Venice Tokenomics Overview
Full Venice tokenomics breakdown: VVV token allocation, vesting schedule, supply distribution, unlock dates, and investor terms.
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TGE DateJanuary 27, 2025
Max Total Supply100,000,000
Total Supply81,245,380
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VVV Tokenomics FAQ
Key questions and answers about Venice tokenomics.
What is the utility of the VVV token?
Venice has 3 primary token utilities:
- Staking Rewards: Stakers receive 100% of VVV emissions as yield (current rate: 6M VVV/yr as of Feb 10, 2026, with announced reductions to 5M on May 1, 2026 and 3M on July 1, 2026). When sVVV is locked to back minted DIEM, the staker earns 80% of the standard yield while locked, with the remaining 20% flowing to Venice. The Utilization Rate split mechanism used pre-DIEM was retired on August 20, 2025.
- Staking Access: Staked VVV (sVVV) can be locked to mint DIEM tokens, where each DIEM grants $1/day of perpetual API compute credit on the Venice platform. Holding unstaked VVV does not grant API access — staking is the gateway to platform compute via DIEM. 7-day cooldown applies to unstaking.
- Feature Access: Staked VVV locked to mint DIEM tokens grants holders perpetual access to Venice API compute at $1/day per DIEM, providing predictable inference capacity for developers and AI agents without per-request billing.
What is the token allocation for VVV?
Venice token distribution allocates 100,000,000 VVV across 3 primary stakeholder groups:
- Community: 50.00% (Airdrop 50.00%)
- Foundation: 40.00% (Venice.ai Company 25.00%, Incentive Fund 10.00%, Liquidity 5.00%)
- Insiders: 10.00% (Team 10.00%)
What is the vesting schedule for VVV?
VVV uses variable cliffs and vesting schedules that change depending on the allocation:
- Airdrop: 100.0% at TGE
- Venice.ai Company: Initial annual rate of 14M VVV/yr was reduced in stages: 14M → 10M (Aug 20, 2025) → 8M (Oct 23, 2025) → 6M (Feb 10, 2026), with announced further cuts to 5M (May 1, 2026) and 3M (July 1, 2026)
- Incentive Fund: No information
- Team: 25.0% at TGE , 24 Month Linear Vesting
- Liquidity: No information
How many VVV tokens unlock at TGE?
52.5% of the total supply (52,500,000 VVV) is unlocked at TGE, with the tokens split between Community and Insiders.
What is the total supply and circulating supply of VVV?
Venice has a total supply of 100,000,000 VVV, of which 48,930,277 VVV (48.9% of total) is currently circulating.
What is the token emission schedule for VVV?
Total length of the full Venice emission schedule is 3 years, with 55.94% released in Year 1, while the remaining 4.06% is released over the following 2 years.
What percentage of VVV is allocated to the community?
50% of the Venice supply is allocated to community focused pools such as Airdrop.
What is Venice (VVV)?
Venice is a privacy-focused decentralized AI inference platform built on Ethereum L2 Base, founded by Erik Voorhees (founder of ShapeShift). Venice provides users, developers, and AI agents with access to leading open-source AI models for text, image, and code generation through an uncensored API — without the surveillance, data retention, or content restrictions of mainstream AI services. The platform launched in May 2024 and introduced its native token VVV in January 2025, with no presale. VVV is a utility token, not a governance token. Holders do not vote on protocol changes, emissions, or treasury allocations — all such decisions are made unilaterally by Venice.ai, the company that operates the platform. The token's primary functions are: (1) staked VVV (sVVV) earns continuous yield from protocol emissions; (2) sVVV can be locked to mint DIEM, a separate access token where each unit grants $1/day of perpetual API compute credit; and (3) liquidity provisioning on Aerodrome DEX. Pre-staked direct API access via the original Utilization Rate model was retired on August 20, 2025 with the launch of DIEM. The tokenomics combine ongoing emissions with active buy-and-burn deflationary pressure. At genesis (January 27, 2025), 100M VVV were created with 50% airdropped to Venice users and AI-aligned community projects on Base, 35% retained by Venice.ai (with 10% reserved for the team under a 24-month vesting schedule ending January 2027), 10% reserved for the Incentive Fund, and 5% deployed to liquidity. Annual emissions began at 14M VVV/yr and have stepped down progressively to 6M VVV/yr (effective February 10, 2026), with announced further reductions to 5M (May 1, 2026) and 3M (July 1, 2026). 100% of emissions flow to VVV stakers as yield; when sVVV is locked to back minted DIEM, the staker earns 80% of standard yield with 20% flowing to Venice. The deflationary side comes from two burn mechanisms. At the close of the 45-day airdrop claim window in March 2025, 32,509,739 unclaimed VVV were permanently burned on-chain, alongside ~1M VVV from a team-sale buyback. Since December 2025, Venice has executed a revenue-funded buyback program, allocating a portion of platform subscription and API revenue to purchase VVV from the open market and burn it. As of April 2026, cumulative burns total ~33.7M VVV (~33.7% of the original genesis supply), trackable live at venice.ai/token/burns. Total supply is currently ~79.7M VVV. Venice's stated long-term goal is to evolve VVV into a deflationary asset where revenue-funded burns sustainably exceed emissions.
