Performances
RD Popularity Index
RD Growth Index
| 1h | 24h | 7d | 30d | 60d | 90d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.17% | 12.32% | 17.82% | 43.04% | 43.62% | 3.90% |
Revenue & Burn
Protocol income
-$23.3KBuyback funds
--Burn funds
--Buyback ratio
--Protocol funds over time
Monthly amounts & ratios
| Period | Protocol income | Buyback funds | Burn funds | Buyback ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | -$23.3K | -- | -- | -- |
| Oct 2026 | -$188.73K | -- | -- | -- |
| Sep 2026 | -$208.57K | -- | -- | -- |
| Aug 2026 | -$90.08K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jul 2026 | -$88.43K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jun 2026 | -$147.17K | -- | -- | -- |
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Open Markets
| # | Exchange | Pair | Price | +2% depth | -2% depth | Volume (24h) | volume % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HNT/USD | $1.71 | $269,355 | $167,581 | $974,806 | 29.09% | |
| 2 | BBybitCEX | HNT/USDT | $1.71 | $179,524 | $155,366 | $825,587 | 24.64% |
| 3 | KKuCoinCEX | HNT/USDT | $1.71 | $71,116 | $92,276 | $340,656 | 10.17% |
| 4 | KKrakenCEX | HNT/USD | $1.71 | $7,328 | $25,265 | $162,396 | 4.85% |
| 5 | BBitgetCEX | HNT/USDT | $1.71 | $120,170 | $99,814 | $76,279 | 2.28% |
| 6 | KKrakenCEX | HNT/EUR | $1.71 | $1,867 | $1,874 | $30,205 | 0.90% |
| 7 | HNT/USD | $1.72 | $7,793 | $831 | $25,757 | 0.77% | |
| 8 | HNT/USDT | $1.72 | $197 | $14,690 | $3,251 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | BBingXCEX | HNT/USDT | $1.73 | $640 | $626 | $1,699 | 0.05% |
| 10 | GGeminiCEX | HNT/USD | $1.62 | $0 | $0 | $645 | 0.02% |
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About Helium
Helium is a wireless network built from hotspot hardware, covering LoRaWAN IoT and 5G in the CBRS band, where operators verify each other's signal location and quality through proof-of-coverage and earn HNT-denominated rewards. Since the network moved to Solana in 2023, device registration, coverage proofs and Data Credit burns settle on-chain. It addresses the capital cost of carrier build-outs and thin indoor and edge coverage: venues and individuals deploy hotspots, backhaul traffic to carrier core networks, and are paid by data actually carried rather than by base-station scale. Data Credits are minted by burning HNT and destroyed as traffic is consumed, tying network usage to token supply.
Three roles divide the work: hotspot deployers provide radio and backhaul, carriers contribute core network and spectrum, device makers turn modules into meters, trackers and sensors. IoT devices join over LoRaWAN and data is relayed to the operator's core; on mobile, hotspots carry subscriber traffic in the CBRS band and settle by volume carried. On 9 October 2026, Wakefern, a retailer cooperative with USD 20.7 billion in annual revenue, began routing traffic from its first stores through the network.
Helium's key milestones include its 2019 mainnet launch as a decentralized LoRaWAN network, the 2022 $200M D-round led by a16z and Tiger Global, and the 2023 migration to Solana to cut costs and enable smart contracts. In 2024, the network expanded to 5G via CBRS, with Helium Mobile nearing 100K users in Q1. A major shift came in early 2025 when founder Amir Haleem halted token buybacks, citing market indifference, redirecting funds to user growth. The 2025 HIP proposal introduced a finite, 36-month HNT mint to fund carrier expansion, with a community council overseeing disbursements, moving rewards from passive hotspots to real carrier traffic. These nodes highlight Helium's evolution from an IoT experiment to a carrier-grade telecom with sustainable tokenomics.
Issuance and burns: HIP-149 passed on October 15, authorising about 141 million new HNT over 36 months at a flat first-year rate that tapers to zero, with tokens routed to a Nova Labs growth vault rather than hotspot rewards; 196,000 HNT has been minted daily since August 6. The network burned roughly 2.33 million HNT in 90 days, only 103,092 in the final 30.
Progress: The first Wakefern supermarkets went live on October 9, offloading carrier traffic for a $20.7 billion revenue cooperative; a 23-hospital system carried over 145 TB in its first week across 10,654 access points from September 29.
In 2026 Helium accelerated enterprise offload deployments. On September 29 a health system running 23 hospitals and over 10,000 Wi-Fi access points offloaded more than 145 TB of carrier data in its first week; on October 8 the first Wakefern supermarkets went live, carrying carrier traffic over store Wi-Fi. On October 15 the community passed HIP-149, authorizing about 141 million new HNT over three years for network operations and growth, with a $0.05 per GB floor and $0.30 cap. The network spans over 45,000 locations.
Future strategy and roadmap: Helium passed HIP-150 on September 1, raising deployer share to 80% (year one plus pre-authorized year two) with up to 5x site multipliers, and shipped HeliumOS for carriers, MVNOs and venues. Next it will grow retail, medical and municipal offload, and operationalize HIP-149's three-year ~141M HNT emission at $0.05-$0.30 per GB to fund network growth.
Helium was founded in 2013 by Amir Haleem, Shawn Fanning and Sean Carey. Haleem, the CEO, came out of games, working on engines and online services including projects around Battlefield 1942 before moving into IoT connectivity; Fanning, the creator of Napster, brought early peer-to-peer networking instincts; Carey came from IT consulting and handled early network and hardware deployment.
In March 2022 Helium Inc. became Nova Labs. Haleem still runs Nova Labs, keeping commercial products separate from the open protocol.
According to the data, Helium recently saw two departures: Abhay Kumar (Core Team, joined Sep 2020, left Jun 2026) and Aarti Utwani (Senior Communications Manager, joined Jan 2023, left Mar 2026). No new hires were recorded. The recent team changes reflect exits in the core team and communications leadership.