Nine major AI agents interpret the counterattack market: average maximum rebound exceeds 131%, advancing in technology and ecology

Author: Nancy, PANews

Every callback not only tests the mindset and practical skills of investors but also re-evaluates the value of projects. In this round of corrections in the crypto market, AI Agents are undoubtedly one of the fastest rebounding sectors, but significant differentiation has also emerged. This article by PANews compiles 9 top-performing AI Agent projects that have shown strong resilience during this round of corrections, with an average maximum increase of approximately 131.1%, and some projects even reaching all-time highs. At the same time, these projects have frequently acted in terms of technology and ecology, laying a solid foundation for market recognition and price increases.

Virtuals Protocol

After experiencing a significant correction recently, Virtuals Protocol has begun a strong recovery. According to GMGN data, VIRTUAL rebounded nearly 86.5% during this period, with its market cap recovering to $1.8 billion.

Recently, Virtuals Protocol has also been frequently announcing good news. On January 15, Virtuals Protocol announced an update to its value accumulation mechanism to better support builders in the Virtuals ecosystem. The protocol stated that since October 16, 2024, it has accumulated 12,990,427.85 VIRTUAL (worth approximately $40 million) through post-bonding transaction revenue. This will be used to repurchase and burn the corresponding agent tokens based on a 30-day time-weighted average price (TWAP). Among this, 30% is allocated to agent creators, 20% to agent affiliates, and 50% to agent sub-DAOs for future governance decisions. The rewards for creators will be sent directly to the agent deployer's wallet. Additionally, Virtuals will introduce an agent partner mechanism to coordinate incentives between trading platforms/interfaces (such as TG bots) and the Virtuals ecosystem. When these platforms become agent partners, they will receive 20% of the post-bonding transaction tax from the trades they facilitate—these funds can be used to reward their communities or other initiatives.

Dune data shows that the top three beneficiary agent tokens and their allocation amounts are GAME, which can receive 1.616 million VIRTUAL (approximately $4.736 million), CONVO with 1.107 million VIRTUAL (approximately $3.243 million), and AIXBT with 882,000 VIRTUAL (approximately $584,000).

Moreover, Virtuals Protocol has recently partnered with projects such as Animoca Brands, Saga, and Illuvium.

In addition, the ecological and business data of Virtuals Protocol also performed well. Dune data shows that as of January 16, Virtuals Protocol has launched over 16,000 agents, with cumulative revenue exceeding $75.05 million.

AIXBT

AIXBT is one of the pioneers in this round of AI Agent rebounds. According to GMGN data, AIXBT has risen over 156.8% from its recent low, with a current market cap of nearly $740 million, reaching an all-time high at one point.

In the past period, AIXBT has continuously gained user mindshare while being listed on mainstream exchanges such as Binance and OKX. Data from cookie.fun shows that as of January 16, AIXBT has over 389,000 fans, with a mindshare of nearly 13.2%. This trend is closely related to AIXBT's high win rate in token recommendations. According to CryptoHunt data, in the past 30 days, AIXBT's token recommendation win rate reached 72.4%, with the highest yielding projects including PIPPIN, COOKIE, and ANON.

Griffain

In this round of market decline, Griffain did not show significant losses and even reached new highs. GMGN data shows that GRIFFAIN has risen approximately 95% from its recent low, with a current market cap exceeding $550 million.

As a project officially supported by Solana, Griffain has been recommended multiple times by Solana co-founder Toly. Recently, Griffain has partnered with AssetDash, Reposa Coffee, Metaplex, and others. According to the latest revelation from Griffain founder @tonyplasencia3, the Griffain Raposa Coffee agent is about to launch, allowing users to place orders through Griffain on Shopify.

arc

After this round of corrections, arc has also begun a strong rebound. GMGN data shows that arc has risen a maximum of 156.3% from its low, with a current market cap reaching $480 million, hitting an all-time high.

In fact, since the release of the official documentation for the Rig architecture at the beginning of this month, arc has initiated a series of collaborative projects to enhance the functionality and compatibility of its framework while attracting more developers to join and promote ecological expansion by providing richer tools and resources.

For example, arc has partnered with EternalAI to develop a decentralized reasoning layer and a Rust-based framework, allowing developers to seamlessly deploy open-source models like Llama 3.1 and flux across multiple blockchains, ensuring everyone can access censorship-resistant and tamper-proof intelligence; arc has integrated with Shuttle's Rust-native backend and cloud infrastructure to support developers in seamlessly building and scaling next-generation AI applications; arc has collaborated with Arbitrum and Abstract to introduce EVM compatibility for the Rust-based AI agent framework Rig; arc has integrated MongoDB to provide developers with production-grade databases for storing, searching, and managing vector embeddings, unlocking powerful retrieval-enhanced AI for real-world applications; and arc has teamed up with SendAI to attract more Solana and Rust developers.

Hey Anon

Hey Anon is the project most frequently recommended by AIXBT recently and has not been affected by the correction market sentiment, instead accelerating its rise. GMGN data shows that Anon has risen nearly 116.7% from its recent low, with a current market cap nearing $290 million, reaching an all-time high.

Not long ago, Hey Anon announced the launch of the TypeScript framework AUTOMATE, enabling any developer to easily integrate any DeFi protocol into the Hey Anon ecosystem, accelerating the development of DeFAI. Currently, this framework supports networks such as Arbitrum, Base, Avalanche, and BNB Chain. Additionally, to promote adoption, Hey Anon has initiated a DAO proposal to allocate 2% of ANON tokens and 1 million USDC to support developers using AUTOMATE.

Holoworld AI

After a recent sharp decline, AVA quickly rebounded to recover lost ground. GMGN data shows that AVA has risen over 111.1% from its low, with a current market cap exceeding $270 million, reaching a historical peak at one point.

Recently, Holoworld AI launched a Launchpool platform allowing AVA staking to gain new listing rights, injecting strong momentum for price increases. On January 15, Holoworld AI officially launched its flagship AI agent launch platform, Agent Market, on Solana, targeting non-developers and suitable for content creators, NFT communities, gaming projects, and brands, providing a V1 no-code agent creation tool. The main features include one-click personalized templates, drag-and-drop knowledge bases (RAG), voice selection, storybook systems, 3D avatar and wearable item creators, deployment management dashboards, and private AI chat functions. Furthermore, Holoworld plans to launch an agent skills marketplace, multimodal extensions (such as images, videos, live broadcasts), and support for multiple platform functionalities (TikTok and Telegram, etc.).

The Hive

The Hive has also demonstrated strong rebound capabilities during this round of market decline. GMGN data shows that BUZZ has risen nearly 184.2% from its low, with a current market cap exceeding $100 million.

In the past period, The Hive has been continuously optimizing its features, including support for Apple Pay and Google Pay, upgrading the agent architecture to better utilize LLM's reasoning capabilities, worker bees agents to monitor on-chain transactions and X posts, and token analysis agent functions. Additionally, The Hive plans to implement more feature updates this week, including optimizing the simplification of token LP pools, providing insights into significant trades, and detailed token information. Moreover, The Hive has won the best project award at the Solana AI hackathon and received a $60,000 prize.

VaderAI

VaderAI is also one of the strong rebound targets. GMGN data shows that VADER has rebounded 126.8% from its recent low, with a current market cap exceeding $100 million.

Not long ago, VaderAI was listed on the Binance Alpha list. According to Dune data, nearly 53.4% of the VADER token supply has been staked, with the number of holders increasing by 585.1% in the past 30 days, and the total assets under management (AUM) of the DAO Small Cap and Micro Cap funds exceeding $798,000.

Eliza

Eliza has also shown a "V-shaped" reversal trend. GMGN data shows that Eliza has risen over 146.9% from its low, with a current market cap reaching $93.2 million.

In terms of project progress, Eliza released a technical white paper titled "Eliza: An AI Agent Operating System for Web3" on January 14, revealing technical highlights such as persistent memory architecture, core memory systems, daily logging, and a natural evolution relationship mechanism without XP. At the same time, Eliza announced a new token economic model, focusing on using 10% of net profits for ELIZA's buyback and burn, 10% converted to ELIZA and donated to ai16z DAO, and 80% for development, infrastructure, and marketing. According to ai16z founder Shaw, the Eliza v2 version is currently under development in a private repository, and the new version will be more flexible, scalable, and capable of supporting more use cases and complex interactions. Compared to the current framework version, the v2 version will include changes such as fully autonomous, unified wallet abstraction layers, plugin registries, easy setup and installation of new features, event-driven/easy access, modularity, and universal types. The team will merge these details into the main repository and begin migrating all clients and plugins. In terms of ecological expansion, Eliza has partnered with many projects, including Unitree, Saga, EigenLayer, and IoTeX, and has integrated networks such as Arbitrum, Hyperliquid, and Lens.