- April upcoming ICOs recap
- BLINK goes P2E to implement AI
- GRAFI to improve blockchain infrastructure for AI
April upcoming ICOs are not so numerous, with only BLINK from Blink Game AI and GRAFI from Grafilab waiting for us until the end of the month. Still, interesting, and even important initiatives – let’s analyze them in detail.
BLINK From Blink Game AI
Let’s start simple, a potentially exciting opportunity for anyone interested in P2E but now flavored with AI. Specifically, BlinkGameAI is a project that offers Blink to Play & Blink to Earn, and this is exactly what it sounds like. The game mechanics are that the platform applies AI-powered facial recognition for high accuracy and fair rewards. You get them as mentioned for blinking, earning you BLINK, which you can later exchange for USDT. BlinkGameAI also offers multiple unique game cards that accumulate blinks, and you can use them in various ways to interact with other players.
BLINK is scheduled for IDO on KingdomStarter on April 12 and BSCS on April 13 at an initial price of $0.00015 and aims to raise $200K by allocating 1.33 B BLINK (1.33%) per round, with a distribution of 25% unlock at TGE, 25% monthly for the next 3 months.
You may consider this option because it has fairly simple mechanics that can attract a lot of users and noticeably raise the price of the asset. However, this is obviously not an infrastructure project with a long-term mission, so it is very likely that even if it shows high performance, it may be very short-term. I would call this project quite risky, although it may not be useless.
GRAFI From Grafilab
Somebody more serious here, namely an ICO from an infrastructure player that, along with some others, aims to combine and improve blockchain and AI. In particular, Grafilab offers something already familiar – a blockchain platform for decentralized AI apps, and AI agents has already developed some solutions.
- Grafi Cloud. By integrating centralized and decentralized GPU resources, Grafi Cloud ensures cost-effective and scalable computational power to support compute-intensive tasks, from AI training to gaming.
- Grafi Co-Builder. The Co-Builder platform fosters collaboration among developers, offering essential resources for AI apps/agents training, deployment, and project co-creation. This promotes innovation and accelerates the development cycle.
- AI App Store. Grafilab’s AI App Store empowers developers by providing a seamless platform to deploy and monetize AI applications & agents. Users benefit from an extensive catalog of AI tools tailored to diverse industry needs.
- AI Data Layer. The Grafi AI Data Layer collects data from sources like CeDePIN Cloud, Inference API, and AI Apps/Agents within the Grafi ecosystem. It validates, labels, and organizes data into swarms, ensuring high-quality inputs for model fine-tuning. This refined data enhances Grafilab’s customized MoE LLM and smaller LLMs, catering to diverse AI needs efficiently.
An integral part of this is tokenizing it all, and that’s why Grafilab is introducing its GRAFI token on the Solana blockchain (not a bad choice, considering AI requires fast and cheap blockchain transactions). GRAFI is scheduled to launch on Huostarter on April 24 and Spores on April 25, while the launch date on IXIPAD is still unknown. Its initial price is $0.018 with a target of $150K with the release of 8.33 M GRAFI (0.40%) per round. The overall tokenomics are as follows:
I would put it this way, this is definitely an interesting project for anyone considering infrastructure-level options, and seeing the potential in combining blockchain, crypto, and AI technologies, as well as those following the trend toward AI agents. However, being more thorough does not guarantee the project’s success, it just indicates grounded potential.
Conclusion
We’ll see how these two projects evolve, given that the recent political and economic turmoil has put many initiatives on hold, and companies are in no hurry to release the solutions they’ve been developing for so long into an increasingly unstable market. However, this boldness may pay off, without meeting any competitors on its way and taking all the attention – this is also possible.
Be aware, and always assess the situation comprehensively, diversify risks, and adapt your strategy to daily changes.
