Coingecko: How do investors view the potential of crypto AI technology?

Source: Yuqian Lim, Coingecko; Compiled by: Tao Zhu, Golden Finance

What is the current view on Crypto x AI?

In a recent survey, 46.9% of crypto participants said they were optimistic about crypto AI products in 2025. Specifically, 19.9% ​​were somewhat optimistic about crypto AI products, while 27.0% of respondents were completely optimistic. This is because the use cases combining crypto with AI have improved and are more widely adopted.

Meanwhile, 24.1% of crypto participants are somewhat or completely pessimistic about crypto AI products this year. In other words, almost 1 in 4 respondents continue to be skeptical about the potential of crypto AI technology and use cases, at least in the short term.

Crypto participants expressed a similarly consistent view on crypto AI token prices, with 44.3% of crypto participants bullish and 26.4% bearish. This perhaps suggests that crypto participants are not distinguishing between the investment or trading potential of crypto AI and the technology itself. This market sentiment may in turn reflect expectations that it is time for crypto AI to move beyond the conceptual stage and mature as an industry.

Nearly one-third of respondents had neither a positive nor negative view on the price potential of crypto AI’s products and tokens in 2025, with 29.0% and 29.3% expressing a neutral stance, respectively. The fact that the majority of respondents selected the “neutral” option, while the “bearish,” “somewhat bearish,” “somewhat bullish,” and “bullish” options were less likely, suggests that a significant portion of the population either has no opinion on the crypto AI narrative or has not had enough time to form any opinion.

Among those leading crypto AI applications, only 45% to 52% are optimistic

Among the self-proclaimed “Innovators” leading crypto AI applications, surprisingly, less than half (only 46.8%) are optimistic about crypto AI products, while 28.9% are pessimistic. Similarly, only 44.8% of the “Innovator” group are optimistic about crypto AI token prices, while 30.0% are pessimistic.

Based on the relatively low bullish sentiment share and high bearish sentiment share, “Innovators” still seem to hold a different view, despite being the first to pay attention to the crypto AI narrative.

On the other hand, the distribution of bullish, bearish, and neutral sentiment is more in line with expectations for the remaining “Early Adopters,” “Early Majority,” “Late Majority,” and “Laggards” groups.

The “Early Adopters” and “Early Majority” groups are the most bullish, albeit slightly different, and the least bearish sentiment on crypto AI products and token prices.

Meanwhile, the “Late Majority” group is the least bullish on crypto AI products, with only 33.9% of the group expressing positive sentiment.

That said, the Laggards group is the most bearish overall, with 41.3% saying they are bearish on crypto AI products and 43.1% bearish on token prices. Notably, the Laggards group also has the smallest percentage of neutral sentiment, suggesting that despite being the newest entrant into the crypto AI narrative, their opinions are the strongest.

Crypto x AI Market Sentiment

Crypto market’s current sentiment towards crypto AI products, i.e. use cases and technologies:

According to a recent CoinGecko research survey, the current state of crypto market sentiment towards crypto AI token prices: