# HCG Token

HyperCognition is powered by the $HCG token, a utility and governance asset designed to incentivize, secure, and grow the DeFAI infrastructure. The total supply is fixed at **100,000,000,000 (100 billion)** tokens.

Network: Base Chain

#### 💰 **Public Sale Price**: **$0.0000024**

#### 💸 **Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV)**: **$240,000**

#### 🚀 **Initial Market Cap (excluding liquidity)**: **$28,800**

The **initial market cap** is based on tokens unlocked at TGE across all fundraising rounds (excluding liquidity) multiplied by their respective prices.

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## Token Metrics

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## Key Utilities of $HCG

* **Agent Execution Fees:** Payment layer for AI strategy calls
* **Transaction Tax Fees:** 5% buy tax & 5% sell tax for every transaction
* **Agent Marketplace:** Rent, deploy, or monetize agent strategies
* **Staking & Delegation:** Stake $HCG to access premium agents or delegate to top performers
* **Governance:** Protocol upgrades, budget proposals, treasury votes
* **Model & Data Incentives:** Reward model contributors and data trainers with $HCG
* **Dynamic Incentives:** Long-term emission curve focused on sustainable yield

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## Governance

The protocol will adopt **progressive decentralization**, gradually increasing on-chain governance power among token holders. Over time, community members will fully steer protocol development, upgrades, funding proposals, and reward allocations.


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