Multicoin Capital Invests in DePIN Project Grass, Which Earned $17M in the First Half of 2025
PANews, September 30: Shayon Sengupta, General Partner at Multicoin Capital, announced that the firm’s hedge fund and venture capital fund have invested in the DePIN Grass project. Grass leverages cryptocurrency incentives to recruit global contributors to share their idle bandwidth, building a decentralized network that provides pre-training data to leading AI labs. Over the past 18 months, Grass has served multiple labs, generating $17 million in revenue in both 2025 and the first half of 2026, with projected full-year revenue from training data alone reaching $75 million – establishing profitability. More than 6 million shareholders received bonuses denominated in US…
Multicoin Capital Invests in Grass, a DePIN Bandwidth Network
Multicoin Capital invested in Grass through a hedge fund and venture capital funds, to support a decentralized physical infrastructure project that connects shared Internet bandwidth to AI workloads. Grass incentivizes users to share unused Internet bandwidth. AI labs use this bandwidth to collect and process publicly available Internet data.
Decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN): where digital meets reality
What is a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN)? Find out how this framework is changing real-world infrastructure. The relatively new concept of decentralized physical infrastructure network, or DePIN, aims to revolutionize sectors such as telecommunications, cloud computing, transportation and energy distribution. These sectors have traditionally been dominated by technology giants, who have exercised significant control and maintained market share through massive capital investments and sophisticated logistics services. DePIN offers a framework where the community builds, maintains and operates physical infrastructure collectively using blockchain protocols. So, what exactly is it? DeepinHow are you preparing to turn infrastructure services upside down? Read…
Render (RENDER) Surges 3.28% Amid AI/DePIN Sector Rotation | Top Stories
Understanding the recent surge in supply (RENDER) The 3.28 percentage point move in Render (RENDER) over the last ~8 hours appears to be driven primarily by sector-wide AI/DePIN rotation and short-term technical trading, rather than by any new Render-specific fundamental announcement. There is no new fundamental catalyst for the offer There is no sign of a separate display event just in the relevant window. Recent crypto news coverage over the last day or so discusses market movements in BTC, DeFi names like Aave, and other large stocks, but contains no new show-specific catalysts like partnerships, listings, upgrades, or token changes.…
Sol SyncUp Hosts Infrastructure Summit Singapore to Standardize DePIN Architecture
With layer-one blockchains demonstrating their ability to process high-frequency real-world data feeds, Sol Syncop Brings together all the actual operators behind this expansion. At the upcoming Infrastructure Summit in Singapore, all the global players working on developing the hardware behind the network that supports the global decentralized ecosystem will come together under one roof. From data center builders, distributed network engineers, and alternative energy providers, to formalizing the operational standards needed to embed decentralized physical networks into the global supply chain, the event is expected to foster growth and development. Blockchain Marketing Ninja Acts as the exclusive strategic media and…
DePIN vs. Centralized Cloud: How Decentralized Networks Compete with AWS
For more than two decades, centralized cloud companies, led by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), have had a virtual monopoly on global digital infrastructure. By consolidating massive data centers around the world, these tech giants have provided developers with unprecedented scalability and convenience. However, this dominance came at a high price: exorbitant egress bandwidth fees, vendor lock-in, centralized points of failure, and exorbitant expenses for AI computing power. Enter decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), a model that uses blockchain tokens and peer-to-peer architecture to challenge traditional cloud oligopolies. Centralized cloud versus distributed DePIN architecture…
DePIN — Bit2Me
Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) are platforms that enable the shared use of physical infrastructure, such as computing or storage resources, in a decentralized manner. By combining blockchain technology with physical infrastructure, these networks facilitate access to and optimize resources, promoting efficiency and innovation across sectors. These networks allow users to access and share physical resources without central intermediaries, promoting efficiency and innovation across sectors. Its success depends on its adoption by communities and the ability to provide competitive services compared to traditional centralized infrastructures. DePIN represents an evolution in the way we manage and access critical infrastructure, enabling more…
The DePIN Report 2025
Below is a summarized version of The Block Research’s The DePIN Report 2025. The full PDF version of this report is accessible here. Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks represent a new frontier in blockchain innovation, enabling distributed, user-driven networks for compute, storage, connectivity, sensors, and beyond. Through token incentives and permissionless participation, DePIN challenges traditional infrastructure models, reducing reliance on centralized entities and unlocking new models of ownership and governance. DePIN emerged from early efforts to connect real-world infrastructure to blockchain networks. While the term gained prominence in 2023 2024, its conceptual roots trace back to pioneering projects like Helium and…
Carlos Lei on Uplink, Mesh Networks, and Why DePIN Could Break the Connectivity Bottleneck in 2026
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Sui DePIN (SUIDEPIN) Price Prediction for 2026 to 2031
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