2026-01-18 17:37:42

Striking contrast in the AI sector this cycle: Cursor's valuation skyrocketed roughly 10x since autumn 2024, while the aggregate market cap of hyped crypto AI tokens crashed by similar magnitude. What this tells us is the brutal divergence between centralized AI tooling that delivers real utility and the speculative wave around on-chain AI projects. The market's rewarding genuine adoption and product-market fit over narrative-driven tokens. A sobering reminder that not all AI hype translates to sustainable value.

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ChainBrain

· 6h ago

That 10x increase of cursor is truly amazing. In contrast, those shitcoin AI projects... probably already ran away long ago.

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SneakyFlashloan

· 6h ago

This move by Cursor is truly amazing—tenfold increase versus tenfold decrease of AI concept coins in the crypto circle... It's straightforward: those with real users survive, those just telling stories die.

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MetaverseVagabond

· 6h ago

This move by Cursor is truly amazing, ten times... Meanwhile, those on-chain AI coins are a mess.

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LightningPacketLoss

· 6h ago

This round, Cursor really won big, compared to those meme coins and AI projects... By the way, are you still playing with onchain AI?

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CryptoGoldmine

· 6h ago

Cursor 10x returns vs. crypto AI token going to zero, this is the difference between product strength and pure hype

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TokenAlchemist

· 6h ago

ngl this is exactly the inefficiency vector nobody talks about—utility vs. tokenomics arbitrage finally hitting liquidation cascade in real time. cursor's pmf is airtight, but these on-chain ai projects? pure narrative extraction masked as protocol dynamics. market correcting itself, nothing more.

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