In October 2025, APENFT fully upgraded to AINFT, marking not just a technical integration but a paradigm shift. This new approach combines AI and blockchain to create a self-evolving digital ecosystem. AI agents are no longer passive tools; they act as “digital citizens,” analyzing market data, executing advanced DeFi strategies, managing liquidity pools, and participating in DAO governance. Blockchain provides the foundation of trust and economic rules, creating a feedback loop where value (blockchain) and cognition (AI) reinforce each other. The result is a highly automated, intelligent, and user-centric decentralized future.

What is APENFT?

APENFT is a pioneering project that bridges blockchain technology with the art world. Founded on March 29, 2021, in Singapore by Justin Sun and Sydney Xiong, it operates on Ethereum and TRON for versatility and accessibility. APENFT functions as an NFT marketplace, using BTFS decentralized storage to ensure data security. Notably, APENFT is recognized as legal tender in Dominica.

Project Concept

APENFT aims to connect traditional art with the digital NFT space. Its goal is to secure artwork authenticity, ownership, and fair trading via blockchain. The AINFT upgrade expands this vision by integrating AI-powered autonomous agents, creating a digital society where blockchain and AI co-evolve.

Initial Mission (APENFT)

The project was initially established to record world-class artworks as NFTs on blockchain. Its mission is to bridge top-tier artists with blockchain and support the growth of local crypto NFT artists.

Market Vision

The rapid growth of the internet economy (from 1% in 2000 to 36% today) is expected to reflect in the NFT market as well. It is estimated that in the next decade, around 50% of the world’s top artists and artworks will be recorded as NFTs.

Vision Evolution (AINFT)

AINFT evolves this mission by combining it with AI, transforming static NFTs into autonomous, intelligent, and interactive digital agents.

Founders and Team

APENFT was founded by Justin Sun (TRON founder) and Sydney Xiong. The project is led by Steve Z. Liu, who has over 20 years of international experience in finance. The team includes art experts from Christie’s and Sotheby’s, blockchain engineers, NFT platform advisors, and specialists in metaverse and cross-chain technologies.

Investors and Key Partnerships

AINFT does not list direct investors but has established significant corporate and artistic partnerships. The project uses TRON and Ethereum blockchains and BTFS for decentralized storage. APENFT’s collection includes both traditional and digital artworks, valued over 200 million RMB by Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Artists featured include Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Beeple, Pak, and Maurizio Cattelan.

How the Project Works

Infrastructure Layer: TRON blockchain, distributed computing, and BTFS decentralized storage.

Core Components Layer: Multi-Agent Framework and communication bus for AI agent operations and interactions.

Smart Services Layer: AI capabilities ready for applications, including DeFAI and Decentralized AI Model Services.

Key Ecosystem Components:

• AINFT Agent Framework: Supports multi-agent AI systems and development workflows.

• AINFT Nova: Allows users to design personalized AI agents and launch them with a dedicated token.

• AINFT AgenTX: AI-driven automated DeFi trading and liquidity optimization framework.

• AINFT Grid: Open platform for decentralized AI model training and deployment integrated with distributed computing.

Governance

AINFT uses NFT as the official governance token.

• Governance Participation: Token holders can propose and vote on protocol upgrades, treasury allocations, and ecosystem fund distribution.

• Rewards: Active governance participants can earn additional NFT rewards.

Roadmap

• Develop NFT creation and management infrastructure

• Token listings and improved trading mechanisms

• Collaborations with renowned artists and institutions, high-profile NFT launches

• Metaverse integration, cross-platform compatibility, and real-world utilities for NFT holders

Token Use Cases

NFT tokens are used for platform membership, governance, staking, yield farming, access to exclusive NFT drops, and supply management via burn mechanisms.

Token Information

• Symbol: NFT

• Total Supply: 999,990,000,000,000 NFT

• Max Supply: 999,990,000,000,000 NFT

• Circulating Supply: 999,990,000,000,000 NFT

Token Distribution

• Artist Partners: 30% – supporting APENFT’s artistic vision

• NFT Work Purchases: 20% – for creating and expanding the art collection

• AINFT Team: 19% – allocated to project developers

• DeFi Airdrop & Mining: 19% – community token rewards (program completed)

• Partnerships: 10% – for strategic collaborations

• Initial Exchange Offering: 2% – for initial exchange listings

Ecosystem

The APENFT ecosystem combines traditional art, digital collections, AI-powered services, and DeFi. AINFT provides a continuously evolving, secure, and adaptive environment.

Features

• Ethereum and TRON blockchain support

• Secure decentralized storage via BTFS

• AI agents for autonomous DeFi and DAO participation

• Recognized as legal tender in Dominica

• Partnerships with major art institutions

• Governance and reward mechanisms for token holders

• Metaverse integration and cross-chain compatibility

Token Utility

• Governance: Token holders participate in AINFT governance

• Staking & Earnings: Stake NFTs to earn fees from AI agent services and model licensing

• Rewards: Distributed to contributors of governance or AI model computing

• Airdrop & Mining: Previously distributed to BTC, ETH, DOGE, TRX, and other TRON ecosystem token holders (program completed)

Official Links

• Website
• Twitter
• Telegram

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