There is no doubt that the recent mainline of the Base ecosystem remains AI. But to be more specific, it is "VVV".

Before introducing the related tokens of the "VVV" concept, let's first understand what "VVV" really is.

What is the "VVV" concept?

$VVV is the token of Venice, which is a privacy + uncensored generative AI platform on the Base ecosystem, led by Erik Voorhees.

Erik is an old OG who started getting involved in cryptocurrency in 2011 and played a critical role in Bitcoin adoption in its early years. After the Mt.Gox crisis, he founded one of the earliest trading platforms, ShapeShift, that emphasized non-custodial and privacy-first principles. His expertise in decentralized finance and user sovereignty has made Erik a strong advocate for permissionless AI.

According to a user statistics chart of the Venice API disclosed by Erik Voorhees in March this year, the number of API users for Venice grew from nearly 0 to 15,000 throughout the year 2025.

However, the corresponding price performance of $VVV has been tepid; occasional rebounds have peaked at around a $200 million market capitalization, with a low that at times dipped below $45 million, far from the peak of nearly $1 billion when the token was first issued.

At the same time, it can also be observed that entering 2026, the number of Venice API users welcomed rapid growth. This can largely be attributed to the explosive popularity of OpenClaw. Because of its privacy positioning, Venice was highlighted in the model provider section of OpenClaw's official documentation.

Although that highlight was later removed, 2026 was a year of rapid growth for Venice. According to data disclosed by Erik Voorhees, by March of this year, Venice's total user count exceeded 2 million, with paid subscription users reaching 55,000, monthly revenue hitting $835,000, and a monthly growth rate of 15%.

Correspondingly, $VVV has seen continuous price increases. Since entering 2026, $VVV has already risen over 9 times.

$VVV/$DIEM

The earlier introduction highlighted Venice's growth in terms of exposure and user numbers this year, which can be seen as the macro narrative for its price increase. However, as a tokenized cryptocurrency AI project, the rise in its price is also closely related to the mechanisms of the token itself.

Since the beginning of this year, the annual emissions of $VVV have been reduced multiple times from 8 million tokens per year to 5 million tokens. By July 1, the annual emission will be further reduced to 3 million tokens. The official statement aims to achieve net deflation for $VVV, ensuring that the amount burned exceeds the emission amount, safeguarding $VVV's native yields.

The initial total supply of $VVV is 100 million tokens, and the current total supply is about 79.9 million tokens, with approximately 42.22% (about 33.73 million tokens) of the current supply having been burned.

The burning of $VVV is tied to Venice's subscription revenue. At the end of April, Venice allocated more subscription revenue for token repurchases, with every new Pro package subscription ($18) contributing $2 towards the buyback and burn of $VVV. The Pro+ package ($68) and the Max package ($200) correspond to buyback burns of $5 and $10, respectively.

The current circulating supply of tokens is approximately 46 million. Additionally, about 8.85 million tokens remain locked, with roughly 32.47 million tokens staked.

Interestingly, the utility of $VVV tokens is notable. Compared to the awkward situation faced by past cryptocurrency projects where "token rights are useless compared to equity," $VVV offers a very interesting solution.

On the basis of continuously controlling token supply, staking $VVV can not only earn more $VVV from reduced emissions but also provides the right to mint $DIEM using staked tokens $sVVV.

$DIEM can either be traded or staked. Each $DIEM staked corresponds to a daily credit limit of $1 for Venice API.

This credit limit is updated daily; if used today, it will reset tomorrow and is valid indefinitely. The $1 Venice API credit limit can do quite a bit, as Venice itself provides:

Stake 1 $DIEM and you can use Venice for free daily to handle the above-mentioned tasks.

However, it should be noted that the price of 1 $DIEM has now skyrocketed to $1,500. Minting one $DIEM requires approximately 756 $sVVV, costing around $12,800. Whether this is worth it is calculated this way by Venice:

Overall, the $VVV/$DIEM economic structure, combined with Venice's regulatory mechanism, gives $VVV a genuine "tech stock" flavor, while also retaining features unique to the cryptocurrency world:

- Reducing supply emissions to ensure the token's value isn't excessively diluted (also prevents the dilution of $VVV dividends for stakers)

- Subscription revenue is used for token buybacks

- Staked $VVV can be used to mint $DIME, allowing the token to play a practical role in the product

- However, playing a practical role comes at a cost; the $VVV that has minted $DIME can only receive 80% of the dividends ($VVV staking rewards)

- On-chain DeFi operations can be conducted, such as staking $VVV to obtain $DIEM, and then selling $DIEM to buy more $VVV. There are even community projects like @cheaptokensAI that can monetize the daily limit provided by $DIEM without selling it.

$POD

Since entering May, $POD has peaked with over a 12 times increase, with its market capitalization rising from around $7.8 million to once breaking $100 million.

$POD is the token for Dolphin's distributed AI reasoning and training network. This can be succinctly summarized as "mining" with idle GPUs, providing computational power to those needing AI services, and earning $POD as a reward.

However, the reason $POD has been overly speculated is not because of the network itself but rather Dolphin's other business—AI models. Venice's current default model, Venice Uncensored 1.2, was jointly developed by Dolphin and Venice and evolved from Dolphin's Mistral 24B Venice Edition.

Therefore, while $POD only serves as Dolphin's distributed AI reasoning and training network token, at the current stage it is speculated as the sole investment vehicle to invest in Dolphin.

$cyb3rwr3n

This project claims to create an auction market for Venice usage quotas based on USDC. However, it is considered to have a larger association with the "VVV" concept because some players analyzed the relationship between on-chain behaviors and tweets and believed this project is highly related to Venice founder Erik Voorhees.

The official Venice Twitter account has clarified this speculation, stating that cyb3rwr3n is not an official Venice project.

After this news emerged last month, it triggered a price drop of about 50%, but just a few days ago, it reached an all-time high again. The official clarification did not completely eliminate market associations; according to some players' discussions, Erik Voorhees was the first follower of cyb3rwr3n's official account, and several Venice team members such as co-founder @TeanaTaylor, CTO @jesseproudman, product head @willyogo also followed the account. They believe that even if Venice is indeed unrelated to the project, the support conveyed through this interaction is still quite favorable.

This is indeed one of the cheaper tokens related to the "VVV" concept, with a market capitalization of only $4 million. But being cheap comes with a reason; its product has not yet been released, and it can currently only be considered a meme token.

$SR

STRIKEROBOT.AI is a full-stack embodied intelligence platform, building humanoid robot frameworks for physical AI business process outsourcing (BPO), focusing on safety in dangerous environments (nuclear power plants, high-pressure facility areas, radiation zones, etc.).

They have a robot training and simulation platform called SR Platform, and $SR is the token for this platform. The project's association with Venice is that on May 7, they announced they would co-develop a VLM reasoning layer designed for robots with Venice and secured funding support from Venice.

Since entering May, $SR has risen about 4 times, with its current market capitalization at approximately $9 million.

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