Hi Moonwell community,
We are pleased to propose adding Venice.ai’s VVV token to Moonwell. As a native Base asset, VVV powers private and uncensored access to open-source artificial intelligence, with VVV stakers (users, developers, agents) receiving ongoing access to Venice’s inference capacity in proportion to their stake, while earning emissions-based yield.
Overview
Venice offers an alternative to mainstream AI platforms by providing private, uncensored access to powerful open-source models. Unlike centralized platforms that collect,monitor, and monetize user data, Venice processes all requests locally in users’ browsers. The VVV token enables users and agents to obtain persistent AI inference through the Venice API without per-request fees, reducing costs and friction for AI text, image, and code generation at scale.
Key benefits for stakers:
- Proportional access to Venice’s growing inference capacity
- Zero-cost API usage based on stake size
- Emissions-based staking yield
- No data collection or monitoring
Since launch we’ve seen a surge in increased uptake in demand for the Venice API via VVV staking, measured in Venice Compute Units (VCU). VCU measures a staker’s daily share in Venice’s total inference capacity, and can be used to access powerful models such as DeepSeek R1 671B and Llama 3.3 70B via the Venice API.
General Information
Token Asset Name
Venice Token (VVV)
Description
VVV is Venice’s utility token launched January 27, 2025. VVV underpins Venice’s privacy-first AI API infrastructure, providing stakers with ongoing access to inference capacity proportional to their stake. Stakers also earn emissions-based yield.
Benefits to Moonwell Community
First privacy-focused onchain AI infrastructure token
Venice brings unique value to Moonwell users through its strategic position in powering onchain, private AI infrastructure, through its VVV token.
Utility-backed value
The token’s value is tied to Venice’s API capacity and infrastructure usage by users and agents, creating a sustainable model where demand increases with AI sector growth.
Alignment with crypto values
Venice’s position in the exploding AI infrastructure sector, combined with its focus on privacy and permissionless access, aligns with Moonwell’s values.
Dedicated to Base
VVV launched natively on Base with the largest ever airdrop on the Base blockchain, and was featured in Base’s partner communications as a flagship Base protocol token. VVV achieved a rare and elusive Coinbase Day 1 listing.
Resources
- Website: venice.ai
- Documentation: docs.venice.ai
- Github: github.com/veniceai
- Discord: discord.gg/askvenice
- Twitter: x.com/AskVenice
Market Risk Assessment
Market Metrics
- Market cap (at time of posting): $148.1M
- Total supply: 100.5 million VVV
- Annual emission: 14% in year 1 and decreasing after
- Distribution:
- 50M VVV (50%) - Airdrop to Venice users & AI community
- 35M VVV (35%) - Venice.ai company
- 10M VVV (10%) - Team (25% upfront, 75% vesting over 24 months)
- 5M VVV (5%) - Liquidity deployment
Liquidity
- Exchanges: Aerodrome, Uniswap, Coinbase, Kucoin, Gate.io,
- Aerodrome DEX Liquidity Data:
- Total liquidity: $10.2M
- -2% Depth: $206,090
- A24h Trading Volume: $11.3M
- 30D Total Volume: $339M (extrapolated)
Social Metrics
- Twitter: 45K
- Discord: 3,426
Decentralization
Token Contract
- Address: 0xacfE6019Ed1A7Dc6f7B508C02d1b04ec88cC21bf
- Standard: ERC20
- Age: Deployed January 27, 2025
Privileged Roles
- The token contract is non-upgradeable
- Staking contract has mint function as part of staking emissions curve
Pause/Blacklist
- Staking rewards can be paused
Distribution Analysis
- Top 10 Token Holders: Basescan holders list
- Gini Coefficient: .996
- Herfindahl Index: .134
Codebase & Onchain Activity
- Github Repository: github.com/veniceai
- Contract Verification: Contract verified on Basescan
- Transaction Count: 1,379,534
- Contract Age: 9 days since deployment
Security
- Auditor: Trust Security
- Audit Reports: https://www.trust-security.xyz/venice-ai-audit
- Bug Bounty: Yes
- Emergency Contacts: mail@venice.ai
Oracle Assessment
Price Feeds
- Chainlink oracle in development for VVV-USD on Base
- Standard deviation and heartbeat parameters
- Native token (not wrapped/synthetic)
- No underlying price correlation concerns
Conclusion
The combination of Venice’s privacy-first AI infrastructure, uncensored AI access, and Moonwell’s robust lending infrastructure creates new opportunities for users to participate in the growing onchain AI economy. We look forward to community discussion and Gauntlet’s risk analysis to ensure a successful integration that benefits both protocols.
Voting
Yay: Add VVV market to Moonwell Base
Nay: Do not add VVV market
The Venice team is available to provide any additional information or clarification needed. We welcome community discussion and feedback to ensure this proposal aligns with Moonwell’s commitment to security and decentralized finance.
