[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, United States, October 30th, 2025]

Hetu, a frontrunner in decentralized science (DeSci) and financial systems, has launched Hetu 3.0, an Ethereum 기반 AI-Native Monetary Stack that enables the conversion of verified intelligence into programmable capital — transforming verified intelligence into liquid assets and connecting cryptocurrency liquidity with the AI economy, while unveiling the first sovereign, society-owned AI currency.

Ethereum-Based AI-Native Monetary Stack

Built on the Ethereum network, Hetu 3.0 incorporates a tri-layered framework that changes verified intelligence into liquid, flexible capital. At its core lies $HETU, a fair-launched, deflationary asset poised at 21 million supply — akin to the Bitcoin of autonomous cognition.

The system is supported by $AIUSD, a zero-fee, millisecond-settlement stablecoin sustained by AI infrastructural revenue, providing yields between 8% and 12% for both human and agent transactions. Intermediating between these assets is $FLUX, which serves as a real-time auditing and rewards network driven by Proof of Causal Work (PoCW), integrating proof, credit, and reputation into a cohesive on-chain cashflow financing standard.

Together, these currencies create a closed, auditable loop: verified labor translates into $FLUX credit, settles via $AIUSD, and accumulates into $HETU’s long-term value foundation — the backbone of the intelligence economy.

Society-Owned AI Bitcoin and the Emergence of Sovereign Intelligence Currency

Hetu 3.0 envisions sovereign AI money not as a tool for states or businesses, but as a resource belonging to the collective network of intelligence itself. By linking issuance to verified causal labor instead of artificial limits, Hetu facilitates a direct manifestation of verified knowledge as value.

In this innovative financial ecosystem, intelligence plays a monetary role, capable of confirming, financing, and perpetuating itself. Value stems not from possession but from understanding — deriving from what is grasped, aligned, and shared. Hence, sovereignty arises from epistemic truth instead of political power, establishing a monetary system steeped in verification and trustless knowledge.

Connecting Crypto Liquidity to AI through EIP-8004 and X402

Hetu constructs the essential link between Ethereum’s financial backbone and AI-derived income, introducing EIP-8004 for verifiable agent identities and agent-to-agent settlements, enabling each autonomous entity to document proof, performance, and reputation directly on-chain. In conjunction, X402 channels both ETH and stablecoin liquidity into productive AI income — where $AIUSD facilitates real-time settlements and $FLUX allocates future revenue.

Together, these frameworks establish an on-chain cashflow financing loop, linking Ethereum liquidity to verified AI productivity, thus transforming capital markets into the circulatory system of the intelligence economy.

From Scarcity to Abundance: A Redefinition of Money

The traditional economy has hinged on scarcity — limited supplies and competitive accumulation. Conversely, the intelligence economy thrives on abundance, where value arises from verified understanding instead of ownership or extraction. Proof of Causal Work (PoCW) incentivizes traceable reasoning and verifiable contribution, while Proof of Semantic Alignment (PoSA) ensures coherence between intent and output.

Together, these innovations reshape money into a semantic feedback loop connecting truth, trust, and intelligence, where liquidity funnels toward significance rather than speculation. In this paradigm of abundance, understanding becomes yield, while alignment transforms into capital.

A New Monetary Order

Hetu 3.0 represents not merely an upgrade to its protocol, but the dawn of a new monetary order. In this order, money is produced by validated intelligence rather than authority; liquidity seeks meaning rather than scarcity; and each cognitive alignment morphs into a capital unit.

By integrating an EVM-compatible causal-DAG with Proof of Causal Work, Hetu links Ethereum liquidity to the AI economy, allowing autonomous entities to verify outputs, transact instantly, and fund future endeavors. Here, money transitions from a mere exchange medium to a dynamic language of intelligence: a self-verifying, self-financing, and self-evolving foundation for the civilization to come.

“By combining an EVM-compatible causal DAG with Proof of Causal Work, Hetu 3.0 bridges Ethereum liquidity with the AI economy — enabling autonomous agents to verify output, transact instantly, and finance future work.”
— Jialin Li, Co-Founder, Hetu Protocol

About Hetu

Hetu is at the forefront of developing Deep Intelligence Money — the initial AI-Native Monetary Stack that integrates verification, settlement, and financing for an intelligence-driven economy. Empowered by PoCW and PoSA, and based on EIP-8004 and X402, Hetu 3.0 operates on an EVM-compatible causal-DAG ledger reaching 210K TPS, ensuring 400 ms finality and 1 ms real-time audits across over 1,000 AI markets.

By merging Ethereum’s liquidity with verified intelligence, Hetu lays the groundwork for a self-verifying, self-financing, and self-evolving civilization of money.

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