- The price of VIRTUAL surged to $2.45 following the announcement of trading support by Upbit, Korea’s largest exchange.
- Upbit is set to introduce VIRTUAL pairs against Korean Won, BTC, and USDT.
- Virtuals Protocol is listed in Injective’s AI index AIX.
The price of VIRTUAL, the native token of the AI agents platform Virtuals Protocol, reached highs of $2.45 with a trading volume exceeding $485 million in 24 hours.
Data from the market indicates a significant increase in interest and trading activity, with the token’s daily volume rising by over 186%.
Korea’s Upbit Adds Virtuals Protocol Token
On Jan. 31, the price of VIRTUAL experienced a spike in early trading following the announcement by Upbit, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, of its support for the token.
In a recent update, Upbit stated that it would list VIRTUAL with trading pairs against the Korean Won, Bitcoin (BTC), and Tether (USDT).
The market response to this news has helped the native token of the artificial intelligence protocol regain price levels seen earlier in the week.
While VIRTUAL has seen some profit-taking deals leading to a slight decrease in gains, it still trades 6% higher. The bulls have managed to reduce weekly losses to approximately 16%.

Factors Contributing to the Increase in VIRTUAL Price
One of the reasons for the rise in the token’s price is the overall AI sentiment in the market.
The recent surge in the price of the Virtuals Protocol token coincided with the announcement by Injective Labs that the AI agent token would be included in the newly-launched AI index AIX.
This tokenized product combines top AI tokens and stocks, including Virtuals Protocol. Injective’s AIX also features Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor stocks.
Additionally, the price of Virtuals has seen an uptick due to a partnership with Allora, a decentralized AI platform backed by Polychain. This collaboration enables developers on G.A.M.E to leverage Allora’s technology for creating smarter AI agents.
Moreover, the recent surge in Virtuals’ price followed the project’s expansion to Solana, facilitated by LayerZero. This expansion allowed for co-ownership of AI Agents on both Base and Solana chains.