Data: The year-end AI token sell-off accelerates, with the sector losing nearly 10 billion dollars in December

According to CryptoNews, data shows that the value of AI-focused crypto tokens decreased by about 75% year-on-year in 2025, with the market capitalization evaporating by approximately $53 billion.

Specifically, the sell-off in the AI token market accelerated towards the end of the year, with a market cap loss of about $4 billion in November and a staggering drop of $10 billion in December. By market capitalization, eight out of the top ten tokens lost more than 70% over the past year.

Among them, the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance dropped by 84%; Render and The Graph both fell by 82%; the Virtuals Protocol, which surged by 3500% last year, also retreated by 73%; meanwhile, Injective, Filecoin, Internet Computer, and NEAR Protocol all experienced significant declines.