Boston Airport goes DePIN ✈️

GM and happy Friday! Matt here, landing the latest issue of the DePIN Digest.

We’re landing in your inbox, but Helium is taking off as major airports across the United States begin offloading carrier traffic via hotspots, earning deployers up to a whopping 300 $HNT in a single day.

Meanwhile, Hivello’s DePIN Coffee Hour reached over 1 million views as Messari reports that DePIN led the way in mindshare last week.

🤝 Partnerships & Integrations

As the saying goes, sharing is caring, and DePIN cares a lot:

 🤝 ROVR x DePINPort (Partnership)
 🤝 Onocoy x WeatherXM (Partnership)
 🤝 Tashi Network x Easeflow (Partnership)
 🤝 Aethir Edge x Tashi Network (Partnership)
 🤝 DATS x U2DPN Partnership (Partnership)
 🤝 ICN x Cantina (Partnership)
 🤝 Datagram x Triumph Games (Partnership)
 🤝 Bless Network x Archax (Partnership)
 🤝 Roam x Orochi (Partnership/Integration)
 🤝 DeCharge x DRiP (Integration)
 🤝 ar.io Network x Fluence  (Integration)
 🤝 World Mobile x Zebec Network  (Integration)
 🤝 USD AI x Binance (Integration)

Today’s partnerships pave the way for tomorrow's innovation.

🌍 Mapping and Wireless

Speaking of paving, Hivemapper Bee devices mapped 10% more blacktop week-over-week as total worldwide road coverage hit 35%, while Wingbits soared above 8,000 claimed hexes across the globe. Geodnet also made major moves, burning over 500k $GEOD using proceeds from the 207,178 gigabytes of RTK corrections made since the project’s inception.

If you want more bullish on-chain stats, Wifi Mapper has you covered. World Mobile’s coverage is increasing as well, dropping its next batch of AirNodes, while Wayru launched a new web portal for ease of access. Helium also made some updates to the Helium World deployment dashboard and went live with Helium Wallet App’s v2.14.8.

🎪 Events

We’ve also got updates from recent events, with more events to come!

• DIMO attended WebX Asia in Tokyo

• IoTex recaps the WebX Asia Event in Tokyo

• Proof of Coverage talked with Natix Network at DePIN Summit Africa

• Akash announces back to school event in Austin September 5th

• Aethir will be attending Korean Blockchain Week and Token 2049

• Conduit Network Teases another DePIN Day

Bullish news and tangible reality, DePIN’s perfect intersection.

🤖 AI and Privacy

On the subject of intersections, 375edge went live on Highway 10 in LA. Meanwhile, Kaisar Network updated its Provider App and Bless Network updated its website. IG3 hit a trifecta, updating its dashboard, gamifying its Edge devices, and announcing IG3 Explorer v1.0.0. 

Auki Network improved navigation for shoppers and made its reconstruction node open source, while Any0ne Protocol transitioned to a new staking program for its native token $ANYONE, now listed on Toobit. Any0ne’s growth has been steady in light of a new Browser update v1.0.2.

💡 Innovation Spotlight

Several other DePINs shone this week:

• Solana X Account showcases Onocoy

• DIMO Positions itself as "AI Orchestrated Commerce"

• DIMO featured on Apple News and GritDaily Publications

• Silencio announced Chrome Extension Challenge Winners

• ROVR LightCone Batch 2 Sells Out

• Grass now available on Google Play Store

• AXI Mobility Completes first milestone in Peaq's Grant Program

• USD AI Welcomes Strategic Investor YZiLabs

• U2DPN releases PC app update

DePIN stays busy.

💻 Compute and Storage

DePIN kept winning at Gamescom 2025, with YOM grabbing the “Best Startup in Game Tech” award. Keeping up the momentum, Fluence’s ARR passed $1 million while Akash showcased a new Billing and Usage feature.

Storing these milestone memories, Datagram hit 500,000 active testnet nodes as their Tier 1 Tranche 2 full-core nodes sold out. Filecoin announced RetroPGF Round 3, going live on Drips network. GLIF shared bullish stats as well, highlighting total assets and APYs.

💎 Tokens & Incentives

DePIN loves its incentives, and this week didn’t disappoint:

• Karrier One announces bounty program

• $BLAST token trading available on FusionX Aggregator

• $IOTX token listed on Etoro

• $IOTX token listed on FUTU

• 7.8 million $PEAQ staked in Gate Launch staking pool

• $ICNT rewards claim opens from World Domination & World Tour Events

• USD AI LP pools achieve record 24-hour volume on Arbitrum

• Minima Snapshot for Wrapped $MINIMA concludes

• XNET launches Galxe campaign

• Fourth $XNET distribution for Urban Pickleball Club Shard Holders goes Live

• Kraken releases a $PEAQ / USDC trading pair

📋 Updates & Reports

Get your reading glasses on, because Peaq updated its Kaito Leaderboard and released a highlight video of Teneo Protocol. Elsewhere, Gradient penned a letter to the community, Chirp’s Wings of Cronos voting wrapped up, and Fractals teased an upcoming announcement. 🔍

Other projects released reports, including:

• IoTex Governance Recap

• Aethir Weekly Recap

• Filecoin Weekly Recap

• BrushO Weekly Update

• IG3 August Recap

That’s all for this week, we’ll catch you on the next one!

👋 See you Monday!

Stay tuned for our video recap Monday and the next issue of the DePIN Digest. Be sure to follow Matt, Will, and the DePIN Digest on X for the full scoop. Have a great weekend