Venice AI has a solution where I stake their Base ERC20 token, and in exchange I get a proportional amount of free daily-refreshing API access to a variety of h

Venice AI has a solution where I stake their Base ERC20 token, and in exchange I get a proportional amount of free daily-refreshing API access to a variety of high-powered open source models, besides the staking yield and free Pro subscription level access to their webapp. It's great for free experimentation when coding apps that use API inference, it's actually motivating to build uses for it because it feels akin to a benefit that otherwise goes unused. Of course there is some price risk in holding their crypto token. After a large spike and drop in the first couple days, it's held steady for 6 months with a $2-$3 floor, possibly due to it having that baseline utility. Mentally, it's far more comfortable to me to stake a principal sum that I can wholly unstake in the future, than to spend on per-request fees.