Crypto Archive November 2025: DePIN, Scams, Regulations, and Market Bottoms

When you look at DePIN applications, blockchain-powered systems that turn hardware like routers, storage drives, and power grids into shared, earnable networks. Also known as decentralized physical infrastructure, it's no longer theory—projects like Helium and Filecoin are now real income sources for everyday people. This month, we dug into how DePIN is moving from niche experiments to actual infrastructure, with users earning crypto just by leaving their devices online. But not everything was about innovation. The same period exposed a wave of crypto scams, fake tokens pretending to be stablecoins or dead projects masquerading as investments. Also known as exit scams, these include Deutsche Mark (DDM), Bitstar (BITS), and UniWorld (UNW)—all with zero supply, no team, and fake charts designed to trap the unwatchful. These weren’t random noise. They were textbook examples of how bad actors exploit confusion around new tech.

Meanwhile, crypto regulations, government rules that determine who can mine, trade, or use crypto legally. Also known as crypto laws, they shaped everything from energy use to survival. In Angola, mining got banned with prison time. In Pakistan, the government gave 2,000 MW of electricity to miners—enough to power a small country. Canada’s rules changed province by province, while Iran turned to crypto because the FATF blacklist cut off its banks. People weren’t choosing crypto because it was trendy—they were choosing it because they had no other option. And in places like Ukraine and India, adoption kept rising not because of Wall Street, but because ordinary users found ways to send money, save value, and pay for goods when traditional systems failed.

At the same time, the market was whispering something important. bear market bottom, the point where prices stop falling and smart money starts buying again. Also known as market cycle trough, it’s not about luck or signals—it’s about seeing the quiet signs: low trading volume, exhausted sellers, and on-chain data showing wallets accumulating instead of dumping. We broke down what that actually looks like—not the hype-filled YouTube guesses, but real patterns from wallets, mempools, and miner behavior. And while some platforms like ErisX and EQONEX vanished, others like OneDex and LocalTrade showed up with red flags so loud you could hear them from miles away.

This archive isn’t a history lesson. It’s a field guide. You’ll find deep dives on DePIN projects that work, scams you must avoid, and the real reasons countries are banning or betting on crypto. You’ll see which exchanges are safe, which tokens are dead, and how to tell if a market is truly turning. No fluff. No guesses. Just what happened, why it matters, and what to do next.