Last mentioned: Mar 25, 2026
India's Web3 ecosystem has entered a new phase of maturity, marked by the return of growth-stage capital and a surge in global developer dominance. A new report from Hashed Emergent reveals that Series B and B+ funding reached $396 million in early 2026, ending a three-year drought and signaling renewed investor confidence in the region's blockchain infrastructure.
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| What you see | What it tells you |
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| Story count | Number of distinct stories where DePIN was a primary or referenced actor. |
| Recency clustering | Whether mentions are concentrated in a recent window (a news cycle) or distributed (a sustained arc). |
| Sentiment distribution | Aggregate sentiment of the stories mentioning this entity, weighted by impact score. |
| Cross-niche links | When the same entity surfaces in our sibling networks, we link to those views to enrich context. |