Decentralized Storage and Financial Innovations

In this episode of the DePINed Podcast, Tom Trowbridge sits down with Juan Benet, inventor of IPFS and founder of Protocol Labs, to explore how Filecoin is evolving far beyond storage — into subnets, stablecoins, capital markets and real-world adoption.

📍 This special episode was recorded live at DePIN Day Dubai — a global conference series dedicated to exploring the rise of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks

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We explore:

- The productization of decentralized storage and the rise of L2s on Filecoin

- Why Filecoin’s tokenomics unlock long-term cost advantages

- How subnet architecture enables scalability and localization

- The launch of a Filecoin-backed stablecoin

- Why emerging markets are key to DePIN growth

- Tactical advice for DePIN founders building through a bear market

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