Artificial intelligence-based crypto assets have been surging over the past week ahead of a highly-anticipated Q2 earnings report from tech giant Nvidia. AI tokens such as Near Protocol (NEAR), Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET), Bittensor (TAO), and Render (RENDER) have seen gains outpace the wider crypto market over the past week. Proof-of-stake layer-1 network Near’s native token surged 35% over the past week to hit a four-week high of $5.20 on Aug. 25. Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, a consortium of Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol, and SingularityNET, saw even bigger gains, with i…