIRTUAL will rebound to $10 in the second quarter of 2025.

Blockchain explorers on Base and Solana show that VIRTUAL has over 650,000 and 17,000 on-chain holders, respectively. The continuous expansion of the VIRTUAL token holder base corresponds with the skyrocketing market cap of AI tokens, which has risen from about $1 million in early October 2024 to over $4.6 billion at the beginning of January 2025.

Recent updates include:

Virtual Protocol launched the VIRTUAL Staking feature on May 14, 2025, reserving 20% of the total Virgen Point emissions for veVIRTUAL holders.
Virtuals partnered with Kaito to automate the Yapping Points mechanism.

2. Fartcoin (FARTCOIN)

Price: $1.43

Market Cap: $1.43 billion

Fartcoin is a meme coin based on Solana, inspired by fart jokes on the internet. The token was launched in October 2024. Fartcoin is not just "another" meme coin. As a ridiculously branded meme coin, it is still one of the top 100 cryptocurrencies globally, with a market cap exceeding $1 billion, despite not being listed on major cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance and Bybit. Fartcoin collaborates with an AI chatbot called Truth Terminal to help the meme coin stand out in the market.

Fartcoin's price soared to an all-time high of $2.61 on January 20, 2025. During this price peak, Fartcoin's trading volume surged to over $774 million. Since its launch, the price has skyrocketed by 2,863,855%. In the past three months, the total buying volume of FARTCOIN has exceeded its selling volume, leading traders to expect that this meme coin may continue to appreciate in the coming years.

Fartcoin is expected to reach $5 in the second quarter of 2025.

3. Bittensor (TAO)

Price: $467.43

Market Cap: $4.1 billion

Bittensor (TAO) has recently performed well, surging over 90% in the past month. Bittensor is a blockchain-based protocol that rewards developers, researchers, and entrepreneurs for building useful AI tools and services. Its unique structure connects independent networks (called subnets) through the shared token TAO, decentralizing both AI training and inference, with TAO powering economic incentives and validation. Bittensor has a circulating supply of 8.8 million TAO, with a market cap of approximately $4.07 billion, solidifying its position as one of the best cryptocurrencies in the AI space.

The price of TAO has increased by 27.49% in the past week, highlighting its strong performance in the AI-related cryptocurrency sector. Meanwhile, Bittensor launched the highly anticipated Wrapped TAO (wTAO) airdrop, distributing over $1.49 million worth of tokens to its community.

Bittensor aims to become a hub for decentralized AI and ML applications, using a subnet model similar to Polkadot and Cosmos—but with one key difference: each subnet must use $TAO. Subnets purchase, store, and pay with $TAO, keeping all value within the ecosystem. Unlike DOT or ATOM, there are no external tokens that dilute the network, making $TAO itself more valuable. $TAO price prediction for the second quarter of 2025: $900.

4. Goatseus Maximus (GOAT)

Price: $0.2012

Market Cap: $201.27 million

Goatseus Maximus is a meme coin driven by the semi-autonomous AI "Truth Terminal," gaining widespread attention due to its unique AI-driven features and strong social media presence. The coin operates on the Solana blockchain and has been one of the best performers in the meme coin category, driven by speculation and AI concepts.

Since its bottom on April 9, 2025 ($0.03853), the price of GOAT has increased by over 422%. However, it is still 85% lower than its all-time high, with a market cap of only $201 million.

5. Casper Network (CSPR)

Price: $0.01714

Market Cap: $225.01 million

Casper Network is a decentralized Layer 1 proof-of-stake blockchain designed for the real-world economy. It launched on the mainnet in March 2021. CSPR is the native token of Casper Network, which surged to an intraday high of $0.023 on April 28, marking its highest point since December 9 of last year. Since its lowest point this year, the token has now risen over 100%.

Casper 2.0 launched on the mainnet on May 6, 2025, marking a significant milestone in the network's evolution into a platform designed for real-world assets. Casper 2.0 introduces an upgraded Highway protocol that is faster, lighter, and more efficient. Smart contracts have also been enhanced to improve speed and reduce gas costs. Additionally, Casper is transitioning to a flexible staking mechanism and lowering validator requirements, making the network more accessible and efficient.

6. Render (RENDER)

Price: $5.21

Market Cap: $2.69 billion

Render has performed well in 2025, rebounding from last year's decline. Given its focus on distributed GPU rendering—a field closely related to Nvidia's advantages—this is not surprising. Render Network connects artists needing rendering power with GPU owners providing rendering capabilities.

The network is built on Ethereum and also supports high-bandwidth decentralized applications (dApps) in fields such as gaming, healthcare, and finance. The price of RENDER has increased by 34.76% in the past month.

7. Grass (GRASS)

Price: $2.21

Market Cap: $540.71 million

Grass is currently performing well, surging 36% in the past 24 hours. This makes GRASS one of the top-performing cryptocurrencies on CoinpediaMarkets. Grass cryptocurrency is gaining attention due to its upcoming second-quarter airdrop distribution.

Grass is a decentralized disruptor in the online crawling space, utilizing unused bandwidth through a browser extension to secure your data. It acts as an AI data engine, leveraging Solana for seamless interaction and utilizing ZK processors to ensure accuracy. Grass has also become a popular liquidity mining token, with two million users and Solana-driven incentive distribution, and the network is expected to continue growing.

8. Turbo (TURBO)

Price: $0.005669

Market Cap: $391.19 million

Turbo is a decentralized meme coin created using AI (specifically GPT-4), designed to "serve the people." It started as an experimental project with a small initial budget of only $69 and has now evolved into a fully community-driven and decentralized token with a market cap of $387.69 million. What sets Turbo apart is its origin story—created using OpenAI's advanced AI model GPT-4.

Turbo is currently listed on over 120 exchanges, and its broad accessibility and strong, community-driven foundation make it an attractive project for both new and old investors. Despite its price surge, we believe Turbo still has significant growth potential, with millions of dollars likely to flow into the project in the future.

9. Artificial Super Intelligence (FET)

Price: $0.8500

Market Cap: $2.03 billion

After a continuous decline, Artificial Super Intelligence (FET) has surged by 102.97% in the past month, currently trading at $0.87, recovering the 9-week SMA. If the upward momentum continues, FET may challenge the resistance range of $1.20 to $1.50 later this year.

Meanwhile, SingularityNET, as a decentralized machine learning platform, continuously enhances the relevance of IoT, smart cities, and DeFi applications through autonomous agents. Its growing list of strategic partners may play a key role in driving FET's next phase of growth.

10. Volt Inu (VOLT)

Price: $0.0000002797

Market Cap: $15.32 million

Volt Inu is a cryptocurrency and DeFi platform built on the Ethereum network in December 2021. Volt Inu has a diverse ecosystem that includes DEX, NFTs, gaming platforms, prepaid cards, and AI features. Volt Inu employs deflationary techniques and revenue-generating methods to increase its price and reward its holders. Its native token, VOLT, has over 10,000 holders and is listed on more than 20 centralized exchanges and 3 decentralized exchanges.

$VOLT generates returns for its holders by distributing NFTs among top holders, staking stablecoins, investing in altcoins, farming yields, and purchasing nodes (which return income to the token). The Volt Inu roadmap is also promising, including the launch of Voltiflex, Voltishop, and listings on 3 major centralized exchanges.

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