AI crypto coins are tokens that power blockchain-native AI infrastructure including compute, data, model training, inference, and agent coordination, with their value directly tied to network usage such as GPU jobs dispatched, models trained, datasets purchased, and agents deployed. VIRTUAL peaked at $5.07 and corrected sharply to under $1, but the project remains active, expanding agent commerce across Arbitrum, XRP Ledger, and BNB Chain in Q1 2026, though recovery depends on real agent transaction growth replacing speculative trading volume. Most major DePIN projects (Render, io.net, Grass) are now primarily serving AI workloads, blurring the distinction between DePIN and AI crypto token categories.