DePIN

A report from the end of 2024 showed 350 DePIN tokens combined for $50 billion in market cap

With the success of RWAs and stablecoins, DePINs could onboard the next wave of crypto users

In recent weeks, Helium has hit new all-time highs while passing major protocol milestones

Mary Gooneratne, co-founder of Solana DeFi startup Loopscale, wants to give blockchain borrow-lend a facelift

The move hints at Helium Mobile’s broader development strategy

“If we were to be successful, we would be on par with the Teslas and the DeepMinds of the world,” Frodobots’ co-founder said

Legacy subscribers will keep their $20 per month price

Jambo’s James Zhang talked to Empire about potential future fundraising and whether or not he considers Jambo a DePIN

Tribe Capital’s Evan Park explains why he’s focusing on DePINs and what he’s looking for specifically when being pitched

Two Solana DePIN projects are teaming up to take on big telecom

The “Helium hotspot beacon” is a miniature off-grid cell phone tower that uses Starlink and a Helium hotspot

A look at one of 2024’s breakout DePIN successes

Framework’s Michael Anderson explains why he thinks energy could be a bigger narrative this cycle

DAWN is positioning itself as a decentralized protocol for gigabit-level internet access

VanEck Ventures and VanEck’s Digital Assets Alpha Fund invested $2.5 million in DAWN through a strategic funding round, the teams exclusively told Blockworks

Also, Union Labs announced a $12 million Series A

Austin Federa had been at Solana Labs and Foundation for nearly four years

A DePIN hardware device from Hamburg-based NATIX Network allows Tesla drivers to monetize their travel

AI’s future shouldn’t be decided by a handful of tech giants

Midwest Blockchain Week showed the depth of talent available at US universities while focusing on how memecoins could bring back the retail investor

Spire, Citrea and Nillion also announced raises this week

Wynd Labs CEO Andrej Radonjic explains why Grass is open-sourcing “valuable” AI data

Plus, Gemini’s trying to get a sense of the state of crypto in a new report

Plus, Kamino’s rise to the top of Solana DeFi’s total value locked leaderboard