AI Tokens Lead Today's Crypto Movers · Aug 14, 2026

Which crypto themes moved over the last 24 hours as of August 14, 2026, and which coins led them.

1. Market at a glance

2. Biggest movers, grouped by what drove them

🤖 DeFi AI *(grouped from the “DeFAI” category)* — Theme index +14.5% on $1.1B cap and $132M volume. - VELVET +41.8% — Velvet - APR +3.2% — Capricorn 🚀 New Token Listings *(grouped from the “Binance Wallet IDO” category)* — Theme index +9.2% on $1.9B cap and $411M volume. - AKE +51.8% — Akedo - VELVET +41.8% — Velvet - MMT +5.3% — Momentum - IRYS +5.0% — Irys - APR +3.2% — Capricorn - UP −0.5% — Unitas 🧠 AI Tokens *(grouped from the “AI Applications” category)* — Theme index +8.6% on $2.3B cap and $393M volume. - AKE +51.8% — Akedo - VELVET +41.8% — Velvet - PIEVERSE +11.9% — Pieverse - DOS −1.8% — DAPPOS - VVV −4.2% — Venice Token 🆔 Identity Tokens *(grouped from the “Decentralized Identifier (DID)” category)* — Theme index +4.2% on $1.8B cap and $129M volume. - WLD +1.5% — Worldcoin - ENS −0.7% — Ethereum Name Service 😄 Meme Coins *(grouped from the “IP Meme” category)* — Theme index −1.8% on $661M cap and $62M volume. - PENGU −1.8% — Pudgy Penguins - APE −1.2% — ApeCoin 📌 Staking Tokens *(grouped from the “Liquid Staking Governance Tokens” category)* — Theme index −1.7% on $794M cap and $68M volume. - LDO −0.9% — Lido DAO - ANKR −0.9% — Ankr Network - JTO +0.7% — Jito

3. What drove the upside

- DeFAI +14.5%, led by VELVET +41.8% - Binance Wallet IDO +9.2% — led by AKE +51.8% - AI Applications +8.6%, led by AKE +51.8%

4. What weighed on it

- IP Meme −1.8%, PENGU −1.8% - Liquid Staking Governance Tokens −1.7% — LDO −0.9%

5. How this was built

629 of 749 categories were below the size floor ($300M cap, $50M volume) and were dropped. Without that filter, dead micro-cap baskets print percentage moves in the billions and top the list. Every number here comes from market data. The theme names and the one-line explanations are written from the day's headlines. Where a group moved with no headline behind it, we say so rather than inventing a reason. This is an observation of what moved, not advice and not a recommendation. This tells you where attention went today; it does not tell you what happens next.