According to new insights from market intelligence platform Santiment, development activity in the crypto sector’s AI and Big Data segment remains strong, with several major projects showing notable GitHub activity over the past 30 days.
Using a methodology that filters significant GitHub events from public repositories, Santiment ranked the most actively developed projects in the space.
At the top of the list is Internet Computer (ICP), which recorded the highest level of development activity with an impressive 431.3 notable GitHub events in the past 30 days. ICP continues to dominate as a blockchain platform focused on decentralized cloud computing and AI infrastructure.
Second is NEAR Protocol (NEAR), with 93.03 events, followed by Filecoin (FIL) with 69.4. Both projects are key players in the decentralized storage and compute space, and their sustained development highlights long-term strategic evolution in infrastructure design.
These rankings are based on raw development event volume, which Santiment views as a strong proxy for the seriousness and momentum of a project’s team—not price hype.
Santiment’s methodology avoids vanity commits or low-value updates, instead emphasizing real progress such as protocol upgrades, new feature integrations, and meaningful engineering contributions.
High dev activity typically signals:
In AI and Big Data sectors—where real-world applications like decentralized inference, compute markets, and data indexing are crucial—ongoing codebase updates often lead price action.
Despite market volatility, projects like ICP, NEAR, and GRT continue to gain traction in AI-blockchain integration, and these GitHub signals may offer a window into future momentum.
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