WorldCoin (WLD) reached a brand new all-time excessive of $8.98 on Feb. 22, following important weekly worth positive aspects, in line with CryptoSlate information.

The token has retreated barely to $8.69 as of press time. The present worth represents 30% positive aspects over 24 hours, 168% over seven days, and 303% over 30 days.

WLD’s $1.16 billion market capitalization locations it among the many prime three AI tokens by market cap (as outlined by CryptoSlate) and among the many prime 70 crypto tokens total.

WorldCoin’s positive aspects are related to OpenAI saying the AI-powered video technology service Sora on Feb. 15. Though WorldCoin is a biometrics ID and crypto undertaking separate from OpenAI, entrepreneur Sam Altman heads each tasks.

WorldCoin additionally introduced on Feb. 17 that its pockets, World App, has exceeded 1 million day by day customers. That development may also contribute to WLD’s worth positive aspects.

AI tokens up almost 20% on common

Extra broadly, belongings in CryptoSlate’s AI class noticed positive aspects of roughly 18.45% over seven days. The identical class noticed positive aspects of 5.33% over 24 hours.

The highest three AI tokens by market cap are:

• Web Laptop (ICP), down 3.9% over seven days
• The Graph (GRT), up 51.78% over seven days
• WorldCoin (WLD), up 168.24% over seven days

The perfect-performing belongings over seven days have been:

• Lithosphere (LITHO), up 444.33% over seven days
• Connectome (CNTM), up 175.42% over seven days
• Delysium (AGI), up 175.24% over seven days

The AI class has outperformed two notable crypto benchmarks — Bitcoin (BTC), down 0.2% over seven days, and Ethereum (ETH), up 5.52% over seven days.

Regardless of a scarcity of direct connections to exterior tasks, every undertaking has seemingly benefited from normal AI curiosity. Along with the hype round Sora, worth development could also be linked to Nvidia’s file earnings report on Feb. 22, the place the chipmaker reported $60 billion in yearly income and a deal with AI.

The event corporations behind every AI token have additionally made partnership and advertising bulletins in latest days, seemingly contributing to their above-average development.