Helium Foundation CEO Abhay Kumar joins us live at Solana Breakpoint 2025 to explain how Helium is quietly becoming one of the most real-world adopted DePIN networks in crypto.
We unpack Helium’s expansion into Brazil (250M+ population), the Telefonica partnership in Mexico, and how Helium is now connecting ~2 million users daily, with 30% of mobile traffic already routed over its native network.
Here's why scale, not speculation, is the key for DePIN profitability, and why Helium’s hybrid crypto + telecom model positions it for massive growth into 2026.
Timestamps:
01:35 - Brazil Expansion & Global Scale
05:25 - Servicing Demand in New Markets
11:23 - DePIN Economics: Hardware, Scale & Profitability
18:52 - Crypto UX & Solana's 2026 Path