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DePIN utilizes blockchain and token incentives to build and maintain physical infrastructure, such as wireless networks, cloud storage, and energy grids.By decentralizing the ownership of hardware, projects like Helium and Hivemapper disrupt traditional centralized monopolies.In 2026, DePIN is a core pillar of the Web3 + AI economy, providing the decentralized compute and data collection necessary for autonomous agents. This tag tracks the growth of hardware-based rewards, crowdsourced infrastructure, and the democratization of global utility networks.

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Dmail Collaborates with GPT360 to Advance Web3 Messaging through AI

Dmail Collaborates with GPT360 to Advance Web3 Messaging through AI

By integrating GPT360’s intelligence, Dmail powers the effectiveness of its DePIN infrastructure and advances user experience on its Web3 communication platform.

Author: Blockchainreporter

2025/11/19

Biometric Blockchain Platform Serenity Clears MiCA Registration as Europe’s Regulatory Wall Locks Out Hundreds

Biometric Blockchain Platform Serenity Clears MiCA Registration as Europe’s Regulatory Wall Locks Out Hundreds

The post Biometric Blockchain Platform Serenity Clears MiCA Registration as Europe’s Regulatory Wall Locks Out Hundreds appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. As dozens of firms secure coveted EU crypto registrations and hundreds remain locked out,Serenity biometric platform joins the regulatory winners’ circle. In the seven months since Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation took full effect, the battlefield has become brutally clear: you’re either registered, or you’re out. By July 2025, just 53 entities had secured full MiCA authorizations—14 e-money token (EMT) issuers and 39 crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) across the entire European Union. Over 120 enforcement actions had targeted non-compliant projects. More than 250 crypto startups postponed European launches due to regulatory delays. And Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin, was delisted from major EU exchanges for failing to meet reserve requirements.​ Now, Serenity—a Dubai-based biometric authentication and tokenization infrastructure company—has secured white paper notification through the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and publication in the ESMA Interim MiCA Register.​ The achievement positions Serenity’s $SERSH token among the first wave of projects to complete MiCA’s notification process. White Paper Notification vs. Full Authorization: What Serenity Actually Achieved Here’s what matters: Serenity didn’t need a license. And that’s precisely the point.​ Under MiCA Title II, offerors of “Other Crypto-Assets” (OCAs)—tokens that aren’t stablecoins or asset-referenced tokens—must notify their white paper to competent authorities at least 20 working days before publication. The authority has five working days to review for completeness. But crucially, no prior approval is required.​ Once notified, the white paper can be published on the issuer’s website, and the token can be lawfully offered across all 27 EU member states. The notification is then recorded in ESMA’s central register, creating a public record of compliance.​ This differs dramatically from the authorization required for CASPs (crypto-asset service providers), which face extensive capital requirements, ongoing supervision, and multi-month application processes. It also differs from Asset-Referenced Tokens (ARTs), which require prior approval of…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/11/19

Grab Super App Eyes Stablecoin Settlement With StraitsX

Grab Super App Eyes Stablecoin Settlement With StraitsX

The post Grab Super App Eyes Stablecoin Settlement With StraitsX appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Grab, Southeast Asia’s largest super-app, is taking a deeper step into stablecoin infrastructure with a new exploratory agreement with StraitsX, a Singapore-based stablecoin issuer. The two companies announced on Tuesday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop a Web3-enabled settlement layer that brings digital asset wallets, programmable payments and stablecoin-based clearing into everyday consumer experiences.  If approved by regulators and implemented, the system would allow Grab users to hold and spend StraitsX-issued tokens like XSGD and XUSD directly within the app, which is available in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia and Myanmar. With Grab’s extensive reach in Southeast Asia, the move could significantly reshape how cross-border retail payments operate in the region.  “Southeast Asia is one of the world’s fastest-growing digital economies, but payments remain fragmented and costly,” said Tianwei Liu, co-founder and CEO of StraitsX, adding that the collaboration will accelerate the growth in the region’s digital economy. Grab application in the Philippines allows crypto and stablecoin top-ups. Source: Grab app Grab’s history with stablecoins This is not the first time that Grab has dipped into the stablecoin space. The company tested blockchain-based rewards, collaborations with Web3 wallets and limited pilots to assess user readiness.  In 2023, Grab partnered with stablecoin issuer Circle to pilot Web3 customer experiences in Singapore. This allowed users to set up a blockchain wallet, earn rewards and use non-fungible token (NFT) vouchers.  In 2024, Grab started allowing users to top up their GrabPay wallets using crypto and stablecoins. On May 6, Grab partnered with Natix, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) operating in Solana, to combine blockchain-based mapping with Grab’s camera hardware and mapmaking technology.   While Grab is not new to stablecoins and blockchain, the deal marks an escalation from its previous experiments. It signals a much…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/11/19

Markets in full risk-off mode

Markets in full risk-off mode

The post Markets in full risk-off mode appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Markets retreated on Monday amid renewed uncertainty over Federal Reserve rate cuts, softer real-economy prints and broadening rhetoric that we are in an “AI bubble.” The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 dipped 1% and 1.1%, respectively, pressured by tech sector weakness. Gold was also down 1.4%, with bitcoin down 2.3% to now sitting just above $90,000.  It was a risk-off day across the board, with virtually every major sector in the red except bitcoin miners, which managed a modest +1.0% gain. The hardest-hit pockets were L2 tokens (−6.1%) and the Solana ecosystem (−5.6%), hurt by broader DeFi deleveraging. L1s (−2.3%) tracked our REV index lower at roughly the same pace, while AI (-2.6%), DePin (-2.7%), and RWAs (-3.2%) were marginally worse off.  None of our indexes have held up on a one-week view, underscoring crypto’s status as the most reflexive asset class amid escalating macro headwinds. BTC is down 13% over the period, holding up the best among crypto investments. Network fundamentals are deteriorating, with our REV index sliding 13.3% as Ethereum and Solana ecosystem tokens crater 25-30%.  When dollars get scarce, the most speculative asset classes, crypto first among them, always take the hardest and fastest hit. An example of liquidity stress is the widening positive spread (SOFR > EFFR) being a sign of low levels of cash in overnight money markets. This means when cash gets scarce, people are desperate enough to pay more than the Fed’s rate to get their hands on dollars overnight. Broader macro themes remain tense. With the government shutdown resolved, TGA drawdowns should provide some liquidity relief as the government reopens. Debate continues on QT ending and how much a pivot to Fed balance-sheet expansion will actually increase liquidity and…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/11/19

Ethereum, Solana, or Ozak AI? Why Analysts Believe This Emerging AI Token Offers More Long-Term Growth Than the Top Three Altcoins Combined

Ethereum, Solana, or Ozak AI? Why Analysts Believe This Emerging AI Token Offers More Long-Term Growth Than the Top Three Altcoins Combined

The post Ethereum, Solana, or Ozak AI? Why Analysts Believe This Emerging AI Token Offers More Long-Term Growth Than the Top Three Altcoins Combined appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. For years, Solana and Ethereum have long been seen as the main forces behind Web3 expansion. ​Crypto analysts believe that new AI-crypto, Ozak AI, which is now gaining traction as the next big challenger, may be better positioned for long-term growth than the leading cryptocurrencies of today because of its strategic innovation, which involves AI tools, DePIN, and several features with tokenized growth. ​As demand for AI-powered blockchain solutions grows, Ozak AI’s early entry may place it at the leading edge of the next big market cycle. Rapid Growth in Ozak AI’s Ongoing Presale With Phase 7 now, each $OZ token is priced at $0.014; the previous phase entrants at $0.012 saw an immediate 16.67% gain. With that, the final target price is $1. So far, more than 1 billion $OZ tokens have been sold, generating $4.44 million. Also, the analysts consider that the price has already increased by an astounding 1300% from Phase 1’s price of $0.001. Even the investors entering now could see returns of  7,042.86% from the current price, if the token reaches the projection price, demonstrating the potential of sustained and long-term growth. ETH Built the Base, SOL Raised the Speed, Ozak AI Adds the Brain While Solana pushed the boundaries of transaction speed and Ethereum established the framework for decentralized apps, Ozak AI is now launching the intelligence layer that may define the next phase of blockchain development. Ozak AI builds a decentralized network to offer financial market forecast insights by combining cutting-edge machine learning with DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) frameworks. ​Users can configure the ecosystem’s custom AI prediction agents to monitor trends. Ozak AI also has a $OZ rewards system in place to promote participation. Those $OZ token holders have several utilities.   ​Significant Partnerships of Ozak AI Ozak AI established a number of…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/11/18

Andreessen-backed defence startup wants to pay you crypto to spot drones

Andreessen-backed defence startup wants to pay you crypto to spot drones

SkySafe, the San Diego drone defence firm backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is rolling out a crypto-powered sensor network that pays ordinary users to spot drones.SkySafe already sells drone-tracking intelligence to law enforcement and critical-infrastructure operators. But its coverage is patchy and expensive to scale. The company’s new FliteGrid programme aims to fix that by paying people in crypto to host its sensors at home. That turns a traditionally top-down surveillance network into a distributed, community-run grid.For Grant Jordan, the CEO of SkySafe, the arrangement is key to expanding drone coverage nationwide.“The DePIN model is really about being able to massively scale out that infrastructure in a way that we know we couldn’t do alone,” Jordan told DL News.The network is built on the Solana blockchain and is inspired by the rise of various decentralised physical infrastructure networks – or, DePIN. Instead of companies investing in the sensors to track meteorological movements, traffic data, or drone movement, they can incentivise individuals to operate those sensors for them in exchange for a reward.DePIN growing painsToken-incentivised hardware networks aren’t new. Helium, which promised to pay crypto for WiFi hotspotting, and other early DePIN projects made similar promises, only to be dogged by weak real-world demand and rewards that largely flowed to early insiders, leaving many users with pricey hardware that earned little. SkySafe is stepping into a field that has left a bad taste for many early adopters and now must convince users that this time the model can actually work. The sensor costs $949 and will start shipping next Spring. At launch, users will earn points that will be converted into the FLITE token in 2027.Jordan couldn’t provide guidance on how long it would take users to break even on the sensor’s cost.800,000 dronesRegulations around drone flight in the US have increased over the last five years, namely, remote identification for unmanned aerial vehicles. As rules defining appropriate consumer use of drones have increased, so too has the number of UAVs spiked. As of October 2024, there were nearly 800,000 drones registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration, according to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. Drones are used in commercial delivery by e-commerce giants such as Amazon, as well as for search-and-rescue missions by first responders. They’ve also been used nefariously to probe and surveil critical infrastructure and in the arena of war. One of SkySafe’s very first clients was the US Department of Defence.“There isn’t just one type of drone,” Jordan said. “It spans a massive gamut, all the way from tiny little toy things to jumbo jet-size things.” Still, comprehensive detection of every drone in the air remains a massive problem. “We’ve just got lots of scattered solutions, different types of sensors, different types of technologies, looking at different kinds of things, and it’s really hard to filter out,” he told DL News. “What are the threats from what is normal traffic?”FliteGrid’s launch is exclusive to the US for now. Jordan said the network will be rolled out in Japan and the European Union in 2027, as both regions have established clear drone regulations.Liam Kelly is DL News’ Berlin-based DeFi correspondent. Have a tip? Get in touch at liam@dlnews.com.

Author: Coinstats

2025/11/18

Biometric Blockchain Platform Serenity Clears MiCA Registration as Europe's Regulatory Wall Locks Out Hundreds

Biometric Blockchain Platform Serenity Clears MiCA Registration as Europe's Regulatory Wall Locks Out Hundreds

Serenity's vertically integrated ecosystem targeting governments, enterprises, banks, and Web3 companies positions $SERSH as infrastructure access rather than speculative asset.

Author: Cryptodaily

2025/11/18

A decentralized web isn’t just desirable — it’s essential

A decentralized web isn’t just desirable — it’s essential

The post A decentralized web isn’t just desirable — it’s essential appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Blockchain developers have been banging on for years about the need to decentralize the web with the goal of mainstreaming more robust, shock-resistant systems. Decentralized infrastructure, they insist, offers greater redundancy by eliminating reliance on the monopolistic providers that currently form the backbone of the internet. Summary The AWS outage on October 20 revealed how dependent the internet is on a few cloud giants—causing global disruption and highlighting the dangers of single points of failure. Blockchain-based infrastructure distributes data across nodes, ensuring fault-tolerance, continuous uptime, stronger security, and potential cost savings of up to 90%. With decentralized tech now scalable and enterprise-ready, businesses are expected to shift toward hybrid or fully distributed models to achieve greater reliability and resilience Compelling as this argument is, it struggles to gain much attention outside of blockchain circles so long as the web is working as it should. But the world received a wake-up call on October 20 about the dangers of centralized systems with the AWS global outage that impacted core services for hundreds of millions of web users, from consumers to businesses. While the costs of the incident are still being counted, they’re projected to run into hundreds of billions of dollars. If the notion of the decentralized web once attracted the interest of global enterprises, now it has their attention. It is an idea whose time has come. But what might such a model resemble in practice, and could an internet built on decentralized infra provide fault-tolerance while still meeting the needs of data-hungry digital companies? Let’s examine the evidence. The case for decentralizing the web The current web infrastructure depends heavily on a handful of providers like…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/11/18

The AWS outage is proof that a decentralized web isn’t just desirable — it’s essential | Opinion

The AWS outage is proof that a decentralized web isn’t just desirable — it’s essential | Opinion

The world has woken up to the dangers of relying on centralized infrastructure, and the answer is the decentralized web.

Author: Crypto.news

2025/11/18

Is DePIN the Next Big Crypto Trend? Experts Reveal Key Catalysts

Is DePIN the Next Big Crypto Trend? Experts Reveal Key Catalysts

The post Is DePIN the Next Big Crypto Trend? Experts Reveal Key Catalysts appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. This year, the crypto market has seen a revival of older tokens as utility-based narratives gained renewed traction. Despite this momentum, DePIN has struggled to keep pace, slipping out of the spotlight. BeInCrypto spoke with several experts to understand why one of crypto’s most fundamentally useful sectors still can’t capture sustained market attention, and what might come next for it. Understanding DePIN DePIN, short for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, refers to blockchain-based systems that coordinate, fund, and operate real-world infrastructure through decentralized incentives.  Instead of relying on traditional companies to build networks like wireless coverage, storage, sensors, or energy grids, DePIN distributes the work across individuals and small operators who contribute hardware and earn tokens in return.  Sponsored Sponsored This model reduces upfront costs, expands global access, and unlocks previously difficult-to-scale infrastructure. By aligning incentives with actual demand, DePIN aims to build more resilient and efficient systems.  Why is DePIN Still Struggling in 2025? Nonetheless, the space has continued to face challenges. According to Artemis data, it ranks among the top 10 worst-performing sectors this year. The DePIN market has declined by over 74% in 2025. Crypto Sectors’ Performance. Source: Artemis But why is this happening? Sami Kassab, Managing Partner at Unsupervised Capital, told BeInCrypto that the weakness across the altcoin market has naturally affected DePIN as well.  According to him, macro conditions explain part of the sector’s slowdown, but not all of it. The deeper issue, he said, is that there has not been a “breakout DePIN yet.” “The other side of the coin is that DePINs are building real infrastructure and real businesses. That takes a long time, which the crypto market isn’t wired for. Investors are used to fast-moving narratives and overnight successes,” Kassab added. Leo Fan, Co-Founder of Cysic, revealed that DePIN’s main obstacle is the…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews

2025/11/18

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