Vechain again attracts the attention of the industry with its growing real applications, years after it was described as a speculative facility in the 2017 bull market. At the Consensus 2025 in Toronto, the blockchain company presented updates for the tokenization of RWA (Real-World-Assets) AI-based access and decentralized staking via NFTS.
According to CEO Sunny LU, the current development phase reflects what Veakain imagined almost a decade ago: a world in which blockchain not only stores values, but also interacts directly with human behavior and daily routines.
Mass adoption of decentralized technologies is no longer the distant dream it once was in 2017, when VeChain became a public project.
Institutional & investor sentiment in 2025 is clear: we want crypto & real world utility.
That was, and remains, $VET‘s core objective. https://t.co/J7kg4E3T7J pic.twitter.com/0nIsWexLBt
– vechain (@ vanzaobile May 16, 2025
The mood change, especially for institutional actors, is a turning point for Vechain. In 2025, demand is not about speculation but about measurable benefits. LU said that Vechain had already spent years to build an infrastructure for sustainability, supply chain tracking and digital incentives that are bound to real activities, while others are only now catching up the RWA trend.
Vechain’s updated strategy links personal and environmental-related behaviors with blockchain incentives. As part of Vebetterdao, users for actions such as driving an electric vehicle or recycling are rewarded. These behaviors are monitored by integrated data sources, including Tesla vehicle APIs, and then converted into on-chain metrics that can be considered for rewards such as emission creditors.
This method of assigning an on-chain value outside of the traditional economic systems that were previously outside of the traditional economic systems is a broader initiative to recognize sustainability as a measurable contribution. LU described this as “tokenization of the invisible”, which converts habits and responsibilities into economic participation within decentralized systems.
Another topic with which Vechain deals is the user -friendliness of crypto applications, especially for technically unexpected users. The introduction of BMO, a new AI agent that is integrated into the Vebetterdetao ecosystem, should lead users through stacking, app installation and the execution of future token strategies. Instead of managing private keys and wallet connections, users can register via familiar platforms such as Google or Tesla accounts.
This integration aims to lower the entry hurdles and at the same time maintain the autonomy of users and control over their data. Vechain hopes to expand its ecosystem beyond the crypto-native audience by simplifying onboarding and automating on-chain interactions.
In addition, Vechain also converts the way in which staking works in his network. Instead of relying on traditional models in which users have to trust in validators of third -party providers or complex interfaces, VECHAIN introduces a system in which the users can shape NFTs that represent the assets used. These NFTs are then delegated directly to the operators of the nodes without the need to hand over the custody.
This method ensures a direct reward flow from the network to the user, which maintains decentralization and eliminated the need for intermediate dealers. LU described this as a structural upgrade that combines security, user -friendliness and regulatory adaptation as part of the VECHAIN Renaissance Roadmap.
Several projects that build on the Vechain infrastructure have already recorded a great commitment of the users. Mugshot, a defi application that rewards the use of reusable cups, has almost a million users. Another initiative, EVEARN, converts Tesla charging data into blockchain rewards and reports that 98 % of users keep an unusual performance in the web3 sector every week.
These examples show that the infrastructure is functional and the active participation continues. For LU, this means a shift away from the theoretical assumption to practical implementation.
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