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Venice is a privacy-focused artificial intelligence platform offers services such as generative conversation and image creation, but it does not hold user data. The platform uses blockchain for permissionless payment, as well as web3 infrastructure for local browser storage and end-to-end encryption.
Ignas：代币经济学创新并未“死去”，加密行业正重新尝试新机制
DeFi 研究员 Ignas 发文表示，自己原本担心代币经济学创新已经停滞，但事实并非如此。在经历一个周期的低流通量、高 FDV 代币发行后，加密行业正重新尝试新的代币机制，例如： 1、ZCAT 通过 3%转账税为持有者提供 ZEC 奖励； 2、BUN/Mosh 通过“Bundle Launch”让资金支持者分享交易手续费但无法提取 LP； 3、STONK 将手续费收入用于按市值加权回购并销毁排名前 15 的合规代币； 4、VVV/DIEM 允许质押 VVV 铸造 DIEM，再通过质押 DIEM 获得每日 AI 额度；5、ORBIO 则将交易手续费转化为质押者的 AI 额度； 6、BP 则要求质押至少 1 年以获得未来 IPO 股权转换资格，并根据项目增长里程碑决定代币供应解锁。 Ignas 认为，这些项目的共同点是尝试让代币不再只是融资工具，而是具备实际价值，不过也提醒社区许多机制仍依赖投机者持续交易，“投机”依然主导着加密市场。
Rockawayx Acquires Relayer Capital, Adding Long/Short Strategy with ~70% Returns Since 2026
Odaily News: Digital asset investment platform Rockawayx has acquired digital asset hedge fund Relayer Capital, incorporating its directional long/short strategy into its approximately $2 billion investment platform. Relayer Capital founder Austin Barack will continue to oversee the strategy and assume the role of Chief Investment Officer of the newly renamed Rockawayx Liquid Opportunities Fund.Rockawayx CEO Viktor Fischer stated that the fund will invest in highly liquid crypto tokens and digital asset-related equities, with a focus on identifying assets that are mispriced relative to their business fundamentals, market position, or growth prospects. The fund is currently open to new external investors.Rockawayx disclosed that the strategy's estimated net return from the start of 2026 through August 21 stands at approximately 70%, outperforming a weighted portfolio of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana by 86 percentage points. Major contributing positions include Venice AI, Hyperliquid, Grass Network, Pump.fun, and Zcash, with investment themes centered on AI and tokenized real-world asset markets.The acquisition adds a directional liquid strategy to Rockawayx's venture capital and market-neutral businesses. Rockawayx also operates infrastructure and onchain liquidity divisions, noting that these capabilities support its team in identifying blockchain market opportunities across stages—from early-stage funding and token issuance to public market trading. (Bitcoin.com News)
Venice AI Completes $65 Million Funding Round at $1 Billion Valuation
Venice AI founder Erik Voorhees announced on Wednesday that the company has completed its first external funding round, raising $65 million at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly, with participation from North Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Archetype, Liquid2 Ventures, and Morgan Creek. Launched in May 2024, Venice AI is a privacy-focused AI chatbot alternative platform designed to prevent storing user conversations on centralized company servers. Voorhees stated that Venice AI has surpassed 3 million users and has already achieved profitability in the first quarter. Voorhees said the new capital will be used to expand the Venice platform, which provides access to major open-source and proprietary AI models through a single interface and API. The annual issuance of Venice AI's native token, VVV, was reduced to 3 million tokens on Wednesday, used to reward token holders who support the network by staking VVV.
Venice AI Founder Discloses Series A Financing Details: Investors Received 8.98% Equity and 1.5 Million VVV Vesting Grants
Venice AI founder Erik Voorhees stated on the X platform that to complete the $65 million Series A financing round, Venice chose to sell equity rather than directly sell VVV. Despite VVV's price increasing over 700% this year, Venice has not sold any tokens and currently holds over 30 million VVV, representing more than 37.5% of the total supply of 80 million tokens.Investors in this round received 8.98% equity, a vesting grant of 1.5 million VVV, and warrants to purchase 5 million VVV over the next 8 years. If all warrants are exercised, Venice's total financing will increase to $131.5 million. The relevant tokens are locked for 1 year and then unlock linearly over 3 years, with an expected average daily new circulation of less than 6,000 tokens. Venice stated that it will continue to maintain its tokenomics model of repurchasing and burning VVV with revenue.
Venice AI completes $65 million Series A funding round, led by Dragonfly
Venice AI has announced the completion of a $65 million Series A funding round, led by Dragonfly, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, North Island Ventures, and others, at a valuation of $1 billion. The project primarily offers a platform that grants access to over 200 AI models while ensuring privacy.
Holding for over a year yields $7.889 million in profit, an address liquidates 674,000 VVV
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai's monitoring, an address bought 674,000 VVV on-chain at an average price of $3.77 between April and August 2025, worth $2.544 million, with a take-profit price of $20.85. Some tokens were sold a year ago, and the remaining tokens were deposited to exchanges in batches over the past three months, with deposit prices rising from $11.79 to $30, and the position was fully liquidated 8 hours ago. Holding for over a year generated a cumulative profit of $7.889 million; if sold, the return rate would exceed 453%.
Holding $7.45 Million in VVV, a Smart Money Address Adds Another $4.14 Million Position
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, a smart money address (0x54e...a3F41) withdrew 133,000 VVV worth $4.14 million from Flowdesk 3 hours ago. This address apparently took profit of $588,000 two weeks ago, and currently holds 233,337 VVV worth $7.45 million, with an unrealized gain of $2.128 million based on an average withdrawal price of $22.78.
Bankless co-founders liquidated their ETH positions in May before allocating to assets such as NEAR and ZEC, all of which gained over 100%.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman cleared his ETH position in May and accumulated VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT in June. To date, the gains on all the aforementioned tokens he holds have outperformed ETH over the same period, with LIT rising approximately 293%, while NEAR, ZEC, and HYPE have gained roughly 223%, 173%, and 106%, respectively. Hoffman recently reiterated his bullish outlook on the future trajectory of ZEC and NEAR.
Worth $1.507 million, a certain address has accumulated 47,800 VVV and is sitting on a profit of $87,000
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain address withdrew 31,500 VVV from KuCoin half an hour ago, worth $1.06 million. This address had previously built a VVV position two days ago, and currently holds a total of 47,800 VVV, worth $1.507 million, with an average withdrawal price of $31.57, and is currently up $87,000.
After Dumping ETH and Betting on Multiple Altcoins, Bankless Co-Founder Says Altcoin Season Has Arrived
Odaily News: Bankless co-founder David Hoffman posted on X, stating, "We are now in altcoin season, and the real market moment is coming sooner than expected." It is reported that David Hoffman announced the liquidation of his ETH holdings on May 21, and subsequently bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT, all of which have significantly outperformed ETH.
Total profit of $1.335 million, a certain address chased the rally with 181,250 VVV and then deposited 44.8% of its holdings
according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, between August 18 and September 4, a certain address appears to have taken profit on 81,250 VVV, with an estimated gain of $588,000. The address had chased the rally by buying 181,250 VVV at an average price of $16.69, with an average withdrawal price of $16.69; 9 hours ago, the address deposited 44.8% of its holdings to Coinbase, while the remaining holdings still have unrealized gains of $747,000, bringing the total profit to $1.335 million.
Ignas：代币经济学创新并未“死去”，加密行业正重新尝试新机制
DeFi 研究员 Ignas 发文表示，自己原本担心代币经济学创新已经停滞，但事实并非如此。在经历一个周期的低流通量、高 FDV 代币发行后，加密行业正重新尝试新的代币机制，例如： 1、ZCAT 通过 3%转账税为持有者提供 ZEC 奖励； 2、BUN/Mosh 通过“Bundle Launch”让资金支持者分享交易手续费但无法提取 LP； 3、STONK 将手续费收入用于按市值加权回购并销毁排名前 15 的合规代币； 4、VVV/DIEM 允许质押 VVV 铸造 DIEM，再通过质押 DIEM 获得每日 AI 额度；5、ORBIO 则将交易手续费转化为质押者的 AI 额度； 6、BP 则要求质押至少 1 年以获得未来 IPO 股权转换资格，并根据项目增长里程碑决定代币供应解锁。 Ignas 认为，这些项目的共同点是尝试让代币不再只是融资工具，而是具备实际价值，不过也提醒社区许多机制仍依赖投机者持续交易，“投机”依然主导着加密市场。
Rockawayx Acquires Relayer Capital, Adding Long/Short Strategy with ~70% Returns Since 2026
Odaily News: Digital asset investment platform Rockawayx has acquired digital asset hedge fund Relayer Capital, incorporating its directional long/short strategy into its approximately $2 billion investment platform. Relayer Capital founder Austin Barack will continue to oversee the strategy and assume the role of Chief Investment Officer of the newly renamed Rockawayx Liquid Opportunities Fund.Rockawayx CEO Viktor Fischer stated that the fund will invest in highly liquid crypto tokens and digital asset-related equities, with a focus on identifying assets that are mispriced relative to their business fundamentals, market position, or growth prospects. The fund is currently open to new external investors.Rockawayx disclosed that the strategy's estimated net return from the start of 2026 through August 21 stands at approximately 70%, outperforming a weighted portfolio of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana by 86 percentage points. Major contributing positions include Venice AI, Hyperliquid, Grass Network, Pump.fun, and Zcash, with investment themes centered on AI and tokenized real-world asset markets.The acquisition adds a directional liquid strategy to Rockawayx's venture capital and market-neutral businesses. Rockawayx also operates infrastructure and onchain liquidity divisions, noting that these capabilities support its team in identifying blockchain market opportunities across stages—from early-stage funding and token issuance to public market trading. (Bitcoin.com News)
AMD Second-Generation AI Server Helios Enters Production, Equipped with MI455X Accelerator
AMD CEO Lisa Su stated that the second-generation AI server Helios has entered full production, with shipments expected by the end of the third quarter this year amid strong customer demand. The server features the new AI accelerator Instinct MI455X and the new-generation Venice CPU, both manufactured by TSMC. OpenAI plans to deploy Helios later this year. AMD is leveraging this to catch up with NVIDIA in the data center chip market.
Venice Upgrade Tokenomics: API Revenue to Trigger VVV Buyback and Burn, DIEM Supply Raised to 40,000
Odaily AI infrastructure project Venice has announced an update to its VVV and DIEM tokenomics model, introducing a new programmatic buyback and burn mechanism and gradually increasing the DIEM supply target from 38,000 to 40,000 tokens.Venice stated that VVV is its core ecosystem asset, an ERC-20 token issued on the Base chain. After users purchase and stake VVV, they can earn rewards, unlock Venice Pro benefits, and use it to mint DIEM. Previously, a portion of platform revenue was used for market buybacks and the burning of VVV.This update first expands the sources for VVV burning. Previously, Venice had already implemented an automated VVV buyback and burn mechanism through Pro, Pro+, and Max subscription revenues. Now, this mechanism will cover API credit purchases: for every $100 worth of Venice API credits purchased by a user, $5 will be used to buy and burn VVV. This process will be executed automatically. As API usage grows, more VVV will be removed from circulation.Venice stated that the new API burn mechanism will be tracked separately on the official burn page, displayed distinctly from the burn records generated by subscription revenue.Concurrently, Venice will adjust the DIEM supply target. DIEM is the second-generation token in the Venice ecosystem, used to provide access to AI model credits. Each DIEM corresponds to $1 worth of daily Venice AI credits.DIEM can only be minted by staking and locking VVV. Users can use or sell these AI credits. Previously, the DIEM supply target was long fixed at 38,000 tokens.Starting August 3rd, this target will be gradually raised to 40,000 tokens, adding up to 2,000 new DIEM minting capacity to the market. As each newly minted DIEM requires locking more staked VVV, this will correspondingly increase the daily supply of AI API credits.Venice indicated that as the DIEM supply approaches the target, the minting cost (Mint Rate) will gradually increase. This increase in the supply target will provide users with greater minting capacity while maintaining the ecosystem's supply-demand mechanism.This adjustment shows that Venice is strengthening its token economic flywheel through a path of "AI service demand growth → increased API revenue → continuous VVV burning → ecosystem value capture."
OKX to List VVV/USDT Perpetual Swap
Odaily, according to an official announcement, OKX will officially list the VVVUSDT perpetual swap on its web, App, and API at 14:00 (UTC+8) on July 3, 2026.It is reported that Venice is an AI platform focused on privacy, offering services such as generative conversations and image creation.
Venice AI Completes $65 Million Funding Round at $1 Billion Valuation
Venice AI founder Erik Voorhees announced on Wednesday that the company has completed its first external funding round, raising $65 million at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly, with participation from North Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Archetype, Liquid2 Ventures, and Morgan Creek. Launched in May 2024, Venice AI is a privacy-focused AI chatbot alternative platform designed to prevent storing user conversations on centralized company servers. Voorhees stated that Venice AI has surpassed 3 million users and has already achieved profitability in the first quarter. Voorhees said the new capital will be used to expand the Venice platform, which provides access to major open-source and proprietary AI models through a single interface and API. The annual issuance of Venice AI's native token, VVV, was reduced to 3 million tokens on Wednesday, used to reward token holders who support the network by staking VVV.
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Ignas：代币经济学创新并未“死去”，加密行业正重新尝试新机制
DeFi 研究员 Ignas 发文表示，自己原本担心代币经济学创新已经停滞，但事实并非如此。在经历一个周期的低流通量、高 FDV 代币发行后，加密行业正重新尝试新的代币机制，例如： 1、ZCAT 通过 3%转账税为持有者提供 ZEC 奖励； 2、BUN/Mosh 通过“Bundle Launch”让资金支持者分享交易手续费但无法提取 LP； 3、STONK 将手续费收入用于按市值加权回购并销毁排名前 15 的合规代币； 4、VVV/DIEM 允许质押 VVV 铸造 DIEM，再通过质押 DIEM 获得每日 AI 额度；5、ORBIO 则将交易手续费转化为质押者的 AI 额度； 6、BP 则要求质押至少 1 年以获得未来 IPO 股权转换资格，并根据项目增长里程碑决定代币供应解锁。 Ignas 认为，这些项目的共同点是尝试让代币不再只是融资工具，而是具备实际价值，不过也提醒社区许多机制仍依赖投机者持续交易，“投机”依然主导着加密市场。
Holding for over a year yields $7.889 million in profit, an address liquidates 674,000 VVV
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai's monitoring, an address bought 674,000 VVV on-chain at an average price of $3.77 between April and August 2025, worth $2.544 million, with a take-profit price of $20.85. Some tokens were sold a year ago, and the remaining tokens were deposited to exchanges in batches over the past three months, with deposit prices rising from $11.79 to $30, and the position was fully liquidated 8 hours ago. Holding for over a year generated a cumulative profit of $7.889 million; if sold, the return rate would exceed 453%.
Holding $7.45 Million in VVV, a Smart Money Address Adds Another $4.14 Million Position
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, a smart money address (0x54e...a3F41) withdrew 133,000 VVV worth $4.14 million from Flowdesk 3 hours ago. This address apparently took profit of $588,000 two weeks ago, and currently holds 233,337 VVV worth $7.45 million, with an unrealized gain of $2.128 million based on an average withdrawal price of $22.78.
Bankless co-founders liquidated their ETH positions in May before allocating to assets such as NEAR and ZEC, all of which gained over 100%.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman cleared his ETH position in May and accumulated VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT in June. To date, the gains on all the aforementioned tokens he holds have outperformed ETH over the same period, with LIT rising approximately 293%, while NEAR, ZEC, and HYPE have gained roughly 223%, 173%, and 106%, respectively. Hoffman recently reiterated his bullish outlook on the future trajectory of ZEC and NEAR.
Worth $1.507 million, a certain address has accumulated 47,800 VVV and is sitting on a profit of $87,000
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain address withdrew 31,500 VVV from KuCoin half an hour ago, worth $1.06 million. This address had previously built a VVV position two days ago, and currently holds a total of 47,800 VVV, worth $1.507 million, with an average withdrawal price of $31.57, and is currently up $87,000.
Or influenced by the Base lead's endorsement, VVV surged past $32, with a 24-hour gain exceeding 18%
Odaily News: This morning, Base lead Jesse Pollak posted an endorsement of "Venice." Possibly influenced by this news, VVV briefly surged past $32, currently trading at $32.53, with a 24-hour gain of 18.64%.