OpenGradient’s AI‑focused OPG token will launch via an exclusive Binance Wallet and PancakeSwap TGE on April 21, with access gated by Binance Alpha points.

Binance Wallet will jointly launch the exclusive Token Generation Event for OpenGradient with PancakeSwap on April 21, 2026, positioning the AI‑focused blockchain project as the next test case for Binance’s Alpha points launch model. In an announcement on Binance Square, the team said the event, billed as the “46th exclusive TGE,” will run from 9:00 to 11:00 UTC, with token claims and trading set to open at 11:00 UTC.

According to Binance Wallet, “eligible participants are required to use Binance Alpha points to join,” making OPG’s launch effectively a loyalty‑driven sale rather than a traditional public ICO. OpenGradient has already deployed its OPG token contract on BNB Smart Chain, with one Binance post noting that “99% [of the supply is] listed on Binance Alpha” ahead of the April 21 issuance.

OpenGradient’s ‘verifiable AI’ and OPG token economics

OpenGradient describes itself as a decentralized “computational layer for verifiable AI,” built as a dedicated co‑processor network that provides model inference via GPU and trusted execution environment (TEE) nodes for applications, blockchains and agents. The project says each inference is accompanied by “cryptographic verification proofs for each inference,” allowing external parties to independently verify models, inputs and outputs in a bid to solve the black‑box problem in AI.

In a recent funding announcement, OpenGradient disclosed that it has raised a total of $9.5 million from investors including a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel and Foresight Ventures. A separate tokenomics post on Binance Square states that OPG will have a fixed supply of 1 billion tokens, distributed across ecosystem (40%), foundation (15%), core contributors (15%), investors and advisers (10%), staking rewards (10%), liquidity and token launch (6%) and airdrop (4%).

The team says 10% of the ecosystem allocation will unlock at TGE, with the remaining 30% linearly released over 60 months, while foundation tokens see 33.33% unlocked at TGE and the rest vesting over 48 months. Core contributors and investor tranches carry a 12‑month cliff followed by 36 months of linear unlocking, and both the 6% liquidity/token‑launch slice and 4% airdrop are “fully unlocked at TGE.”

OpenGradient has also opened an OPG airdrop registration portal that remains live until April 20, with claims beginning on April 21 alongside the Binance Wallet and PancakeSwap event. In a Binance Square post, the team said its network “currently serves over 2 million users, processing over 2 million verifiable inferences and generating more than 500,000 proofs,” framing the TGE as a way to decentralize ownership around an already active AI infrastructure layer.