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Huobi HTX New Asset Weekly Review: WARD Surges by 573%, AI and Storage Narrative Reignites

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In the past week, multiple AI, DeFi, Cosmos ecosystem, and TRON Meme coins have shown outstanding performance

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From May 11th to 17th, the cryptocurrency market experienced a structural uptrend driven by the continued catalysis of the AI concept. Bitcoin maintained a high-level consolidation, the altcoin market sentiment recovered rapidly, and funds flowed along a clear thematic track: AI infrastructure, decentralized storage, and emerging DeFi protocols formed the three core narratives of this week. According to data from the Huobi HTX platform, in the past week (May 11th to 17th), several AI, DeFi, Cosmos ecosystem, and TRON Meme assets stood out, with WARD leading the market with a 573% weekly growth rate. Huobi HTX's forward-looking layout in asset selection remains noteworthy.

AI Track Continues to Rise: Mainstream Focus, Capital Repricing AI+Crypto

The biggest certainty in this week's market comes from the AI track. As the concepts of AI Agents, autonomous collaborative networks, and on-chain AI task markets regain attention, the market has begun to reconsider the long-term imaginative space of AI-related assets. Compared to the previously more "conceptual" AI Meme market, this round of funding tends to seek AI projects with infrastructure, data value, and practical use cases.

WARD (Warden Protocol): With a 573% weekly growth rate, it became the strongest-performing asset this week. WARD focuses on the fusion of AI and Web3 at the infrastructure level, designing a full-stack L1 blockchain tailored for developers to build smart applications. The narrative of "on-chain AI infrastructure" that it represents continues to gain market recognition against the backdrop of global AI compute demand expansion.

SKYAI: With a 41% weekly increase, it continued the overall heat of the AI Agent track in the recent period. SKYAI focuses on the deployment of on-chain AI agents and collaborative networks and is a comprehensive AI ecosystem driven by MCP, aiming to seamlessly integrate intelligent solutions across industries.

INJ (Injective): It also rose by 21% during the same period. As a convergence point of the AI track and high-performance public chains, Injective continues to expand its ecosystem in directions such as on-chain AI models and data asset transactions. The steady rise of INJ this week reflects institutional funds' recognition of its long-term narrative logic.

Storage Race Becomes AI Demand Overflow Beneficiary, Cosmos Ecosystem Heats Up

Decentralized storage itself is not the latest narrative this week, but the massive demand for data storage due to the AI boom has brought STORJ back into the funding spotlight. It is worth noting that this week in the traditional tech market, stocks related to cloud storage, data centers, and computing power infrastructure have also performed well. The AI-driven storage demand is now being priced by a broader capital market.

STORJ: Up 28% this week, is an asset benefiting from the storage race. Storj is a cloud storage platform committed to being censorship-resistant, surveillance-proof, and always-on. STORJ provides a decentralized, redundant, and low-cost storage layer, which perfectly aligns with the new requirements of the data infrastructure in the AI era.

OSMO (Osmosis): Weekly gain of 102%. Osmosis is an application chain, a decentralized exchange (DEX), and cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) hub in the Cosmos ecosystem. As the core DEX protocol of the Cosmos ecosystem, Osmosis's liquidity depth and cross-chain interoperability have always been its core competitive advantages.

New Coins Have Wealth Effect, DeFi and TRON Meme Remain Active

UP (Superform): Surged 75% this week. Superform is the first stablecoin-native token bank where anyone can do on-chain savings, exchanges, sending, earning yields, and retain full control of their personal assets.

BILL (Billions Network): Increased by 20%. Billions Network is a universal "human + AI" collaboration network. It allows anyone to prove themselves as a true and unique individual on-chain in seconds without revealing any underlying personal data.

SUNDOG (Sundog): Rose by 45%. As a leading Meme asset in the Tron ecosystem, SUNDOG is a Meme coin distributed fairly on Sunpump.meme.

Asset Filtering is Not Casting a Net, But Finding an Anchor Before the Trend Forms

From this week's market performance, the crypto market is entering a more apparent structural uptrend phase. On the one hand, core tracks with industrial trend support such as AI and storage continue to attract funding; on the other hand, new coins, MEME, and ecosystem rotation opportunities are also emerging continuously, and the speed of market hotspots switching is accelerating.

In the process of the industry gradually moving towards a "value-driven" approach, assets that can truly withstand cycles are often those that combine technological soundness, industry trends, and community support. In the future, Huobi HTX will continue to rely on its global asset selection framework and ecosystem research capabilities to help users discover more high-quality projects with long-term value and growth potential, assisting users in capturing the next wave of crypto growth opportunities in a structural bull market.

About Huobi HTX

Founded in 2013, Huobi HTX has evolved over 13 years from a cryptocurrency exchange into a comprehensive blockchain business ecosystem covering digital asset trading, financial derivatives, research, investment, incubation, and other businesses.

As a global leading Web3 portal, Huobi HTX adheres to a development strategy of global expansion, ecosystem prosperity, wealth effect, and security compliance, providing comprehensive, secure, and reliable value and services to cryptocurrency enthusiasts worldwide.