CoinGecko released a report identifying the most volatile crypto assets for 2025 and 2026, highlighting privacy, exchange tokens and AI projects.

Top volatile assets in 2025

CoinGecko named Zcash (ZEC) the most volatile asset of 2025, reporting a price surge exceeding more than 800% during the year.

Other notable entries included WhiteBIT Token (WBT), Monero (XMR) and OKB, which also registered elevated volatility across several months.

Shift toward AI tokens in 2026

The 2026 segment of the report documents a market rotation toward tokens linked to artificial intelligence, with speculative activity concentrating on new AI projects.

Venice (VVV) emerged as the top performer in 2026, appreciating by more than 1000% within a span of months, according to the data.

SkyAI and Siren followed Venice in the ranking, completing the list of assets that attracted outsized speculative flows during the period.

Market interpretation

CoinGecko analysts interpret these results as an ongoing move away from legacy infrastructure narratives toward higher-risk, innovation-driven tokens in the AI domain.

The report notes that speculative concentration on AI-related assets has materially increased short-term volatility and trading volumes across multiple exchanges.

Methodology and scope

The report covers asset price moves and volatility measures across 2025 and 2026, focusing on tokens with the largest percentage swings and trading activity over the examined intervals.

CoinGecko’s findings emphasize categorical shifts in market attention rather than making forecasts about longer-term adoption or fundamentals.