# Ocean Protocol Withdraws From Artificial Superintelligence Alliance

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Oct 9, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/read/news/ocean-protocol-withdraws-from-artificial-superintelligence-alliance*

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Ocean Protocol Foundation has exited the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI) effectively immediately, dissolving its role in the collaborative AI token merger with Fetch.ai and SingularityNET. The withdrawal follows more than a year of cooperation among the three founding members, who had unified their ecosystems under a shared token: FET, later rebranded as ASI.

### What’s the Scoop?
- **Alliance Exit:** Ocean Protocol has [formally ended](https://x.com/oceanprotocol/status/1976136922289308064) its participation in the ASI Alliance, citing a desire for independent funding and control over its tokenomics.
- **Token Independence:** The move allows OCEAN to de-peg from FET and trade independently again. The Fetch.ai-managed bridge remains open, enabling holders to convert OCEAN to FET at a rate of 0.433226 FET per OCEAN.
- **Buyback and Burn Program:** Ocean said it will direct profits from its spin-out ventures toward buybacks and burns of OCEAN, creating a permanent and continuous supply reduction mechanism.
- **Remaining Holders:** Roughly 270 million OCEAN — about 19% of total supply — remains unconverted, held by over 37,000 addresses. Unconverted tokens continue to trade on exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken, Upbit, Binance US, Uniswap, and SushiSwap.
- **Alliance Response:** The [ASI Alliance](https://x.com/ASI_Alliance/status/1976196468101771310) and [Fetch.ai](https://x.com/Fetch_ai/status/1976213118276481176) characterized the split as amicable, affirming that collaboration was always voluntary and that the mission to build open, decentralized AI infrastructure remains unchanged.

> Ocean Protocol’s decision to withdraw from the Alliance does not impact the technology, operations, or shared vision that underpin the ASI ecosystem.The ASI Alliance - founded on collaboration between [https://t.co/kJ9URVpOul](https://t.co/kJ9URVpOul), SingularityNET, Ocean Protocol and CUDOS - was… [https://t.co/qDtRDBuBQH](https://t.co/qDtRDBuBQH)— Fetch.ai (@Fetch_ai) [October 9, 2025](https://twitter.com/Fetch_ai/status/1976213118276481176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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