AI tokens soared on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a new venture to invest up to $500 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure.
This alliance, which includes major companies such as OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, will form a new entity called Stargate.
Market Focus on AI Tokens as Trump’s Stargate Initiative Grabs Attention
The Stargate project will invest $500 billion over the next four years, building new AI infrastructure in the United States. This joint venture will focus on developing essential data centers and generating electricity needed to power the AI sector.
Notification This has had a notable impact on the broader market, especially in AI-related cryptocurrencies. According to CoinGeckoafter the news was announced, the market capitalization of AI Tokens increased by 9%, reaching 45.83 billion USD to date.
Indeed, market capitalization of individual AI agent tokens increased 13% to reach 14.9 billion USD.
AI agent tokens, such as Virtuals Protocol, AIXBT, and AI16Z, have seen impressive price increases. Virtuals Protocol is up more than 13% in the past 24 hours, while AI16Z has seen a 36% jump. The AIXBT token has increased by 27% in the same period.
The rise in AI tokens reflects a broader shift in market interest as investors shift capital to more “sentient” tokens.
“Capital is moving back from static memes to sentient coins,” says AI researcher S4mmy comment on Twitter.
The analyst added that Fartcoin and AIXBT are maintaining “intellectual dominance,” but are facing a decline in market capitalization after a boom period. Speaking about Virtuals Protocol, he said, it continues to strengthen its position as the backbone of the Agentic infrastructure.
Furthermore, analyst CyrilXBT believes that “AI will create generational wealth by 2025.”
“People say Bitcoin is a joke. People say agent AI is a joke. Guess what they will say next? ‘Why didn’t I listen when generational wealth was staring right at me?,” CyrilXBT comment.
The shift to AI is especially interesting, given the investment trends of the past few days. Capital is pouring into Donald Trump-related tokens, such as TRUMP and MELANIA, which have shown significant volatility. However, TinTucBitcoin reported that “smart money” traders are now focusing on AI Tokens after the excitement surrounding TRUMP died down. According to data from Nansena large amount of VIRTUAL, FARTCOIN and AIXBT Tokens are held by “smart money”.