NEAR Protocol (NEAR) edged lower on Saturday after Grayscale highlighted that the token led a September rally in artificial intelligence (AI) tokens, with the firm’s AI crypto sector gaining, more than double the broader market’s rise.

According to a research note published on Friday, Grayscale said that the broader crypto market rose around 24%, while its own AI crypto sector stood at 54%.

Grayscale added that NEAR jumped 183% during September, while other AI-linked tokens like Venice (VVV) climbed 70%, World (WLD) rose 47%, and Bittensor (TAO) added 37%.

NEAR’s price traded over $4, rising over 151% over the past 30 days, at the time of writing. On Stocktwits, the retail sentiment around NEAR remained in the ‘bullish’ zone, with…