{"id":220525,"date":"2025-06-28T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/220525\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:34:10","slug":"ai-tokens-dive-by-29-even-as-web3-adoption-skyrockets-whats-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/220525\/","title":{"rendered":"AI tokens dive by 29% even as Web3 adoption skyrockets &#8211; What\u2019s going on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>AI tokens market cap dropped 29.33% in 30 days, despite growing web3 adoption.<\/li>\n<li>Global crypto users reached 659 million, showing rising adoption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Web3 adoption hit new highs, AI-focused tokens fell hard. This divergence between the two signals major decoupling between AI tokens and wider Web3 usage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web3\u2019s rocket fuel isn\u2019t lifting AI coins \u2014 yet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the past 30 days, the AI token market capitalization dropped by 29.33% to $26.72 billion. For starters, <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/predictions\/bittensor-price-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Bittensor [TAO]<\/a> declined by 29% over the past month, recording losses across all the charts.<\/p>\n<p> Equally, TAO\u2019s Market cap declined by 4.24%, while the trading volume also dropped by 14%, reflecting strong downward pressure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ai-coins.jpeg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-505843\" class=\"wp-image-505843 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"AI tokens market cap\" width=\"1351\" height=\"633\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ai-coins.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-505843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CoinMarketCap<\/p>\n<p>Near Protocol [NEAR] declined by 27.12% over the same period, with its market cap declining by 4.45%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/predictions\/fetch-ai-price-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Artificial Superintelligence [FET]<\/a> dropped by 25.68%, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/predictions\/render-token-price-prediction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Render [RNDR]<\/a> dipped 32.8%. These losses recorded across the market signify a shift in investor behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>And yet, adoption metrics flash green<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, while AI coins are declining, Web3 adoption is skyrocketing. Web3 adoption is rapidly growing, driven by the perceived potential of decentralized technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/web3-market.jpeg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-505839\" class=\"wp-image-505839 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Web3 blockchain market\" width=\"1177\" height=\"576\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/web3-market.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-505839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: MordorIntelligence<\/p>\n<p>The Web3 blockchain market is projected to grow from $7.23 billion in 2025 to $42.29 billion by 2030, per Mordor Intelligence. <\/p>\n<p>This continued growth reflects growing demand for the technology, especially in emerging economies.\u00a0 Additionally, crypto user growth surged to 659 million in 2024, up 14% YoY, according to Triple-A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Crypto-users.jpeg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-505833\" class=\"wp-image-505833 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Number of crypto users worldwide\" width=\"1483\" height=\"694\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Crypto-users.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-505833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.triple-a.io\/cryptocurrency-ownership-data\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">Triple-A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the total market value of crypto-related assets has surged to $3.2 trillion. However, this is a drop from an all-time high of $3.8 trillion recorded in December 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>AI tokens decoupling from Nvidia stock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nvidia\u2019s stock closed at $155.09 on the 27th of June, up 6.66% over five days, with its Market Cap sitting at $3.78 trillion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nvidia.jpeg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-505835\" class=\"wp-image-505835 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Nvidia stocks\" width=\"1083\" height=\"684\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nvidia.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-505835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Google Finance<\/p>\n<p>Normally, such a sharp AI-related equity rally would lift AI token sentiment too, but that link seems broken.<\/p>\n<p>AI tokens no longer mirror Nvidia\u2019s bullish trajectory, hinting at a new phase of decoupling between equities and tokens.<\/p>\n<p>With this fading correlation, AI tokens appear more tied to broader crypto movements than to real-world AI leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Their performance has aligned more with altcoin momentum than Nvidia\u2019s gains, suggesting investor behavior is evolving.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext: <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/suis-22-dream-raoul-pal-sees-a-top-5-path-for-the-solana-killer\/\" rel=\"prev noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">SUI\u2019s $22 dream: Raoul Pal sees a \u2018top 5\u2019 path for the \u2018Solana killer\u2019<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AI tokens market cap dropped 29.33% in 30 days, despite growing web3 adoption. 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