AI x Crypto news we're keeping up with this week: AI-Crypto Applications See 2X User Growth as VC Funding Hits $1.39B AI-Crypto Applications Double Users as VC Funding Reaches $1.39B AI-crypto app users nearly doubled in H1 2025 while venture funding rose 9% to $1.39 billion. The surge reflects accelerating convergence between AI and blockchain, driving innovation across decentralized applications. @Grayscale Adds AI as Official Crypto Sector Following 1M Agent Milestone Blockchain AI agents crossed 1 million on June 12, prompting Grayscale to launch a dedicated AI sector tracking 24 tokens worth $15B. The manager added @avax and @MorphoLabs to its Top 20 holdings while removing @Optimism and @LidoFinance , signaling rotation toward AI-focused infrastructure. @virtuals_io Launches Agent Commerce Protocol for Autonomous Trading Virtuals Protocol released ACP beta July 3, enabling AI agents to autonomously trade crypto assets including NFTs and tokens. The agent-to-agent protocol creates infrastructure for coordinated commerce between AI systems. @PiCoreTeam Releases AI-Powered dApp Studio on Pi2Day Pi Network launched Pi App Studio on June 28, a generative AI no-code tool enabling natural language dApp creation that sparked nearly 8,000 app launches within days. The release shifts Pi from mining-focused network to AI-driven developer platform, though questions remain about token unlocks and long-term execution. The blockchain AI market accelerates toward its projected $703 million valuation by 2025, as infrastructure layers mature from experimental protocols to production-ready systems enabling autonomous agent economies and AI-powered application development at scale.