DePIN cryptocurrencies

Decentralised Physical Infrastructure — chains whose token pays participants for supplying hardware in the physical world (wireless coverage, GPU capacity, sensors, storage). Helium is the reference case.

Chains counted
3
Combined market cap
$1.1B
Snapshot
24 September 2026
#AssetConsensusMarket cap
33 VeChainVET Proof of Authority (PoA 2.0) $762M
51 Theta NetworkTHETA Multi-Level BFT (PoS) $214M
64 peaqPEAQ NPoS (Substrate) $89M

Methodology — the rules under which each chain's purpose was decided. Assets that don't fit one of the categories are left unclassified rather than filed under a guess.