DePIN

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

Other notable rounds came from Vessel, Payman AI, Zoth and Blockscout

A Web3 AI cloud firm also announced a seed raise of $7 million this week

Our interview with Helium Foundation CEO Abhay Kumar

Plus, is crypto sentiment shifting for the better?

The Srcful partnership is part of a broader plan to onboard Helium “subnetworks”

A Swedish energy-focused project named Srcful proposed to become a Helium subnetwork with its own ENERGY token

Plus, Helium’s plans to expand beyond its decentralized wireless mission

Plus, are stablecoins still crypto’s killer app?

The term DePIN has become a buzzword — and many projects are misusing it to attract attention

Big deals this week include Web3 social media platform Farcaster’s fundraise of $150 million in a Series A led by Paradigm

It’s ups and downs for Solana’s DEXs, with top players continuing to show diverse performances

Drive-to-earn DePIN project MapMetrics will slowly transition to the peaq blockchain

Blockchain technology is being used to incentivize community building in the real world

Exclusive: German sensor maker Bosch and Web3 firms peaq and Fetch.ai showcase hardware running AI Agents, incentivized with crypto

As we near an always-connected dystopia brimming with sensors recording everything, there is a better, more democratic way of doing things

The latest functionality to join the DePIN stack is written in Rust and will allow developers to compute encrypted data

Blockworks exclusive: Natix has a privacy-focused smartphone app to map the world, and a plan to onboard users to Web3