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What Is Venice Token?

Venice Token (ticker VVV) is the access token for Venice.ai, a private and permissionless generative-AI platform. Rather than paying per request, users and AI agents can stake VVV to receive a perpetual daily allowance of AI inference proportional to their share of the total staked supply. VVV is an ERC-20 token on Base, Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2.

Venice.ai launched in 2024 as a privacy-focused alternative to mainstream AI services. It provides text and chat, image generation, code, and agent interaction through a web and mobile app and an API, routing requests across many open-source and other models. Its differentiators are privacy and a lack of censorship: conversations are stored in the user's browser rather than on Venice servers, and the company states that it does not retain user data. Venice was founded by Erik Voorhees, a long-time figure in the cryptocurrency industry and the founder of ShapeShift.

The token connects Venice's product to an on-chain access model. Staking VVV grants a share of Venice's daily AI inference capacity that renews every day, so holding and staking roughly one percent of the token corresponds to roughly one percent of the platform's daily compute, indefinitely. Stakers can also mint a companion credit token, DIEM, where one DIEM represents one dollar of Venice AI credit per day, usable across models.

VVV launched on January 27, 2025, with a genesis supply of 100 million tokens and no venture-capital or private presale. Half of the supply was airdropped to Venice users and to projects in the AI community, with the remainder going to Venice for development and growth, an ecosystem incentive fund, and liquidity. Emissions were added to fund the expansion of compute capacity.

Over time Venice has repeatedly reduced those emissions and, since late 2025, has run a monthly programmatic buy-and-burn funded by platform revenue, burning a large portion of the supply and pushing the token toward net deflation. Because emissions and burns both affect the supply, VVV does not have a simple fixed maximum; the current circulating supply is best checked on a data aggregator.

Getting Started With Venice Token

VVV is a token on Base, so getting started uses an EVM wallet:

  1. Step 1: Set up an EVM wallet such as Coinbase Wallet, MetaMask, or Rabby.
  2. Step 2: Bridge ETH or stablecoins to Base, or withdraw directly to Base from an exchange.
  3. Step 3: Swap for VVV on a Base DEX such as Aerodrome, or buy it on a supported exchange.
  4. Step 4: Stake VVV to receive a daily Venice AI inference allowance, and optionally mint DIEM credits.

How to Get a Venice Token Wallet?

VVV is a Base (EVM) token, so any wallet that supports Base will work.

Coinbase Wallet

Coinbase Wallet is a natural fit for Base, with straightforward bridging and direct support for Base tokens like VVV.

MetaMask

MetaMask can be configured for the Base network to hold VVV, connect to the Venice app, and stake the token. Rabby is another DeFi-focused option with helpful transaction previews.

Hardware Wallets

A Ledger device can be paired with Coinbase Wallet or MetaMask to keep your keys offline, which is recommended for larger holdings.

Venice Token Resources

How to Buy Venice Token?

VVV can be bought on centralized exchanges or on Base directly.

Centralized Exchanges

VVV is listed on exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken, and Bybit, typically against USD or USDT.

Decentralized Exchanges

On Base, VVV trades on Aerodrome, including pools against ETH and against DIEM. Bridge assets to Base, connect your wallet, and swap into VVV, after which you can stake it for Venice AI access.

Latest Venice Token News

Since VVV launched in early 2025, Venice has repeatedly cut token emissions and introduced a monthly buy-and-burn funded by revenue, steadily tightening the token's supply. In mid-2026 Venice.ai raised its first external funding, a Series A at a reported one-billion-dollar valuation led by Dragonfly with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others, alongside reports of strong user growth and revenue.

Because Venice's tokenomics have changed frequently, the official website, documentation, and X account are the best sources for the current staking model, emissions schedule, and supply.