Bitcoin and Ether Decline as AI Crypto Sector Rises 0.83%

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) each lost about 1% over 24 hours while the AI token sector gained 0.83%, leaving sector moves out of step with the two major assets.

Bitcoin fell 0.97% but stayed above $81,000. Ether shed 1.08% and traded below $2,400. Several token groups posted gains despite those declines, though individual assets moved more sharply than their sectors.

Quack AI (Q) rose 15.51% and Worldcoin (WLD) gained 9.27% within the AI sector. The layer 2 sector advanced 0.46%, while Arbitrum (ARB) climbed 5.12%.

DePIN fell 1.09%, with Filecoin (FIL) down 2.58%. Decentralized finance slipped 0.12% even as Bedrock Token (BR) rose 47.68%.

Other sector moves were smaller. CeFi gained 0.21%, and meme tokens edged up 0.01%. Layer 1 declined 0.26%, while PayFi lost 0.83%.

Among tokens in those groups, Bitget Token (BGB) gained 1.06% and Pons (PONS) rose 5.22%. NEAR Protocol (NEAR) fell 3.71%, and Telcoin (TEL) dropped 3.67%.