On October 9th, 2025, the Ocean Protocol Foundation announced its departure from the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI), withdrawing its appointed administrators as part of a significant strategic shift. The alliance, formed in March 2024 with Fetch.ai and SingularityNET, sought to unify AGIX and OCEAN tokens under the FET token for broader ASI brand promotion. However, the Foundation cited the desire for independent financing and enhanced tokenomics flexibility as key drivers behind this decision. 81% of OCEAN tokens have been converted to FET tokens since July 2024 through a voluntary process facilitated by exchanges like Coinbase, Kraken, Upbit, Binance, and decentralized platforms like Uniswap and SushiSwap. The foundation has also finalized an independent financing plan allocating profits from Ocean-derived technologies towards OCEAN token buybacks and burns for supply reduction and flexible roadmap offering for token holders.