OpenGradient unveils $OPG token

OpenGradient has introduced a token called $OPG and set April 21, 2026 as its scheduled release date on the project’s portal. (portal.opengradient.ai) OpenGradient says the token will sit inside a network built for “verifiable” artificial intelligence inference, meaning the system aims to prove a model actually ran and produced a result instead of asking users to trust a server. Its website describes the network as infrastructure to host models, run secure inference and deploy on-chain agents. (docs.opengradient.ai) (opengradient.ai) In OpenGradient’s current setup, large language model requests run inside Trusted Execution Environments, or secure hardware enclaves, and payments for that service use $OPG testnet tokens on Base Sepolia. The company’s documentation says the OpenGradient network separately handles node registration, inference execution, proof settlement and on-chain verification. (docs.opengradient.ai) That structure puts the token at the center of how developers pay for model use and how node operators get compensated for supplying compute. OpenGradient’s software kit already includes token approval functions for $OPG payments, and its x402 gateway documentation says inference requests are payment-gated. (docs.opengradient.ai 1) (docs.opengradient.ai 2) The release also gives OpenGradient an economic layer for a network it says is already live in test form. The company’s public dashboard shows 2.16 million inference transactions, 225,400 x402 transactions, 263,970 total addresses and 3,848 models. (portal.opengradient.ai) OpenGradient’s portal lists a total supply of 1 billion $OPG tokens. The posted allocation breaks that into 40% for the ecosystem, 15% for the foundation, 15% for core contributors, 10% for investors and advisors, 10% for staking rewards, 6% for liquidity provisioning and launch, and 4% for an airdrop. (portal.opengradient.ai) The token arrives as OpenGradient pitches itself less as a general blockchain and more as a verification rail for artificial intelligence workloads. Its consensus documentation says the chain is designed to record proofs and attestations after inference completes, while keeping the expensive model run off-chain for speed. (docs.opengradient.ai) OpenGradient says its chain uses CometBFT consensus with Cosmos Software Development Kit tooling and Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility. The same documentation says future support for smart contracts calling artificial intelligence inference natively has not yet been rolled out. (docs.opengradient.ai) For now, the clearest next milestone is the token launch itself. OpenGradient’s portal is counting down to April 21, when $OPG is scheduled to move from a testnet payment token into the project’s public token rollout. (portal.opengradient.ai)