• AI and big data tokens added about 4.7% on Tuesday to roughly $25 billion, while Bitcoin gained less than 1% and Ethereum finished flat.

• All ten of the largest AI tokens are up over seven days, five of them by more than 40%, led by NEAR at about 87%.

• Pressure on the wider AI build-out is growing, with Texas halting new data center permits pending a grid review.

AI tokens led crypto for a second straight session on Tuesday, even as the rest of the crypto market stalled.