Diem DIEM
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CM Profile: Diem
Cryptominium Profile. What we have established, measured and written about DIEM, and what we have not.
- Measured
- Selling $100,000 of DIEM on Base returned 0.5% less than the quoted price, on 15 October 2026.
- Its price, recorded by us every day since 9 August 2026.
- Written, with sources
- Not established
Read from our own records when this page was made. It describes what we know, and is not a view on whether to hold DIEM. How each part is worked out
What changed
Week to 16 October- Price up 11.3% since 9 October.
- Selling $100,000 on Base now loses 0.48%, against 1.2% over the previous month.
The price rose and selling got cheaper.
From our own measurements only, each against the month before. We do not say why a price moves. How this is worked out · Every coin this week
What it actually costs to sell DIEM
Selling $100,000 of DIEM returned 0.5% less than the quoted price — Deep. Measured 2026-10-15 on Base.
What Diem is
Diem (DIEM) is a token that represents a claim on AI compute capacity, specifically access to the Venice API. Each DIEM token is described as equal to $1 per day of that capacity, said to neither expire nor change in value. It is issued as an ERC20 token on the Base network.
DIEM cannot be bought into existence directly — it is minted only by locking staked VVV (sVVV), tying its supply to that separate token's staking mechanism. Once minted, DIEM can be transferred, traded, or staked like any other ERC20 asset. The stated design lets developers or agents use DIEM to pay for Venice API access at a fixed rate, lets VVV holders convert idle compute allocation into a tradable token, and lets applications budget AI costs without exposure to variable API pricing. The token is positioned as a unit that ties an onchain asset to an offchain compute service, with VVV functioning as the collateral layer beneath it.
DIEM is not a stablecoin in the regulated or reserve-backed sense — its claimed fixed value rests entirely on Venice continuing to sell API capacity at that rate and honoring redemption, not on any collateral pool disclosed here. It is not compute itself; it is a token claim on a service, and that claim is only as durable as the company or protocol operating Venice and the VVV staking mechanism it depends on. It exists on a single chain, Base, with no stated presence elsewhere. It is not independent of VVV: minting requires locking staked VVV, so DIEM's supply and availability are bound to conditions in that separate token's market and staking terms, not to open-market issuance. Classification as "AI" or "Base Ecosystem" describes sector tagging, not a guarantee of function, adoption, or continued service availability.
Where DIEM lives
On Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain, GoPlus's analysis of each contract is read weekly: whether it has a function to block addresses or pause transfers, and whether an owner holds it. That is GoPlus's reading, not ours. Where a token exists on several chains, one copy's settings say nothing about the original coin.
Always verify a contract address against the project's own site before sending anything. Addresses are shown as published by CoinGecko, not as an endorsement — and identical-looking tokens on other chains are the most common way people lose money here.
Price change
Diem data synced 2m ago from CoinGecko. Figures shown in USD. This page is market information, not financial advice — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell DIEM.