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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