Check out the latest developments of 12 Web3 AI projects at a glance. Who is most worthy of attention?

Original Article Title: "Multiple Projects Leading the Way, Is the AI Season Coming? Overview of the Latest Progress of 12 Hot Web3 AI Projects"

Original Article Author: Nancy, PANews

A few months ago, the White House released a radical AI action plan, openly launching an attack on global AI hegemony. At a special dinner on September 4, tech giants such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, OpenAI, and Meta gathered together, generously pledging "donations" to pave the way and seize policy dividends. The heat around artificial intelligence remains high, with the crypto AI sector taking the lead.

This article by PANews takes stock of 12 recent Web 3 AI projects with significant price increases, most of which have seen substantial gains. They have also been actively deploying in product iteration, ecosystem development, exchange listings, and Token Treasury Strategies (DAT).

WorldCoin (WLD)

On September 8, the US-listed company Eightco Holdings (OCTO) announced a $250 million private placement and received a $20 million strategic investment from BITMINE to launch the world's first Worldcoin (WLD) Treasury Strategy. Renowned Wall Street tech analyst Dan Ives will serve as the chairman of OCTO's board, known for his various bullish tech stock commentaries, and recently launched the AI-themed ETF IVES.

Since the Treasury plan was announced, OCTO's stock price has surged to a high of $77.92, a staggering 5348% increase, with a current market value of $1.22 billion. Meanwhile, CoinGecko data shows that in the past 30 days, the WLD token has risen by approximately 123.6%, reaching a price above $2 at one point, with a market capitalization exceeding $39.4 billion.

Bittensor (TAO)

In recent months, several publicly listed companies such as xTAO, TAO Synergies, and Oblong have announced external plans to establish a Bittensor token TAO reserve strategy. Meanwhile, Swedish cryptocurrency service provider Safello also recently announced plans to launch the first physical TAO-backed ETP in Europe, which will be listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange, Pan-European Exchanges (Paris and Amsterdam), and the German Stock Exchange, with considerations for listing on the Nasdaq Stockholm Exchange.

CoinGecko data shows that in the past 7 days, TAO has seen an increase of approximately 5.9%, with a market capitalization close to $32.5 billion.

Story Protocol (IP)

The Story Protocol was originally focused on L1 for intellectual property management, and later introduced the AI agent's TCP/IP, enabling autonomous interaction, negotiation, and transaction of AI agents through IP.

Recently, the Story Protocol ecosystem has achieved multiple breakthroughs. At the end of July, Grayscale announced the launch of the Story Protocol Trust Fund, providing accredited investors with exposure to the protocol's native token, IP. Subsequently, the IP token was officially listed on the UK digital bank Revolut, providing a convenient trading channel for European market users. The IP token also recently surged in the South Korean market, with trading activity soaring to become the second-largest trading pair on the Upbit exchange.

Last month, Story also initiated a strategic reserve plan with the Nasdaq-listed company Heritage Distilling, with support from institutions such as a16z crypto, Selini Capital, Amber Group, and Arrington Capital. Story announced that the $82 million in funding raised through PIPE financing by these institutions would be used 100% to purchase IP tokens, and the buyback plan would be executed in the open market, continuing until November 16, 2025. Currently, Heritage Distilling has completed a $2.238 billion private placement and holds IP tokens worth $3.2 billion. It is worth noting that Story co-founder Jason Zhao also resigned in the same month and transitioned to a role as a strategic advisor.

CoinGecko data shows that IP has risen by approximately 32.3% in the past 7 days, with a market cap approaching $31.3 billion.

Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL)

The Virtuals Protocol has also seen recent developments. In July of this year, the Virtuals Protocol announced a collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation to launch the "Ethereum is for AI" themed hackathon, covering five tracks: Robotics/Depin, Privacy, Consumers, Research, and DeFi AI. Following this, the Virtuals Protocol announced an upgrade to the Genesis Launch model, aiming to balance demand and fairness through the introduction of a three-tier staking system, allowing users to participate in top AI projects at appropriate valuations.

According to CoinGecko data, over the past 7 days, VIRTUAL has surged by approximately 21.4%, surpassing a market cap of over $8.3 billion.

Kaito AI (KAITO)

As per Kaito's latest disclosure, it has achieved around $40 million in annualized revenue in the first half of this year, making it one of the highest-earning AI applications in the crypto space.

Over the past two months, Kaito AI has been focusing on product development. In July, Kaito AI announced the addition of top cryptocurrency-related stocks to Kaito Pro's MindShare heatmap. In the same month, Kaito AI officially launched the Web 3 crowdfunding platform Capital Launchpad, similar to the on-chain crypto angel investment platform Echo, supporting investors to participate in early-stage high-potential crypto projects. In August, Kaito further optimized the platform ecosystem, introduced a leaderboard mechanism upgrade, with a strong emphasis on content quality and anti-cheating measures to enhance the platform's fairness and credibility. The following month, the platform unveiled its H1 roadmap update and future growth plans, including the launch of Kaito Venture and leveraging 6 million reserved KAITO tokens to incentivize ecosystem development.

According to CoinGecko data, in the past 7 days, KAITO has seen a price surge of about 32.8%, with a market cap exceeding $3.2 billion.

OpenLedger (OPEN)

OpenLedger is a blockchain network for the specialized AI language model SLM, which has built a permissionless, data-centric infrastructure for AI development. It recently secured an $8 million seed round of funding led by Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital.

Since the start of September, OpenLedger has successively launched Binance Wallet Booster, Binance HODLer, and Binance Alpha. Additionally, Korean exchanges Bithumb and Upbit have announced the listing of OPEN.

According to CoinGecko data, OPEN has experienced its highest surge since its recent launch, rising by 231% and currently holding a market cap of approximately $3.1 billion.

Codatta (XNY)

Codatta, a full-stack data protocol incubated in the KITE AI ecosystem, is the exclusive Booster project and Pre-TGE of the Binance Wallet. It was previously selected for BNB Chain's 8th season MVB Accelerator Program. Last month, Binance's futures contract also announced the listing of the Codatta token XNY.

In recent months, Codatta has been advancing decentralized AI data infrastructure through ecosystem partnerships, investment support, reward activities, etc. For example, Codatta has partnered with XPIN Network, Hooked Protocol, and FLock.io; Codatta has received investment from NGC Ventures and KuCoin Ventures; Codatta has launched Booster-related seasonal activities and conducted airdrop events.

According to CoinGecko data, in the past 7 days, XNY has risen by about 46.3%, with a market capitalization exceeding $96 million.

FLock.io (FLOCK)

In August, the NASDAQ-listed company CIMG announced a strategic partnership with FLock.io and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The two parties will establish a FLOCK Token Treasury Reserve Strategy (DAT) and, leveraging FLock's privacy-preserving AI technology, collaborate on developing an AI health monitoring and intelligent recommendation product named LifeNode. Additionally, recently, FLock.io has partnered with the Hong Kong AI R&D Center HKGAI, the blockchain storage protocol Walrus Protocol, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), among others.

Recently, major exchanges Upbit, Coinbase, and Binance have successively announced the listing of the decentralized AI training platform FLock.io's token FLOCK for spot and contract trading, driving up the token price. CoinGecko data shows that in the last 30 days, FLOCK has surged by approximately 47.7%, reaching a historic high of $0.66 at one point, with a market cap of around $87.3 million.

Sapien (SAPIEN)

Sapien is a decentralized AI data infrastructure project based on the Base ecosystem, led by former Base co-founder Rowan Stone, and has secured a $15 million seed round investment with participation from Variant, Primitive Ventures, and Animoca Brands. Recently, Sapien has been listed on Binance Alpha and Coinbase.

According to CoinGecko data, SAPIEN has risen by 39.3% in the past 7 days, with a current market cap of approximately $54.8 million.

MyShell (SHELL)

Recently, MyShell launched the Binance HODLer Round 2 airdrop and was nominated for the BNB Chain 2025 Annual Award.

On the product side, for example, MyShell integrated the Grok 4 and Kimi K 2 models, providing creators with the most advanced AI technology and components; at the same time, the project also introduced ShellAgent 2.0, which can generate AI applications with one click and share their own applications or works to social networks, attracting over 1.4 million users. Recently, MyShell launched ShellStorm Hackathon and launched the subscription-based MyShell Pass, which can unlock faster and more stable AI functionality and advanced image and agent generation capabilities.

CoinGecko data shows that over the past 7 days, SHELL has increased by about 16.6%, with a market capitalization of approximately $35.6 million.

CreatorBid (BID)

According to the Al Launchpad project CreatorBid, the platform's total trading volume has reached 2809 ETH so far, with approximately 2474 individual bidders.

Recently, CreatorBid has been continuously optimizing its features. For example, CreatorBid launched the Curator Program, aimed at decentralized curation of releases while maintaining high quality; CreatorBid terminated the old BID emission system, and the new system will introduce data-driven, activity-driven incentives through SONAR, combining social content and on-chain operations to distribute rewards, aiming to directly improve token health and ecosystem revenue; CreatorBid added custom issuance and open access features to achieve flexible and efficient issuance of projects on CreatorBid, etc. In the next phase, CreatorBid aims to enhance ecosystem vitality through expanding users, gamified experiences, and strengthening tokenomics, to consolidate BID as a core pillar.

CoinGecko data shows that BID has seen a 63.2% increase in the past 7 days, with a market capitalization of approximately $38.8 million.

Quack AI (Q)

Quack AI is an AI-driven governance protocol, which announced at the end of July this year that it had raised $3.6 million in funding with participation from Animoca Brands and others. In early September, Quack AI unveiled the Q tokenomics, with a total supply of 10 billion tokens and an initial circulating supply of 16.16%. Subsequently, Binance Alpha and Binance Launchpad announced the listing of Quack AI.

According to CoinGecko data, Q has risen by about 18.3% in the past 7 days, with a current market capitalization of $23.1 million.

Original author: Nancy, PANews

Months ago, the U.S. White House put forward a radical AI action plan, openly launching an attack on global AI dominance. At a special dinner on September 4, tech giants such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, OpenAI, and Meta gathered together, generously pledging "donations" to pave the way and seize policy dividends. The enthusiasm for artificial intelligence remains high, with the crypto AI sector leading the way.

This article from PANews takes stock of 12 recent Web 3 AI projects with significant price increases, most of which have seen substantial gains. They have also actively deployed strategies in product iteration, ecosystem development, exchange listings, and Token Treasury Strategies (TTS).

WorldCoin (WLD)

On September 8, the U.S. listed company Eightco Holdings (OCTO) announced a $250 million private placement and received a $20 million strategic investment from BITMINE to launch the world's first Worldcoin (WLD) Treasury Strategy. Dan Ives, a well-known Wall Street tech analyst, will serve as Chairman of the OCTO Board, famous for his various bullish tech stock commentaries, and recently launched the similarly named AI-themed ETF IVES.

Since the Treasury plan was announced, OCTO's stock price has reached a high of $77.92, a staggering 5348% increase, with a current market capitalization of $1.22 billion. Meanwhile, CoinGecko data shows that over the past 30 days, the WLD token has risen by about 123.6%, with prices briefly exceeding $2 and a market capitalization exceeding $3.94 billion.

Bittensor (TAO)

In recent months, several listed companies including xTAO, TAO Synergies, and Oblong have publicly announced the establishment of a Bittensor token TAO Treasury Strategy plan. Meanwhile, Swedish cryptocurrency service provider Safello recently announced plans to launch Europe's first TAO physically backed ETP, which will be listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange, pan-European exchanges (Paris and Amsterdam), and the German Stock Exchange, with considerations for listing on the Nasdaq Stockholm Exchange.

CoinGecko data shows that in the past 7 days, TAO has seen an increase of about 5.9%, with a market capitalization approaching $32.5 billion.

Story Protocol (IP)

The Story Protocol was originally focused on L1 for intellectual property (IP) management, and later introduced the TCP/IP for AI agents, enabling autonomous interaction, negotiation, and transactions among AI agents.

Recently, the Story Protocol ecosystem has seen multiple breakthroughs. At the end of July, Grayscale announced the launch of the Story Protocol Trust Fund, providing qualified investors with exposure to the protocol's native token, IP. Subsequently, the IP token was officially listed on the UK digital bank Revolut, offering a convenient trading channel for European market users. The IP token has also recently surged in popularity in the Korean market, with trading activity soaring to become the second-largest coin on the Upbit exchange.

Last month, Story also initiated a strategic reserve plan with the Nasdaq-listed company Heritage Distilling, with support from institutions such as 16z Crypto, Selini Capital, Amber Group, Arrington Capital, among others. Story announced that the $82 million funding raised through PIPE financing by these institutions would be used 100% to purchase IP tokens, and the buyback program would be executed in the open market, continuing until November 16, 2025. Currently, Heritage Distilling has completed a $2.238 billion private placement and holds IP tokens worth $3.2 billion. It is worth mentioning that Story co-founder Jason Zhao also resigned in the same month and transitioned to a strategic advisor role.

CoinGecko data shows that IP has risen by approximately 32.3% in the past 7 days, with a market capitalization close to $31.3 billion.

Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL)

The Virtuals Protocol has also seen new developments recently. In July of this year, Virtuals Protocol announced a collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation to launch the "Ethereum is for AI" themed hackathon, covering five tracks: Robotics/Depin, Privacy, Consumer, Research, and DeFi AI. Following this, Virtuals Protocol announced an upgrade to the Genesis launch model, aiming to balance demand and fairness through the introduction of a three-tier staking system, allowing users to participate in top AI projects at appropriate valuations.

According to CoinGecko data, over the past 7 days, VIRTUAL has risen by approximately 21.4%, with a market capitalization exceeding 8.3 billion USD.

Kaito AI (KAITO)

According to Kaito's latest disclosure, it achieved around 40 million USD in annualized revenue in the first half of this year, making it one of the highest-earning AI applications in the crypto space.

Over the past two months, Kaito AI has continued to make progress on the product front. In July, Kaito AI announced the addition of top crypto-related stocks to the MindShare heat map on Kaito Pro; in the same month, Kaito AI officially launched the Web 3 crowdfunding platform Capital Launchpad, similar to the on-chain crypto angel investment platform Echo, supporting investors to participate in early-stage high-potential crypto projects. In August, Kaito further optimized the platform ecosystem, introducing a leaderboard mechanism upgrade with a strong focus on content quality and anti-cheating measures to enhance platform fairness and credibility. The next month, the platform unveiled its H1 roadmap update and future growth plans, including the launch of Kaito Venture and leveraging a strategic reserve of 6 million KAITO tokens to incentivize ecosystem development.

According to CoinGecko data, in the past 7 days, KAITO has seen an increase of about 32.8%, with a market capitalization surpassing 3.2 billion USD.

OpenLedger (OPEN)

OpenLedger is a blockchain network for the specialized AI language model SLM, providing a permissionless, data-centric infrastructure for AI development. It secured an 8 million USD seed round investment led by Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital.

Since the start of September, OpenLedger has successively launched Binance Wallet Booster, Binance HODLer, and Binance Alpha, while Korean exchanges Bithumb and Upbit have also announced the listing of OPEN.

According to CoinGecko data, OPEN has experienced its highest surge since its recent launch, reaching a gain of 231%, with a current market value of around 3.1 billion USD.

Codatta (XNY)

The full-stack data protocol Codatta, incubated in the KITE AI ecosystem, is the exclusive Booster and Pre-TGE (Token Generation Event) project of the Binance Wallet and was selected for the BNB Chain Season 8 MVB Accelerator program. Last month, Binance Futures also announced the listing of the Codatta token XNY.

In recent months, Codatta has been continuously advancing the development of decentralized AI data infrastructure through initiatives such as ecosystem partnerships, investment support, and reward activities. For example, Codatta has partnered with XPIN Network, Hooked Protocol, and FLock.io; received investments from NGC Ventures and KuCoin Ventures; launched Booster-related seasonal activities; and conducted airdrop events.

According to CoinGekco data, in the past 7 days, XNY has seen an increase of approximately 46.3%, with a market cap exceeding 96 million USD.

FLock.io (FLOCK)

In August, the NASDAQ-listed company CIMG announced a strategic partnership with FLock.io and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The two parties will establish a FLOCK Token Treasury Reserve Strategy (DAT) and, leveraging FLock's privacy-enhancing AI technology, jointly develop an AI health monitoring and intelligent recommendation product called LifeNode. Prior to this, FLock.io has also partnered with entities such as Hong Kong Government AI Research Center (HKGAI), blockchain storage protocol Walrus Protocol, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Recently, major exchanges Upbit, Coinbase, and Binance have successively announced the listing of FLock.io's FLOCK token for spot and contract trading on their platforms, driving up the token's price. CoinGekco data shows that in the past 30 days, FLOCK has surged by approximately 47.7%, reaching a historical high of 0.66 USD, with a market cap of around 87.3 million USD.

Sapien (SAPIEN)

Sapien is a decentralized AI data infrastructure project based on the Base ecosystem, led by former Base co-founder Rowan Stone, which has received a $15 million seed round investment with participation from Variant, Primitive Ventures, and Animoca Brands, among others. Recently, Sapien has been listed on Binance Alpha and Coinbase.

According to CoinGekco data, SAPIEN has seen a 39.3% increase in the past 7 days, with a current market cap of around 54.8 million USD.

MyShell (SHELL)

Recently, MyShell launched the Binance HODLer Round 2 Airdrop and was shortlisted for the BNB Chain 2025 Annual Award.

On the product side, for example, MyShell integrated Grok 4 and Kimi K 2 models, providing creators with state-of-the-art AI technology and components; at the same time, the project also introduced ShellAgent 2.0, which can generate AI applications in one click and share their applications or works to social networks, attracting over 1.4 million users. Recently, MyShell launched the ShellStorm Hackathon and introduced the subscription-based MyShell Pass, which unlocks faster, more stable AI capabilities and advanced image and agent generation.

CoinGecko data shows that in the past 7 days, SHELL has increased by approximately 16.6%, with a market capitalization of around $35.6 million.

CreatorBid (BID)

According to the Al Launchpad project CreatorBid, the platform has recorded a total trading volume of 2809 ETH so far, with around 2474 individual bidders.

Recently, CreatorBid has been continuously optimizing its features. For example, CreatorBid has launched a curator program designed to decentralizedly select issuances while maintaining high quality; CreatorBid has terminated the old BID emission system, and the new system will introduce data-driven, activity-based incentives through SONAR, combining social content with on-chain operations to distribute rewards, aiming to directly enhance token health and ecosystem revenue; CreatorBid has added custom issuance and open access features, enabling projects to efficiently issue on CreatorBid with flexibility. In the next phase, CreatorBid aims to enhance ecosystem vitality through expanding users, gamifying experiences, and strengthening tokenomics to consolidate BID as a core pillar.

CoinGecko data shows that BID has surged by 63.2% in the past 7 days, with a market capitalization of around $38.8 million.

Quack AI (Q)

Quack AI is an AI-driven governance protocol that announced in late July this year that it had raised $3.6 million with participation from companies such as Animoca Brands. In early September, Quack AI unveiled the Q tokenomics, with a total supply of 10 billion tokens and an initial circulating supply of 16.16%. Subsequently, Binance Alpha and Binance Contract announced the listing of Quack AI.

The CoinGecko data shows that Q has increased by about 18.3% in the past 7 days, with a market capitalization of $23.1 million.

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