Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Chainlink grew because Sergey Nazarov and Steve Ellis kept narrowing one awkward question: who tells a smart contract what happened outside its chain? A 2017 oracle paper became live feeds, verifiable randomness, offchain reporting, cross-chain messaging and a programmable runtime. LINK pays and backs selected services, but the token does not elect every operator, govern every contract or turn service revenue into a holder dividend.

NEAR began as a code-writing AI experiment, became a staged sharded blockchain, and now supplies Chain Signatures and Intents for multichain actions. Its wider agent-economy thesis remains partly a roadmap, while NEAR's concrete roles are fees, storage, staking and value transfer.

Bittensor uses a blockchain to settle stake-weighted judgments about work produced in independent off-chain subnets. TAO and dTAO alpha markets coordinate rewards, but neither Yuma scores nor token prices are objective certificates of intelligence.

Internet Computer runs canisters across subnet blockchains and lets NNS neurons change network rules, while DFINITY engineers, approved node operators, and each app's controllers retain different and consequential powers.

Render's current token is Solana RENDER; Ethereum and Polygon RNDR are legacy assets with a one-way 1:1 upgrade. GPU work can earn node rewards and token balances can vote on RNPs, but holding RENDER alone grants neither compute, job income nor ownership of the Foundation or OTOY.

VVV converts a Base token stake into Venice-run AI access, emissions and DIEM minting. The contract has no onchain supply cap; Venice controls capacity, models and burn schedules.

VIRTUAL is the pair, launch-fee and ve-governance asset around Virtuals’ agent-token markets—not a deed to an AI agent. Current launch classes, Genesis allocations, ACP’s 2025 switch to USDC payments, third-party IP terms and upgradeable admin contracts define where a holder’s rights stop.

Unibase has shipped a browser memory tool, Membase SDKs and agent APIs. UB's deeper promise—stake-backed DA, one million nodes and veUB governance—still sits across testnet, audit and roadmap stages.

FET remains the live native and ERC-20 asset behind the ASI brand. AGIX, OCEAN and CUDOS entered through different conversions, but Ocean later left; native staking and governance require action, and a token balance does not own AI models, data or compute.

AKEDO is a BNB Chain game-creation platform that describes specialized AI agents turning prompts into playable content. AKE is its fixed-supply utility token; documented fees, node rewards and staking are economic designs, not equity or guaranteed income.

Pieverse began as timestamped payment infrastructure and now leads with TEE-backed wallets and commerce for AI agents. PIEVERSE has a 1 billion supply and an admin-controlled OFT contract, while its marketing utilities conflict with a MiCAR filing that grants holders no enforceable rights.

Kite (KITE) is the utility and staking token of an EVM-compatible Avalanche-technology L1 for AI-agent payments. Its live Agent Passport gives software agents passkey-approved budgets and payment sessions, but Passport made Base its default settlement chain in July 2026, so using the product does not imply paying in KITE. KITE remains documented for native chain gas, validator and module staking, rewards and protocol governance. It grants no company ownership or redemption, while upgradeable staking contracts and owner-controlled cross-chain tokens preserve separate administrator powers.

Grass sells access to distributed residential bandwidth for retrieving public web data and packages that data for AI customers. GRASS is its Solana staking and proposed governance token, but node rewards, company revenue, token rights and privacy claims are separate promises.

Akash is an on-chain market for independent CPU and GPU providers. Tenants choose bids and fund leases in ACT; AKT secures validators, governs upgrades and funds, pays gas, and supplies ACT's oracle-priced burn-mint route.

EigenLayer turned Ethereum stake into an opt-in security market, then EigenCloud widened the story to data, dispute resolution and verifiable compute. EIGEN complements ETH for intersubjective work, but token votes are not the keys that upgrade or pause the protocol. Withdrawals, slashing, inflation, multisigs and the legal boundary each create a different promise.

THETA is Theta Network’s fixed-supply staking coin, distinct from inflationary gas and reward coin TFUEL. Active validators need 200,000 THETA and compete for 31 slots; Guardians seal checkpoints with 1,000 THETA, while Edge Nodes sell compute or bandwidth and do not gain consensus power merely by running work.

Arweave uses AR, SPoRA and uniquely packed storage replicas to fund a permanent ledger. Its endowment is a protocol model with explicit assumptions, while gateways, content policies, upgrades and AO remain separate operational layers.

OriginTrail is a multi-chain Decentralized Knowledge Graph whose node software stores and serves structured knowledge while contracts anchor selected records and allocate TRAC publishing fees. The original 500 million-supply Ethereum TRAC is bridged to active DKG chains; NeuroWeb uses NEURO for gas, and current V10 documentation lists Base and Gnosis—not NeuroWeb—as selectable mainnets.

AWE Network is the successor identity to STP, whose STPT token moved through a 1:1 surrender-and-claim process from Ethereum to a new AWE contract on Base. AWE now presents simulation software for autonomous AI-agent worlds; its token supplies voting power after delegation, while upgrades, migration claims and interface access retain distinct administrative controls.

TAGGER's TAG is the BNB Smart Chain token 0x208bf3e7da9639f1eaefa2de78c23396b0682025, not another TAG ticker. Its 405.3808 billion units link a data-labeling platform story to a signature-gated mint contract: the contract owner’s administrative authority is renounced, yet role and signer design—not token-holder voting—defined issuance and operations.

Permacast PWT is a one-billion-unit BNB token at 0x458C…C29c. Its new white paper assigns media fees, governance and rewards to PWT, while the roadmap, distribution and legal holder rights leave those promises only partly grounded.

The Graph is a blockchain-data indexing protocol whose subgraphs turn chain events into queryable APIs. GRT coordinates Indexers, Curators and Delegators, while the live protocol runs principally on Arbitrum and remains upgradeable through Council-governed contracts.

Quack AI’s token is Q, not QUACK, at the same address on Ethereum and BNB Chain. A replaceable minter remains uncapped in code, while governance, staking, AI tools, Passport voting and Q402 depend on separate products and operators.

Chutes is Bittensor Subnet 64: independent miners run GPU inference and validators score useful work. SN64 is its dTAO alpha, while Chutes Global Corp operates the customer platform and receives the live subnet owner cut.

DGrid AI's DGAI is a capped BNB token with an owner key, an owner-controlled Arbitrum mint/burn peer, and an upgradeable staking layer. The Gateway, Arena and DClaw are working products, while binding token governance remains a roadmap item and the issuer's MiCA paper denies holder claims.

Sentient brings search tools, model fingerprinting and AI challenges together in GRID. SENT’s proposed job is to fund and connect that work; its reserved 2% reward pool and separate minting ceiling describe different economic choices.

Golem is a peer-to-peer compute market whose current payment token is Ethereum GLM. The 2020 GNT conversion remains open: GLM supply rises only when legacy GNT is destroyed, while Yagna agreements, provider work and payment acceptance—not passive ownership—create economic rights.

MultiversX is the continuation of Elrond: ERD was redenominated 1,000:1 into EGLD in 2020, while the 2022 name change did not create another coin. Its biography separates sharded validation, fee-offset issuance, stake-based governance, validator upgrades and optional account guardians from corporate or redemption rights.

Celium’s tracked SN51 asset is now Lium’s Bittensor subnet-51 alpha, not a company-issued smart-contract token. GPU rental fees, chain emissions and validator scoring create three different control surfaces, while holding alpha grants no claim on Datura AI or its GPUs.

Aethir coordinates distributed GPU Containers through Indexers, Checkers and managed portals. ATH has a 42-billion Ethereum cap, interchain controls on Arbitrum and Solana, separate Checker License administration, and no guaranteed reward or equity right.

KAITO is the fixed-supply Base token of Kaito’s crypto search and attention network. Its simple ERC-20 contract cannot change the company’s search models or reward rules; those powers sit in Kaito products, allocation wallets, voting interfaces and the separately administered sKAITO vault.

Law Blocks AI Token (LBT) is the 18-decimal XRC-20 at `xdc05940b2df33d6371201e7ae099ced4c363855dfe` on XDC Network. A mainnet call returns one billion LBT. The contract owner is also a minter and pauser, but the 10-million cap sits below current supply, blocking further minting; the live power is transfer pause. LBT pays for a legal-technology platform without validating documents, licensing professionals or conferring company rights.

Targon began as a Bittensor inference subnet and now sells GPU/CPU workloads through attested virtual machines and TargonOS. Its δ asset is native alpha for subnet 4: Bittensor emits it, Targon scoring directs miner rewards, and owning it does not buy a GPU or a claim on Manifold’s cloud revenue.

Pearl (PRL) is the native UTXO coin of Pearl Research Labs' proof-of-useful-work Layer 1, live since April 27, 2026. Its consensus checks matrix multiplication certificates, while the provenance and commercial usefulness of each workload remain a separate question.

Perle Labs turns expert AI-data work into scored tasks, points and reputation. PRL is its fixed-mint Solana coordination token, but most platform decisions and promised utilities still depend on the operator.

Data Network is the renamed Story Network: a chain-ID-1514 Layer 1 whose native IP coin became DATA without a new token contract. Its supply, staking, DAO rights and Foundation controls survived the pivot from programmable IP toward traceable AI data.

ALLO is the native asset of the Cosmos-based Allora mainnet and an upgradeable bridged token on Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain. It pays for intelligence, rewards workers, reputers and validators, and supports protocol governance; it does not make an inference true or grant rights in Allora Foundation.

AI Rig Complex links ARC to Playgrounds’ actively maintained Rig framework, a proposed Ryzome service market and a 500 ARC Handshake application. The software is verifiable; the broader token economy remains only partly evidenced.

Qubic issues one trillion native QUBIC units per weekly epoch and burns part of them. UPoW ranks candidates for 676 Computor seats, and 451 matching votes finalize ticks. Holding QUBIC does not confer a protocol ballot; reviewed sources do not grant Aigarth ownership through that holding.

UnifAI automates DeFi strategies through hosted agents and open SDKs. Its fixed one-billion UAI token is marketed for services, staking and governance. Product fees and rewards use traded assets, SOL, USDC and points; CoinYQ did not establish the UAI mechanisms in the reviewed materials.

AIOZ is one economic unit recorded on three kinds of ledger: an inflationary Cosmos/EVM mainnet coin and owner-controlled Ethereum and BNB bridge wrappers. The native coin stakes, votes and pays for DePIN services; wrappers cannot. Its biography is the accounting story that prevents bridge inventory, protocol minting and infrastructure revenue from becoming the same claim.

COAI connects a live AI app business to a still-evolving decentralized protocol; its BSC token and timelock are real, while PoI consensus, allocation enforcement and “co-ownership” remain narrower than the slogan.

ARKM is the Ethereum token at 0x6E2a…b050 used for Arkham's intelligence marketplace, rewards and some exchange fee discounts. Its documents describe governance and a one-billion allocation, while the upgradeable token owner retains mint, pause and upgrade powers that holders do not share.

Livepeer's LPT is an adaptive-inflation staking and governance token for an Arbitrum video and AI compute market; it is not a share in Livepeer companies or a promise of compute income.

CHIP began as the vote attached to a GPU-credit system, but its controls are split across ledgers and institutions. Arbitrum holds the ten-billion canonical supply, governor, timelock and sCHIP vault; Ethereum and Base carry bridge-minted representations. Governance can set credit policy, while blacklisting, pausing and upgrades still depend on privileged roles.

Numerai first rewarded existing model builders with NMR, then made it their prediction stake. The 2019 fixed-supply change and 2026 round-by-round staking transition changed how that risk is recorded and settled.

Talus links Sui contracts to offchain AI tools through Nexus. This biography fixes the exact US coin type, follows the project from framework to mainnet v2, and separates deployed code from future staking, governance and decentralization.

SQD secures a live distributed data network through worker bonds, delegation and Portal locks, while bootstrap ingestion, reward calculation and future inflation retain governance or company dependencies.

TFUEL is Theta’s spendable native fuel, not its governance stake. A five-billion genesis balance became 7,456,043,401 by September 5, 2026 because code issues fixed 48-TFUEL and 38-TFUEL block rewards while fees and Edge payments burn portions. THETA secures Validator and Guardian consensus; TFUEL pays gas, stakes to Elite Edge Nodes and settles EdgeCloud work.

Venice DIEM tokenizes a renewing $1-per-day API allowance, while role-based uncapped minting and company-controlled service terms define what “forever” can mean.

ZIG began as a two-billion-token passport into Zignaly’s managed-trading platform. It now names a 2.5-billion native coin securing ZIGChain. The interesting history is the seam: old contracts, a decimal-changing bridge, new inflation and votes, and a platform whose trading marketplace has already changed course.

Mantis moved from a restaked Solana-rollup thesis to a solver market and DISE interface. Its staking code accounts closed in April 2025; by September 2026 the public app and docs did not resolve, while almost 100 million M remained on Solana. No official shutdown notice was located.

Score’s SN44 token survived two changes in what the subnet scores: football outcomes became player tracking, then a broader live-video market called TurboVision. The market kept one identity while its ground truth, central signer and even “abandoned” status kept moving.

Affine is Bittensor subnet 120, a king-of-the-hill competition for open reasoning models. Its subnet alpha currency is currently named Yad (ⴷ), while CoinGecko labels the market asset SN120. Miners submit Qwen-family checkpoints and a small validator set evaluates each challenger against one reigning model. Under the current published configuration, miner reward weights are shared equally among registered members of a rolling window that selects up to five accessible, distinct recent kings.

Cluster Protocol shifted from a 2024 Proof of Compute pitch to a 2026 AI hub and CodeXero. CP now spans Base, BNB and Mantle through CCIP, while product availability and staking claims require careful source-by-source reading.

SentismAI began with a Telegram task app and an agent-token launchpad, then attached the SENTIS token to a broader DeFi-agent plan. Its public record is clearest where actions reached BNB Chain and thinnest where the project promises automated strategy judgment.

Concordium requires an approved off-chain identity before a regular account is created, then divides exceptional disclosure among courts, two of three Privacy Guardians and the identity provider. CCD is currently minted at 4% a year; holders elect seven of nine Governance Committee members, while the Foundation Board remains the final approver in the published framework.

io.net began as Ahmad Shadid’s attempt to turn scattered GPUs into an AI cloud. A 2024 spoofing wave exposed why headline device totals were not the same as verified, cluster-ready or rentable supply; leadership then changed twice, IO launched on Solana, and the network replaced fixed emissions with a revenue-sensitive engine in 2026.

Holoworld grew from Hologram Labs’ motion-tracked NFT avatars into AI characters, Ava Studio and HoloLaunch. HOLO arrived in 2025 with a 2.048 billion supply, eight allocation buckets and a BSC–Solana bridge.