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Are AI agent tokens primed for a comeback?

AI agent tokens surged to prominence in the final quarter of last year with Virtuals one of the leading platforms in the sector showing great ￰0￱ the end of the year

the market capitalization had ballooned from just $50.9 million in October to $4.6 ￰1￱ fees reached as high as $1.5 million a day while the leading agent token AIXBT grew from $162,000 on its November launch to nearly $1 billion just two months ￰2￱ then

Virtuals’ market cap has fallen to less than $704 million down 84% from its ￰3￱ agent tokens show signs of divergence Despite the gloom that befell the AI agent token space for the first time fundamentals are beginning to decouple from weak token ￰4￱ August

daily fees within the Virtuals ecosystem rose from $33,000 to $230,000 even as the market cap fell by 10% according to data shared on X by Chris Davis a researcher at Messari

a crypto market intelligence ￰5￱ fee generation and market cap in August.

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