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- AI16Z’s market cap soared from $900K to $1.5B over the weekend.
- The explosive growth was driven by the tokenomics revamp and the 2025 roadmap for Eliza.
Solana’s ai16z [AI16Z], the DAO hedge fund behind AI agent framework ElizaOS, was finally repriced higher to $1.5 billion in market cap following recent updates.
A recent team update, revealed a 2025 roadmap and potential tokenomics revamp to drive value at AI16Z. Part of the plans includes Eliza’s launchpad going live in early 2025.
Additionally, the platform would be transformed to enable agentic swarms (collective agents working on tasks) and go multi-chain.
AMBCrypto previously reported that the updates could allow AI16Z to catch up to Virtual Protocol, its top rival and AI agent launchpad leader.
ELizaOS traction aids ai16z
ElizaOS’s massive adoption, which topped the monthly trending section of GitHub, fueled the AI agent hype.
Source: GitHub
This meant more developers were ready and excited to try the platform for various AI agent use cases. The market repriced the token since every AI agent launched will be tied to AI16Z.
As a result, the token’s market cap quickly exploded from over $900M to $1.5B over the weekend. The token price exploded from $0.8 to $1.4, a nearly 80% rally but eased to $1.2 at press time.
Source: Coingecko
However, Daniel Cheung, Partner at crypto VC Syncracy Capital, projected that AI16Z will flip VIRTUAL after the recent updates. He said,
“AI16z just formally announced plans for an AI agent platform and value accrual to AI16z. This is going to flip Virtuals as they continue to execute.”
Read ai16z [AI16Z] Price Prediction 2025-2026
For context, VIRTUAL has a market cap of $3.5B. If AI16Z were to catch up to VIRTUAL, as Cheung estimated, that would translate to over 2x move for the token.
In the meantime, AI16Z was tightly consolidated between $1.2 and $1.4 at press time. If the weekend momentum is sustained into the new week, a breakout from the range could make $1.6 reachable.
Source: AI16Z/USDT, TradingView