Franklin Templeton’s prediction pushes AI tokens to grow

AI-based tokens have surged considerably since Franklin Templeton issued its latest report. The paper noted that AI agents, systems that can make autonomous decisions and aim at achieving a goal, would change the methods of social media content generation.

“Although these agents are not yet fully autonomous and have little utility in their current state, this emerging sector may hold significant promise and is worth watching closely as it evolves and matures,” Franklin researchers explained.

Projects such as Virtual Protocol and AI16Z have demonstrated significant price growth following Franklin Templeton’s prediction. For example, VIRTUAL has surged by 8%, temporarily passing the $3 mark. AI16Z soared by 17.5% to trade at $1.35 at one point.

Franklin Templeton believes crypto AI agents can bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and the crypto industry. Agentic AI can already complete numerous tasks in the blockchain, including information analysis and decision-making.

Earlier, Haseeb Qureshi from Dragonfly noted that in 2025, AI agents will attract the attention of the crypto community. The expert also claimed that “instead of monetizing through memecoins like today, future chatbots will monetize the same way human KOLs do — through sponsorships, affiliate links, and pumping tokens they own.”