Ocean Protocol
OCEANDecentralized data exchange protocol enabling data tokenization and privacy-preserving compute
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| 1h | 24h | 7d | 30d | 60d | 90d |
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| 0.20% | 2.69% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 38.03% | 26.96% |
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| Address | Token | Quantity | Percentage | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Null: 0x000...dEaD (dead) |   OCEAN | 1,142,315,469.9 | 81.02% | $706.32M |
| 0x48f8...826c | OCEAN | 68,795,069.01 | 4.88% | $42.53M |
| 0xe86b...2379 | OCEAN | 26,572,646.2 | 1.88% | $16.43M |
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About Ocean Protocol
Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data sharing protocol built on blockchain, enabling data owners to publish data assets and control access through datatokens. Its core innovation is Compute-to-Data, which allows algorithms to run directly where data resides, ensuring raw data never leaves the owner's infrastructure—only computation results are shared. This addresses critical market pain points: data silos, privacy leakage risks, and lack of fair value distribution in traditional data trading.
Ocean's competitive edge lies in its focus on data tokenization and privacy-preserving computation, positioning itself as a foundational layer for Web3 data economies and AI training data markets. The protocol also operates Ocean Nodes, a distributed network of over 1.7 million nodes globally, providing decentralized computing power for AI workloads.
In the past six months (2026-02-28 to 2026-08-29), Ocean Protocol has focused on expanding its enterprise-grade solution, Ocean Enterprise, which offers GDPR-compliant data sharing and self-sovereign identity access control for institutions. The Predictoor sub-project, a decentralized prediction market, surpassed $2 billion in total trading volume. Additionally, the protocol continued its OCEAN token buyback and burn mechanism, reducing supply to support long-term value. A notable negative event within two years: Ocean Protocol exited the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI) in October 2025 due to strategic divergence, causing temporary market uncertainty, though OCEAN token price rebounded over 30% shortly after the announcement.
Ocean Protocol, founded in 2017 by Trent McConaghy and Bruce Pon, pioneered a decentralized data exchange framework enabling AI access to tokenized data assets. Its 2019 mainnet launch established the foundational data token standard, allowing datasets to be priced, bought, and sold programmatically. The 2023 integration of Compute-to-Data technology marked a pivotal shift, enabling privacy-preserving AI training on shared data without exposing raw information. In 2024, Ocean joined the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI) with Fetch.ai and SingularityNET, creating a unified token ecosystem for decentralized AI. However, the alliance fractured in October 2025 when Ocean exited amid allegations of misappropriating 263 million FET tokens (worth ~$120 million), leading to a lawsuit from Fetch.ai and a suspected token dump by Ocean-associated wallets. This dispute triggered a 92% decline in FET and an 87% drop in OCEAN from March highs. Ocean subsequently announced a buyback-and-burn program funded by project profits to restore market confidence. Despite the turmoil, Ocean's core innovations—data tokenization, Compute-to-Data, and decentralized data marketplaces—remain influential in shaping the web3 data economy, though its long-term trajectory now hinges on rebuilding trust and clarifying its independent vision.
Ocean Protocol co-founders and core executives:
Bruce Pon (Founder): Previously founded BigchainDB and ascribe. Led Ocean as CEO. Background in finance and tech, with roles at Daimler and Accenture.
Trent McConaghy (Founder): CTO of Ocean. PhD in engineering, co-founded Analog Design Automation and Solido. Expert in AI, blockchain, and data.
Chirdeep Singh C. (Founder): Co-founded Ocean, previously at Citi as Director of DLT and Tokenisation. Focus on data marketplaces and tokenization.