Analysts Expect Bitcoin in Bullish Mode After ‘Tax Day’ 1249

‘Tax Day’ in the U.S. is today, April 17, and a number of analysts are bullish on Bitcoin as the much-anticipated tax deadline should trigger the next upward momentum.

‘Tax Day’ to Spark New Bullish Momentum For Bitcoin

The cryptocurrency market has been hungover ever since Bitcoin entered the futures trading market in December 2017. The downward path in 2018 removed the majority of its market cap, from about $826 billion to $330 billion today. Bitcoin had a similar fate as its market cap plunged from $324 billion to $138 billion, and its price shed $12,000, from $20,000 to about $8,000. Today, however, is ‘Tax Day’ in the United States.

The IRS says cryptocurrencies constitute property, which is subject to capital gains tax. Institutional investors argue that ‘Tax Day’ is the trigger of the new bullish run.

“Tax-selling has been a significant factor in downward crypto prices over the past few weeks. I would expect this downward pressure to abate after tax day,”

Blockchain Capital co-founder Spencer Bogart told CNBC.

The 1,300 percent upward move seen in the Bitcoin price chart should result in $25 billion in taxes for digital currency holdings in the United States, according to Tom Lee, Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors. Lee says that U.S. households captured 30% of the $590 billion capital gains from cryptocurrencies in 2017. The tax rate of 27% on a $92 billion taxable gain means that U.S. holders owe $25 billion.

On April 15, Tom Lee said that Bitcoin may be bottoming;

CRYPTO: Where was #BTC 1M prior to ~$20,000 top? $5,900. In other words, BTC this year rollbacked prices similar to what happened in 2014/15. Could be same bottom as the 2014/15 bottom. Also, selling related to capital gains taxes in US should be lifting as tax day is 4/17. pic.twitter.com/AyOgKPoR2x

— Thomas Lee (@fundstrat) April 15, 2018

Lee expects Bitcoin to reach $20,000 again by mid-year and $25,000 by the end of 2018. By early 2020, the cryptocurrency is predicted to be worth $91,000.

An investor letter published by Dan Morehead, Founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, said that bitcoin is “highly likely to have exceeded $20,000 within a year.”

Tim Draper, an early backer of Tesla, Skype, and SpaceX, announced that he predicts that Bitcoin price will reach $250,000 by 2022. Draper said he expects that, in five years, whoever tries to pay in fiat currency will be laughed at.

Horizon Kinetics’ Murray Stahl argued that Bitcoin could be worth the value of all the currency in the world because fiat money can be “debased”. According to Barron’s estimate, this would mean a figure of $361,000 per Bitcoin.

 

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CBI and Blockware Enter Strategic Bitcoin Mining Partnership with $10M Deployment Plan 887

  • Blockware, on behalf of CBI, will deploy and manage next-generation Bitmain ASIC miners on the Bitcoin network.
  • CBI will finance the first US$10 million tranche of the mining rig investment in stages, as the necessary funding is secured.
  • Bitcoins mined by CBI enables the acquisition of Bitcoin at a cost below market price.
  • Blockware to receive partial compensation in CBI shares and intends to reinvest a portion of its profits into additional CBI equity. The final ownership stake will be determined by the business’s performance over the coming years.

Crypto Blockchain Industries (“CBI”), Euronext Growth Paris: FR0014007LW0 – ALCBI, and Blockware, a globally recognized expert in Bitcoin mining, have entered into an initial long-term partnership agreement to operate Bitmain ASIC miners (“ASICs”) on the Bitcoin network and acquire Bitcoin at a discount. Blockware will deploy and operate CBI’s next-generation Bitmain mining fleet. The first tranche of US$10 million worth of ASICs will be financed progressively by CBI as funding is arranged. In return, CBI will receive the rewards (BTC) generated through the mining activity, enabling the acquisition of Bitcoin below the market spot price. The partnership provides Blockware the opportunity to be partly compensated in CBI shares; its final ownership percentage will depend on the business’s development over the partnership.

Blockware will be responsible for the deployment and management CBI’s next-generation Bitmain ASIC mining fleet. These mining rigs will process and confirm transactions on the Bitcoin network. The US$10 million first tranche of server investments will become operational progressively as CBI secures the required funding. The Bitcoins obtained will be deposited daily into a secure wallet managed and owned by CBI. This opportunity enables CBI to acquire Bitcoin at a discounted rate, made possible by the efficient operation of its mining fleet.

Through this agreement and by leveraging Blockware’s expertise, CBI gains the opportunity to acquire Bitcoin at a discount and increase its crypto-asset portfolio. Bitcoin mining operations provide a form of compensation that, over time, results in Bitcoin acquisitions at prices lower than market spot rates. The discount level is determined at the end of each cycle—typically 3 years—and depends on operating costs (mainly electricity) and the number of transactions processed.

Through this partnership, Blockware expands its megawatts under management, grows its ASIC marketplace, and diversifies its portfolio by leveraging this significant opportunity. The deal structure allows CBI to secure cost-efficient hosting and access to worldclass brokerage services via Blockware, resulting in a historically low all-in cost per Bitcoin.

The partnership provides Blockware the opportunity to be partly compensated in CBI shares. Throughout the partnership Blockware will receive shares representing at minimum 0.5% of CBI’s capital. Furthermore, Blockware will receive a portion of its profits through CBI shares upon the resale of the ASICs. Blockware’s final ownership percentage in CBI will depend on the development of the business over the partnership.

CBI has the option to gradually increase production capacity under predefined conditions. Blockware ensures that up to 3 years, through their extensive network and ASIC marketplace they will secure a resale value of at least 25%, although CBI is under no obligation to sell them. Blockware’s unique ASIC marketplace offers clients a simplified, premium platform to start mining Bitcoin in just a few clicks, eliminating many of the common barriers to entry.

Through this strategic partnership, CBI strengthens its position in the crypto-asset space and implements a flexible, resilient, and long-term performance-oriented strategy.

ABOUT CRYPTO BLOCKCHAIN INDUSTRIES SA

CRYPTO BLOCKCHAIN INDUSTRIES (“CBI“) is a French company that develops, operates, and invests in video games, business applications, and selected projects related to blockchain, non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), and cryptocurrencies. Founded by Frédéric Chesnais, a renowned gaming industry entrepreneur and blockchain pioneer, CBI aims to develop and unlock the value of a blockchain-based business portfolio across various industries (video games, finance, logistics, etc.) in order to capitalize on this technology, either directly or through partnerships. CBI has already made several investments and is currently launching AlphaVerse, a virtual world based on blockchain technology, or a metaverse. CBI shares are listed on compartment E2 (Public Offering) of the Euronext Growth Paris stock exchange. To learn more, users can visit http://www.cbicorp.io and www.alphaverse.com

ABOUT BLOCKWARE SOLUTIONS, LLC

BLOCKWARE SOLUTIONS, LLC is a leading Bitcoin mining infrastructure and services provider, evolving from a mining hardware brokerage to a comprehensive Mining-as-a-Service platform. With billions in hardware transactions and a trusted mining community, Blockware offers U.S.-based infrastructure that delivers premier hosting solutions, liquidity, and operational tools to optimize transparency, efficiency, and profitability. Their innovative Bitcoin-native Marketplace is transforming the way miners buy and sell hardware, hashrate, and energy contracts, providing just-in-time liquidity and driving the future of decentralized, transparent, and efficient mining. To learn more, users can visit http://www.blockwaresolutions.com

Raiinmaker & ElizaOS partner to launch TRAIIN AGENT: A Revolutionary Platform for Ethical AI Agent Training and Moderation 1072

TRAIIN AGENT is powered by a global network of 450,000 validators, redefining trust and decentralization in artificial intelligence.

With growing public concern around AI safety, bias, and accountability, Raiinmaker today announced the launch of TRAIIN AGENT, a groundbreaking decentralized AI platform designed to build trust, ethics, and human oversight directly into AI training and agent moderation. Partnering with AI ecosystem innovator ElizaOS, TRAIIN AGENT is powered by a global network of over 450,000 validators to ensure AI models are ethically trained, rigorously moderated, and transparently validated, offering a powerful solution amid mounting ethical challenges in artificial intelligence.

TRAIIN AGENT is not just a product, it’s a movement to democratize AI Agent development while ensuring integrity. By combining advanced AI models with human-in-the-loop (HITL) validation, TRAIIN AGENT empowers enterprises, developers, and communities to build AI Agents that reflect the world’s complexity without compromising ethics. Its reputation-driven consensus system prioritizes trusted validators, ensuring every dataset and agent output meets the highest standards of accuracy and fairness.

TRAIIN AGENT: Redefining AI Trust with ElizaOS

TRAIIN AGENT is a game-changer for AI moderation and quality assurance. Integrated with ElizaOS via a powerful plugin, TRAIIN AGENT enables ElizaOS agents to automatically sample outputs for HITL tasks: passively for QA, or as blocking moderation checks, ensuring safety and alignment in real time. Developers can customize tasks and validator criteria through ElizaOS’s flexible API, making TRAIIN AGENT a seamless fit for any enterprise workflow.

Raiinmaker’s own AI Agent, Chief Raiin, showcases TRAIIN AGENT’s potential. Available on social platforms and the Raiinmaker app, Chief Raiin fuses spiritual wisdom with blockchain analytics to guide users and monitor tasks. Soon, Chief Raiin will evolve into a beacon of ethical AI, powered by a mission-driven intelligence core and ElizaOS’s agentic connectivity.

J.D. Seraphine, CEO and Founder of Raiinmaker said, “Today, anyone can launch an AI agent, but not everyone is asking how we ensure these AI agents meet the standards of trust, safety, and alignment that users expect. Through TRAIIN AGENT, we’re setting the foundation for a more responsible AI ecosystem, one that puts human values at the heart of every output. This is just the first of many steps in building a decentralized infrastructure for training and validating the next generation of AI.”

ElizaOS: A Catalyst for Ethical Innovation

The ElizaOS partnership amplifies TRAIIN AGENTS’s impact, leveraging its scalable infrastructure and vibrant developer community. Through the ElizaOS plugin, developers can integrate TRAIIN’s HITL validation seamlessly, automating QA or moderation tasks to ensure AI outputs are safe and reliable. ElizaOS’s API empowers users to define validation criteria and select trusted validators, making TRAIIN AGENT a plug-and-play solution for global AI development.

Logan Ryan Golema, Co-Founder and President of ElizaOS said, “We’re excited to see Raiinmaker’s decentralized infrastructure become available to our developer community through TRAIIN. This integration offers a clear path to improving how AI agents are moderated, trained, and improved over time with real humans in the loop, not just code. Raiinmaker is growing trust between humans and non-human intelligence which is essential to a peaceful future where AI agents have to live and breathe among us.”

A Vision for Decentralized AI

The system features AI Reputation scoring, metadata-backed verification, and cross-platform integration to deliver cost-effective, human-validated datasets at scale. By embedding human oversight, TRAIIN AGENT eliminates biases, corrects inaccuracies, and ensures AI Agents are grounded in transparency and fairness. This is Raiinmaker’s pledge: to lead the charge for ethical AI in a decentralized world.

Seraphine added, “With TRAIIN AGENT, we’re building an AI revolution that puts humanity at the center. Chief Raiin’s next chapter will show the world what’s possible when mission-driven AI meets decentralized connectivity.”

For more information, visit raiinmaker.com and download the Raiinmaker App on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

About Raiinmaker:

Raiinmaker is accelerating the next generation of Web3 utilising decentralised AI and a human-powered network.

Raiinmaker’s distributed AI training network combines the scalability of Web3 with decentralized AI, redefining value creation through digital identity, behavior, and reputation. At the core of the platform is its innovative AI Reputation score, a verified record of individual contributions to AI development and training, leveraging blockchain technology to build transparency and trust. Powered by the Raiinmaker Network and boasting over 450,000 users, the Raiinmaker App empowers individuals to train AI models directly from their smartphones. By seamlessly integrating features such as Identity Verification, NFT Minting, Token Creation, and AI-Powered Smart Contracts, Raiinmaker is bridging the gap between Web3 and decentralized AI to drive innovation across industries like sports, gaming, and entertainment.

About Eliza Labs:

Eliza Labs is at the forefront of developing next-generation autonomous agent systems. Founded in 2024, Eliza Labs is the creator of the Eliza agent framework, an open-source platform designed to revolutionize the way autonomous AI agents are created, deployed, and managed. The Eliza framework enables powerful multi-agent simulations, empowering developers, researchers, and businesses to build advanced AI systems.

Eliza Labs is committed to pushing the boundaries of AI technology to shape the future of intelligent, autonomous systems. For more information, visit https://elizaos.ai

About ElizaOS:

ElizaOS is a powerful multi-agent simulation framework designed to create, deploy, and manage autonomous AI agents. Built with TypeScript, it provides a flexible and extensible platform for developing intelligent agents that can interact across multiple platforms while maintaining consistent personalities and knowledge.

Turtle Club raises $6.2M to advance on-chain liquidity distribution protocol 1171

Turtle Club today announced the close of a $6.2 million seed funding round to advance its on-chain liquidity distribution protocol. The funding supports the project’s mission to improve how liquidity is coordinated and deployed across decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems.

The round was led by THEIA, with participation from Susquehanna (SIG), Laser Digital, Consensys, Selini, RE7 Capital, L2IV, Archimed Capital, Trident Digital, Bodhi Ventures, Shorewoods, Triton Liquid, AUROS Global, Chorus One, Frachtis, Moonhill Capital, Tulipa Capital, and others. Notable angel investors include Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, Wintermute co-founder Yoann Turpin, and Ryan Fang of Ankr.

Turtle Club enables on-chain liquidity distribution by allowing liquidity providers (LPs) to earn rewards across multiple protocols. The protocol also helps projects and distribution partners align incentives, create visibility into liquidity costs across chains, establish risk-adjusted benchmarks for protocol categories, and design more sustainable incentive models. Capital providers benefit from transparent metrics that guide strategic deployment.

Since its launch in March 2024, Turtle Club reports:

  • 315,000+ registered wallets
  • $2.3 Billion+ in total value bootstrapped
  • 51 integrated protocols
  • $550 million deployed in 45 days via its first chain bootstrapping campaign

“As liquidity becomes more fragmented across chains and protocols, the need for structured, transparent distribution has never been greater,” said Essi Lagevardi, CEO of Turtle Club. “This round allows us to continue building mechanisms that reward capital providers fairly, help protocols design sustainable incentive programs, and support a more efficient, transparent DeFi liquidity environment. At the end of the day, our mission is simple: deliver the best-quality dealflow and the best possible service to LPs. When you consistently do both, everything else follows.”

Turtle Club will use the proceeds to expand its engineering team, support new protocol integrations, and grow its distribution network.

About Turtle Club

Turtle Club is a protocol for on-chain liquidity distribution, designed to connect LPs, protocols, and partners through sustainable and transparent incentive models. Operated by Phantom Protocol AG and launched in March 2024, Turtle Club has become one of the fastest-growing liquidity coordination layers in Web3.

Website: https://turtle.club
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurtleClub
Docs: https://docs.turtle.club

MyStonks Launches Industry-Leading On-Chain U.S. Stock-Token Marketplace with 100% Custody Backing 1212

MyStonks.org, a decentralized trading platform, announced the official launch of a fully custody-backed, on-chain U.S. stock token marketplace in the crypto industry. Cryptocurrency users can purchase U.S. stocks on MyStonks. Global asset management giant Fidelity provides custodial services for platform users, with an initial custody asset total of $50 million.

MyStonks has successfully established a complete operational cycle that links U.S. stock assets under Fidelity Custody to the Base blockchain for token minting and burning. Users can initiate purchases of Stonks100 stock tokens on MyStonks by transferring USDC or USDT from their self-custodied crypto wallets. Upon confirmation, MyStonks converts these stablecoins into USD and purchases the corresponding stock shares. These are then tokenized 1:1 into ERC-20 tokens via Base smart contracts. For example, when buying Apple shares, users receive AAPL.M tokens minted by MyStonks.org, representing the exact number of shares held. Token pricing utilizes Chainlink oracles.

If users wish to redeem their stock tokens, they can initiate a sell request for AAPL.M or other supported assets directly from their wallets. MyStonks will then convert the tokens back into stablecoins and burn the equivalent tokens in a 1:1 ratio.

To ensure the security of user assets, MyStonks has partnered with Fidelity, which provides custody services (Fidelity Custody) for platform users’ U.S. stock holdings.

According to a custodial statement dated April 29, 2025, Fidelity Custody holds over $50 million in U.S. equities ($50,473,199.00) on behalf of MyStonks Holding Limited. The initial batch of 95 tokenized equities includes major names such as AAPL, AMZN, DIS, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, and NVDA, each of which is mirrored on-chain by its respective token.

A representative from MyStonks explained that when users purchase U.S. stock tokens on the platform, the corresponding stocks are managed by Fidelity Custody, ensuring the authenticity, compliance, and auditability of assets. Through integration with Fidelity Custody’s infrastructure, MyStonks has achieved a seamless connection between on-chain tokens and off-chain stock assets.

As a trusted institution in TradFi, Fidelity plays a key role in safeguarding asset security and compliance, making it an important partner for MyStonks in the tokenization of stock trading.

Additionally, MyStonks has upgraded its on-chain trading security and user experience. When users initiate buy or sell orders, the platform executes the corresponding operations on the blockchain, including cross-chain asset management, real stock transactions, and the minting or burning of tokens. The entire process is transparent, traceable, and decentralized, enabling users to purchase U.S. stocks in a fully digital and tokenized manner.

All trading operations are governed by smart contracts to ensure immutability and auditability. A Decentralized Identity System (DID) safeguards account uniqueness and prevents fraudulent transactions. Core smart contracts have undergone security audits and are modularly designed to isolate risk. According to MyStonks.org, off-chain fund transfers require multisignature (multisig) wallet authorization to avoid single points of failure. Cross-chain asset movements are executed through audited protocols. Additional protections include a time-lock mechanism for transaction confirmation and HTTPS/HSTS enforcement for frontend encryption.

New user experience upgrades include support for on-chain limit orders, improved wallet connectivity, a refined user account dashboard, and optimized UI layouts.

“The launch of the Stonks100 tokenized U.S. stock marketplace marks an important milestone in our ongoing journey of innovation. As we continue to expand access to tokenized equities, our focus remains on offering secure, professional, and transparent trading infrastructure. We believe MyStonks users and our global community will grow alongside us as we push the boundaries of decentralized finance,” a MyStonks.org representative said.

About MyStonks.org

MyStonks.org is a decentralized crypto asset trading platform born out of a Community Takeover (CTO) effort by the Stonks community. It is an industry-leading platform to offer fully custody-backed, 1:1 tokenized U.S. equities on-chain. MyStonks aims to become the decentralized “NASDAQ” of the crypto world—supporting new token projects and reshaping the DeFi landscape for healthier market growth.

About the Stonks Community

The Stonks community draws inspiration from the GameStop ($GME) movement and the ethos of crypto resistance. The rallying cry: FIGHT! HODL!

Whitepaper: https://main.mystonks.org/pc/whitepaper.html
Fidelity Custody Report: https://main.mystonks.org/static/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=/static/Proof.pdf

Space and Time Launches on Mainnet to Power a New Generation of Data-Driven Crypto Apps 1463

Microsoft-backed Space and Time is the blockchain for ZK-proven data.

Space and Time, the Microsoft-backed blockchain for zero-knowledge (ZK)-proven data, is live on its public, permissionless mainnet.

Space and Time is designed to deliver ZK-proven data to smart contracts to power a new generation of data-driven crypto applications. It indexes data from other major blockchains, including Ethereum, and stores it across a decentralized network of database validators. Developers can access, query ZK-prove and connect this data back to their smart contract using Proof of SQL, Space and Time’s sub-second ZK coprocessor for SQL database queries.

“Prior to Space and Time, onchain applications had no way to query basic user data from a database of blockchain activity without introducing security risks and tampering. In addition, enterprises had no way to securely connect their cloud databases with smart contracts. Today we’re thrilled to announce the mainnet launch of Space and Time, which will empower developers to build sophisticated, data-driven onchain applications secured by cryptographic proofs,” said Scott Dykstra, Contributor #001 at Space and Time.

Smart contracts today can’t natively access historical, cross-chain or offchain data, which limits the complexity of onchain apps. Chainlink pioneered external data access for smart contracts with secure oracles and cross-chain messaging, solving key pieces of the context problem. The next wave of onchain innovation—spanning everything from dynamic financial instruments to data-rich AI agents and tokenized real-world systems—will require a trustless database layer for complex data retrieval. Space and Time enables this with a verifiable, decentralized database network that gives smart contracts the ability to query the full history of Ethereum and beyond.

“Smart contracts need context to make decisions, whether it’s real-time market data, cross-chain messaging or historical onchain activity. Chainlink provides the connective tissue for data to move securely across systems, and Space and Time brings powerful new compute capabilities that complement that vision. Together, we’re pushing the boundaries of what developers can build onchain,” said Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink.

Space and Time was created by MakeInfinite Labs, a frontier protocol research lab that is backed by Microsoft and working alongside major financial institutions. In addition to its work on Space and Time, the firm has developed key technologies to the broader crypto ecosystem, such as Proof of SQL, Blitzar, an Elastic Network ZK Chain for Space and Time, and Chainlink DeFi Yield Index.

“At MakeInfinite Labs, we’re focused on building foundational infrastructure to enable the next generation of crypto applications. Contributing core technologies like Proof of SQL and the original architecture of Space and Time is part of that vision. We’re excited to see the ecosystem take this work forward and unlock new possibilities for verifiable, data-driven applications,” said Nate Holiday, CEO of MakeInfinite Labs & Co-Founder of Space and Time.

Space and Time is secured by a decentralized set of validators, and anyone can contribute to the network by providing high-quality datasets, staking or running a validator node.

About Space and Time

Space and Time is the blockchain for ZK-proven data, which enables smart contracts to trustlessly access and compute over data from any chain or source. Powered by Proof of SQL, a sub-second ZK coprocessor, Space and Time empowers developers to build more intelligent, data-rich applications with verifiable data.

About MakeInfinite Labs

MakeInfinite Labs is a frontier protocol research lab contributing to some of the most prominent protocols and ecosystems across crypto, including the creation of Space and Time. MakeInfinite Labs raised $50 million from Microsoft’s M12 Ventures and other leading investors to build the infrastructure that enables developers and creators to build data-driven applications, tokenize and monetize and win in the AI economy.

Introducing AIVM: ChainGPT’s Layer-1 Blockchain to Power Verifiable AI at Scale 1628

ChainGPT, a pioneer in blockchain AI solutions, today announced the release of its highly anticipated AIVM Whitepaper, a comprehensive technical and strategic vision for building the foundation of the AI Crypto Economy. The Artificial Intelligence Virtual Machine (AIVM) is a purpose-built Layer-1 blockchain designed to seamlessly integrate decentralised AI development, compute infrastructure, and monetisation, bringing Web2 and Web3 together under one unified, scalable AI ecosystem.

AIVM represents a major technological breakthrough, bridging the long-standing gap between artificial intelligence and blockchain infrastructure. AIVM turns AI into an open, trust-minimised public utility. As the first unified solution to offer decentralised compute, agent-based AI execution, tokenised data marketplaces, and developer tooling, AIVM lays the groundwork for an open, fair, and scalable AI ecosystem free from the grip of Big Tech monopolies.

Key Highlights from the AIVM Whitepaper:

The Problem:

  • AI is centralised: Controlled by Big Tech, limited transparency, and riddled with bias
  • Compute is exclusive: Cloud giants dictate access and pricing for AI infrastructure
  • Developers are stuck: Building decentralised AI is complex, fragmented, and slow.
  • Users lack control: Data is exploited without fair compensation or privacy guarantees

Reimagining AI x Blockchain Integration

AIVM introduces a robust Layer-1 architecture purpose-built to support AI execution, verifiable inference, decentralised model deployment, and cross-chain interoperability. This solves key challenges like scalability, privacy, and compute fragmentation.

A Plug-and-Play AI Infrastructure Stack

From decentralised compute and AI agent frameworks to model storage and data marketplaces, AIVM delivers a plug-and-play ecosystem for developers, enterprises, and Web3 projects to build, deploy, and monetise AI at scale.

Core Innovations

  • Dual-Path Execution: Simple models run transparently on-chain; complex workloads execute off-chain with cryptographic proofs via ZKML and TEEs.
  • GPU Compute Marketplace: AIVM provides permissionless access to scalable, low-cost compute without vendor lock-in. Developers can source GPUs directly or via integrated networks like io.net. By combining a native marketplace with external aggregator support, AIVM maximises global compute availability and pricing flexibility.
  • AI Model & Dataset Marketplace: Developers can publish, monetise, and reuse models/data with full transparency.
  • Developer Toolkits: SDKs, APIs, CLI tools, and monitoring dashboards to accelerate AI deployment. These tools are designed for AI devs, not blockchain engineers, with Python SDKs, CLI tools, and dashboards that simplify onboarding and deployment.
  • Privacy-Preserving AI: Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Federated Learning, and secure enclaves for sensitive data protection

AIVM is the only Layer-1 blockchain with native validator roles for AI, Compute, and Data, each enforcing trust across model execution, resource availability, and data integrity.

Token Utility & Validator Incentives

AIVM is powered by a single asset, $CGPT, which serves as both the gas token and the currency of the ecosystem. Users pay $CGPT for compute, storage, model access, and transaction fees. Validators, including consensus, AI, Compute, and Data Validators, stake $CGPT to secure the network and earn rewards for maintaining execution integrity, performance, and data privacy. This design aligns economic incentives across all protocol layers while ensuring AIVM remains scalable, decentralised, and trust-minimised.

Designed for Everyone in the AI Economy AIVM empowers:

  • AI Developers & Researchers with decentralised tools and compute access
  • Web3 Projects & dApps with intelligent agents and on-chain AI capabilities
  • Enterprises & AI-enabled businesses with privacy-first AI APIs and cost savings
  • GPU Providers & Data Contributors with new monetisation models via tokenised incentives

Commenting on this innovative launch, Ilan Rakhmanov, Founder of ChainGPT and CEO of ChainGPT Software, said, “Today, AI is locked in centralised silos data, models, and compute are monopolised by a few. At the same time, blockchain lacks the speed and tooling required for real AI execution. AIVM changes that. We’re not just launching another chain; we’re building the decentralised AI cloud. Think AWS for AI, but open, verifiable, and powered by crypto.”

The whitepaper outlines high-impact applications across AI-powered DeFi, predictive trading, fraud detection, decentralised identity, DAO governance, generative NFTs, and more. This makes AIVM a catalyst for the next wave of AI + blockchain innovation.

AIVM is advancing toward a decentralised AI future through a clear, phased roadmap designed to deliver robust infrastructure, real-world scalability, and widespread adoption. Here’s a look at the journey ahead:

AIVM Roadmap (3 Phases)

Phase 1: Establish the blockchain foundation with core infrastructure, lightweight on-chain models, and verified execution.

Phase 2: Scale the platform with advanced model management, dual-path execution, hybrid storage, and decentralised resource marketplaces.

Phase 3: Mature the ecosystem with enterprise integrations, developer toolkits, analytics frameworks, and workflow orchestration—paving the way for mass adoption.

A detailed AIVM roadmap will be published shortly after the whitepaper’s release.

About ChainGPT

Incepted in 2023, ChainGPT is a leading provider of AI-powered tools for the blockchain and Web3 industries. It emerged as a project to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and AI, creating innovative solutions for the Web3 ecosystem. Leveraging advanced AI techniques, ChainGPT enhances blockchain functionality with its tools and applications, including SDKs and APIs for automated smart contract generation, a Web3 AI chatbot, an NFT generator, and an IDO launchpad. With established partnerships and collaborations with industry leaders such as Google, Nvidia, and BNB Chain, ChainGPT continues to pioneer efficient and user-friendly AI solutions in the blockchain space.

As a relatively young but rapidly growing project, ChainGPT’s mission is to revolutionize the intersection of blockchain and AI, with a vision to unlock the potential of autonomous AI agents in Web3.

Learn more at: https://www.chaingpt.org/