From May 11 to 17, the cryptocurrency market experienced a structural rise driven by the continuous catalysis of the AI concept. Bitcoin maintained high-level fluctuations, while the sentiment in the altcoin market quickly recovered, with funds flowing along clear main tracks: AI infrastructure, decentralized storage, and emerging DeFi protocols formed the three core narratives of this week. According to data from the Huobi HTX platform, several AI, DeFi, Cosmos ecosystem, and TRON Meme track assets performed outstandingly in the past week (from May 11 to 17), with WARD leading the market with a weekly increase of 573%. Huobi HTX's forward-looking layout in asset selection remains commendable.

The AI Track Continues to Rise: The Strongest Voice in the Main Line, Funds Repricing AI+Crypto

The greatest certainty of this week's market comes from the AI track. As concepts around AI agents, autonomous collaboration networks, and on-chain AI task markets have regained momentum, the market has begun to reassess the long-term speculative space of AI-related assets. Compared to the previous more "conceptualized" AI Meme market, this round of funding is more inclined to seek AI projects with infrastructure, data value, and practical scenarios.

• WARD (Warden Protocol): With a weekly increase of 573%, it became the strongest performing asset of the week. WARD deeply engages in the infrastructure layer of AI and Web3 fusion, designed as a full-stack L1 blockchain for developers to build intelligent applications. The narrative represented by "on-chain AI infrastructure" continues to gain market recognition against the backdrop of expanding global AI computing power demand.
• SKYAI: A weekly increase of 41%, continuing the recent overall heat of the AI Agent track. SKYAI focuses on deploying on-chain AI agents and collaboration networks, powered by MCP, and aims to seamlessly integrate intelligent solutions across industries.
• INJ (Injective): Increased by 21% during the same period. As a junction between the AI track and high-performance public chains, Injective continues to expand its ecological map in areas like onboarding AI models and data asset trading. This week's stable rise of INJ reflects institutional capital's acknowledgment of its long-term narrative logic.

The Storage Track Becomes a Beneficiary of AI Demand Overflow, Cosmos Ecosystem Rebounds

Decentralized storage itself is not a new narrative of this week, but the explosion of AI has generated massive demand for data storage, prompting STORJ to re-enter the capital spotlight. Notably, this week, traditional tech markets saw outstanding performances from cloud storage, data center, and computing infrastructure-related stocks, indicating that AI-driven storage demand is being priced by a broader capital market.

• STORJ: This week it rose by 28%, making it a beneficiary asset in the storage track. Storj is aimed at becoming a censorship-resistant, non-monitorable, and uninterrupted cloud storage platform. STORJ provides a redundant, low-cost storage layer in a decentralized manner, precisely fitting the new demands for data infrastructure in the AI era.
• OSMO (Osmosis): A weekly increase of 102%. Osmosis is an application chain and a decentralized trading platform (DEX) within the Cosmos ecosystem, and a cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) center. As the core DEX protocol of the Cosmos ecosystem, Osmosis's liquidity depth and cross-chain interoperability remain its core competitive advantages.

New Coins Create Wealth Effects, DeFi and TRON Meme Remain Active

• UP (Superform): A weekly increase of 75%. Superform is the first stablecoin new token bank that allows anyone to perform on-chain savings, exchanges, sends, and earns while maintaining full control over their personal assets.
• BILL (Billions Network): Increased by 20%. Billions Network is a universal "human-AI" collaborative network. It allows anyone to prove their identity on-chain as a real and unique individual in seconds without disclosing any underlying personal data.
• SUNDOG (Sundog): Increased by 45%. As one of the top Meme assets in the Tron ecosystem, SUNDOG is a meme coin fairly issued on Sunpump.meme.

Asset Screening is Not Casting a Net, But Finding Anchors Before Trends Form

From the market performance this week, the cryptocurrency market is entering a more clearly defined phase of structural trends. On one hand, core tracks like AI, storage, etc., supported by industrial trends, continue to attract capital; on the other hand, new coins, MEME, and ecological rotation opportunities also keep emerging, speeding up the shift of market hotspots.

As the industry gradually advances toward a "value-driven" process, those capable of traversing cycles are often high-quality assets that combine technical logic, industrial trends, and community foundations. In the future, Huobi HTX will continue to rely on its global asset screening system and ecological research capabilities to identify more high-quality projects with long-term value and growth potential for users, helping them seize the next round of cryptocurrency growth opportunities in structural markets.

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