VANAVana (VANA) Price

1.Project introduction

Vana builds infrastructure for a world where individuals own, control, and benefit directly from their personal data. As an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain, it enables users to export data from various platforms, join data collectives, and directly negotiate with AI developers while maintaining full ownership and privacy. Through encrypted personal storage and on-device computation, users achieve network effects previously only possible on centralized platforms. Vana’s mission is to let users decide how their data is used, ensuring transparent usage, clear consent, and shared upside in the growing AI and data economy.

2.Team introduction

Anna Kazlauskas - CEO

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annakaz/

Stephen Boske - Head of Legal

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-boske-cfa/

Victoria Van Gogh - Head of APAC

https://firefly.social/profile/twitter/VicHODL?channel=rootdata

3.Investment institution

Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm, Polychain, Casey Caruso, Packy McCormick, YZi Labs.

4.Token application and distribution

Token application

The $VANA token serves as the core utility token of the network. Its utilities include staking for participation in Data Liquidity Pools (DLP), governance voting, payment for network transaction fees, rewarding network contributors, and payments for data access. $VANA is used as the default trading pair for DataDAO tokens, supports decentralized governance, and underpins the broader data economy within the Vana ecosystem.

Token distribution

COMMUNITY: 44.0% (no lock, 36-month vesting)

ECOSYSTEM: 22.9% (no lock, 48-month vesting)

CORE CONTRIBUTORS: 18.8% (5-year: 1-year lock + 4-year vesting)

INVESTORS: 14.2% (4-year: 1-year lock + 3-year vesting)