DePIN
BTC finished the week up 1.6%, while L2s, RWAs and the treasury trade continued to grind lower
What Thomas Edison actually invented — and what it tells us about the future of crypto
Meanwhile, high performance in AI and DePIN signals a renewed speculative appetite in infrastructure and computation.
Hyperliquid’s HIP-5 proposal ignites debate, while DePIN and DeFi bounce back
As AI reshapes the demand for infrastructure, Bitcoin miners are reinventing themselves as energy-first compute providers
DePIN startup’s raise combines equity from Framework Ventures and project financing from Turtle Hill
Pipe’s testnet has delivered 60+ PB of data across ~290,000 Point of Presence (PoP) nodes
Grass previously raised a seed and Series A rounds and plans to utilize the token purchase to execute on its roadmap
Helium has over a million daily users, and recent mechanics include an emission halving and a circulating supply burn
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
“If we were to be successful, we would be on par with the Teslas and the DeepMinds of the world,” Frodobots’ co-founder said
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
The “Helium hotspot beacon” is a miniature off-grid cell phone tower that uses Starlink and a Helium hotspot
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