AI crypto projects raise $516m in 2025 as they set out to create ‘entirely new asset classes’ – DL News
- AI-crypto startups are outpacing 2024’s funding efforts.
- Investors see agents, datasets, and compute as new asset classes.
- It comes as worries mount that an AI bubble might be about to pop.
The fusion of artificial intelligence and crypto is attracting record capital.
AI-focused crypto projects raised $516 million in the first eight months of the year, a 6% uptick from the total amount raised in 2024, according to DefiLlama data. It’s the highest amount raised in this market segment, according to the database.
Major institutional investment firms including Bitwise, Pantera, Sequoia, and Binance Labs have poured money into AI crypto projects this year.
Bitwise senior investment strategist Juan Leon predicted the “megatrend” could add…
