AI Sector Roars Back as TAO Hits Solana and Confidential Compute Pops Off

TL;DR:

• AI sector ripped 17.1% WoW to a six-month high near $22.3B.
• TAO went live on Solana via Wormhole's Sunrise; VVV almost doubled.
• ICP popped 50% WoW ahead of DFINITY's Cloud Engines demo.

Bitcoin's recovery has emboldened risk takers across the board.

The

is back to 50 (Neutral), and the

has tipped above 50 for the first time since March, signaling that traders are warming up to altcoins again.

The AI sector recently caught a strong bid, marking one of its best weeks of the past year.

AI Market Recap

The AI sector ripped 17.1% week-over-week (WoW) since our

, tacking on roughly $3.3 billion to reach a market cap of $22.3 billion—its highest figure since November 2025.

All 10 of the largest AI tokens are up over the last seven days. The top large-cap movers and their catalysts include:

reclaimed the $320 mark with a 14.5% WoW gain, fully erasing the recent Covenant-related

after Wormhole's Sunrise bridged canonical TAO to Solana on May 5.

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A clear narrative formed among trending tokens: confidential AI and agentic infrastructure are in focus.

spiked 45.8% last week, while privacy-themed plays like