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Aviation DePIN Network Wingbits Raises $5.6M for Decentralized Flight Tracking
Wingbits' aim is to offer rewards-based flight tracking using cryptographically-secured ADS-B receivers.
Jan 21, 2025, 8:09 p.m. 1 min read
What to know:
- DePIN startup Wingbits has raised $5.6 million in funding.
- The investment round was led by Borderless Capital and Bullish Capital.
- Wingbits' aim is to offer rewards-based flight tracking using cryptographically-secured ADS-B receivers.
Wingbits, a decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) startup focused on the aviation industry, has raised $5.6 million in funding.
DePIN, the model of using hardware secured by a decentralized network, could be seen as a blockchain equivalent of the cloud computing services offered by Big Tech giants like Amazon and Google.
The investment round, which takes Wingbits' total backing to $9.2 million, was led by Borderless Capital and Bullish Capital. The latter's parent company, Bullish Group, is also the owner of CoinDesk.
Wingbits' aim is to offer rewards-based flight tracking using cryptographically-secured Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers.
"Flight tracking has long relied on a global network of volunteers who install home antennas to collect flight data," Wingbits said in an emailed announcement on Tuesday.
"Companies sell this data to airports, airlines and other organisations to support their global operations, generating hundreds of millions in revenue, while volunteers themselves receive nothing in return."
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