The ASI Alliance’s plan to merge tokens and merge technical stacks is hitting major roadblocks. Ocean Protocol’s exit in October 2025 exposed deep governance conflicts and technical integration issues that are shaking confidence in the alliance’s future.
Token Merger Sparks Governance Clash
Ocean Protocol left the alliance after Fetch.ai pushed to convert Ocean’s treasury tokens into Fetch’s $FET, a move Ocean’s DAO rejected, citing its independent governance. This dispute highlights the difficulties of merging sovereign entities under one token system. Ocean called the alliance’s governance “administratively heavy, slow, and prioritizing show over practical product development.” Fetch.ai and SingularityNET dispute this, but the fallout reveals cracks in the alliance’s foundation.
Technical Integration Proves Complex
Uniting different agentic frameworks from Python’s uAgents to SingularityNET’s MeTTa programming language has been tougher than expected. The ASI:Chain blockchain, key for smart contracts in the stack, remains in DevNet stage, exposing projects to high execution risks. Meanwhile, Fetch.ai’s claims of millions of active agents are questioned by independent audits.
The alliance’s ambition to create a layered infrastructure with GPU resources, agent registries, and compact AI systems faces real-world challenges. The split with Ocean Protocol underlines how merging decentralized AI projects under a single token and governance model is far from straightforward.
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