Enterprises Need DePIN More Than DePIN Needs Enterprises

Helium network, which launched its mainnet in 2020, is a notable early example of a community-driven wireless network that rewarded its citizen-network-suppliers significantly while reducing costs and increasing accessibility for users (in certain geographies anyway). Its Helium Mobile offering, while still augmented by TMobile, continues gaining traction and was recently cited to have 335,000 subscribers. Many are also familiar with early decentralized storage networks such as Filecoin, Storj, and Arweave, which are becoming more essential to the advancement of AI due to their scalability, cost efficiency, and decentralization. Source

Blockchain Celestia Braces for Price Volatility for TIA Amid $900M Token Unlock

“There could be some pronounced effects,” David Shuttleworth, partner at Anagram, told CoinDesk, noting that the amount of tokens being unlocked is multiple times larger than the average daily trading volume between $50 million and $200 million over the past month. “The broader timing, however, is favorable,” he added, with bitcoin (BTC) trading near all-time highs and other majors including ether (ETH) and solana (SOL) also performing well. Source

President Biden Thanks Nigerian President for Binance Exec’s Release: White House

Gambaryan, head of financial crime compliance at Binance, was released on humanitarian grounds last week, eight months after he was first taken into Nigerian custody and subsequently charged with money laundering and tax evasion as a proxy for his employer, which the Nigerian government accused of tanking the value of the naira. The Nigerian government has since dropped both charges against Gambaryan, though Binance still faces tax-evasion charges in the country. Source

Bitcoin (BTC) Miner HIVE Digital (HIVE) Expected to Double Its Hashrate in the Coming Year, Initiate at Overweight: Cantor

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