2 AI cryptocurrencies to add to your watchlist right now

• Bittensor is building an ecosystem of services related to artificial intelligence (AI).
• Chainlink is developing tools for working with information and data sources for AI.

What both coins lack most is clear evidence of strong demand—which may emerge soon.

Both Bittensor and Chainlink could benefit significantly from the expansion of AI usage. Bittensor aims to become a marketplace for purchasing AI training services and related offerings, while Chainlink is primarily positioned as a provider of real-time market data via blockchain.

These two coins likely deserve a place on your watchlist—and here’s why.

Bittensor’s utility is just beginning to unfold.

Bittensor is a blockchain with 128 active subnets, each representing a specialized market for a specific type of machine learning or AI work, such as inference, training, computing, or data storage. Miners produce results, validators assess their quality, and the native token $TAO is automatically distributed among participants and subnets that provide value. $TAO is also required for transaction fees and participation in the ecosystem.

If its subnets deliver services that the market values, this should increase demand for $TAO. There is already some evidence that Bittensor can coordinate such valuable activity at scale.

In March, the network reached a key milestone when around 70 independent participants completed fully decentralized training of a large language model (LLM) with 72 billion parameters. This is an extremely valuable activity typically requiring centralized data center resources. However, one successful training event—even if technically impressive—does not necessarily mean every subnet can perform similarly valuable tasks.

On the other hand, since subnets can be created by anyone who can afford the $TAO entry fee, the network clearly has massive potential. Even if only a few subnets currently generate meaningful demand, that demand could grow as more participants join the AI “gold rush.”

Chainlink aims to become the trust layer between AI and crypto.

Chainlink occupies a different niche by focusing on making AI outputs reliable enough for regulated institutions.

In September, the second phase of its AI pilot project concluded, where dozens of major financial institutions used LLMs to extract structured data from reports and unstructured documents related to dividends, mergers, and securities data. Chainlink’s oracle network processed outputs from multiple AI models and converted them into consensus, delivering verified records on-chain with high accuracy.

Another part of its AI strategy is the Chainlink Runtime Environment, an orchestration layer for autonomous AI agents executing blockchain transactions. When these agents handle real capital, they require a verification layer they cannot bypass—and Chainlink aims to provide exactly that.

Despite these initiatives, Chainlink is not primarily an AI-focused cryptocurrency. Its core business—providing oracles for real-time data to smart contracts—does not directly depend on AI, even though AI agents could use its data feeds. Large financial institutions can also build their own data infrastructure, meaning they may not need to hold the token.

Therefore, it is uncertain whether AI adoption will directly benefit Chainlink holders. It might. That’s why it’s worth adding to a watchlist and revisiting in a few quarters to see whether AI integration drives further growth. If it does, it may become a worthwhile investment.

See also: "A cryptocurrency to buy before it skyrockets and surpasses Ethereum’s market capitalization"

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