Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has filed for what could become one of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) of the year. The move follows growing investor interest in artificial intelligence companies, with OpenAI and SpaceX also expected to pursue public listings.
The IPO pipeline has renewed attention on AI-focused cryptocurrencies, a sector that has increasingly attracted capital as investors seek exposure to artificial intelligence themes beyond traditional equities.
There are hundreds of AI crypto coins that are tracked by CoinGecko. Of all these, Venice Token is one of the best ones in several ways. First, it has a usable platform that solves a major problem. By using its platform, users can access popular AI models like Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, and DeepSeek in a private manner.
Second, third-party data shows that its users are growing. According to SimilarWeb, the number of website visitors jumped to nearly 10 million in May this year. Venice AI has mentioned that its platform is now used by over 3.3 million users, much higher than where it started the year.
Third, Venice has an interesting business model that benefits its users directly. It charges its users in US dollars and then takes a small portion of this fee to burn its token, a move that improves its tokenomics. Data shows that it incinerated tokens worth over $237k in May, much higher than the $91k it burned in January this year.
Venice AI burn rate | Source: Venice
Altogether, Venice has now burned 42% of the tokens in circulation. Its token also has a staking yield of over 12%, much higher than what most cryptocurrencies pay. Therefore, a combination of a high staking yield, increased token burns, and growing utility means that the token may keep growing in the near term. This also explains why the VVV price has jumped by over 1,500% from its lowest point this year.
Near Protocol is another top AI crypto token to consider as it is at the intersection of major industries, which explains why it has surged recently. It runs a fast-growing marketplace of AI agents. An AI agent is an autonomous software that can do things in the background. For example, one can direct an AI agent to reply to messages and even find bugs.
The network has also become a key player in the privacy industry. It runs Near dot com, a platform that makes it easy for users to send cryptocurrencies across multiple chains in a private manner.
At the same time, it is one of the top layer-1 networks in the crypto industry, with a total value locked (TVL) of over $200 million and $115 million in stablecoin supply.
Technicals suggest that the Near price has the bullish momentum it needs to do well ahead of the Anthropic IPO. It has formed a golden cross pattern as the 50-day and 200-day moving averages have crossed each other.
NEAR price chart | Source: TradingView
Launched in 2022, Internet Computer is a top crypto project valued at over $1.6 billion. Its goal is to create a decentralized version of top cloud projects like AWS and Azure. It now has over 100 data centers, 104 node operators, and 673 node machines.
ICP has become a major player in the crypto industry because of Caffeine, its vibe coding platform that is used by thousands of people around the world. Caffein’s growth will likely push more investors to ICP because it contributes to the token burn.
Technicals also suggest that the ICP price will rebound as it has settled above the key support level at $2.1. It has also moved above the 50-day moving average, pointing to more gains over time.
ICP price chart | Source: TradingView
Some of the other top AI crypto coins to consider are Bittensor, Render, Grass, and Akash Network.
As attention shifts toward major artificial intelligence IPOs, investors are likely to continue monitoring whether enthusiasm in public equity markets spills over into AI-related crypto assets.
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