Launched Filecoin Onchain Cloud cohort on Web3Compass with 60+ students enrolled, featuring 2.5 hours of content across 15 lessons covering storage, payments, verification, cross-chain patterns, and agent-based architectures.

Lighthouse Web3 SDK v0.4.4 adds native CAR file support, enabling developers to upload pre-built .car archives containing content-addressed DAGs directly to Filecoin while preserving their structure.

Onchain Cloud mainnet is scheduled to launch in 2026.

Powers storage for QuickSync Me, a workspace suite that evolved from a private file transfer tool and reports over 2,000 monthly users.

Experienced a 23.93% price increase over a 24-hour period ending on February 25, 2026.

Forest client now supports trace_call functionality, enabling transaction execution tracing for debugging and testing without network interaction.

Filecoin Foundation published its 2025 Annual Report on February 25, 2026, covering network upgrades, ecosystem funding, governance, security, and adoption over the five years since mainnet launch.

Released the 2026 Network Strategy, shifting focus from expanding storage capacity to increasing paid onchain storage deals, improving incentive design, and onboarding production workload customers after reaching exbibyte-scale storage capacity over five years.

Generated $4 in revenue on February 23, 2026.

KYVE Network expands to Filecoin Onchain Cloud to address Web3's historical data bottleneck with verifiable archival storage at petabyte scale.

Released Synapse SDK, a Javascript SDK for Filecoin Onchain Cloud that provides API for interacting with smart contracts and storage providers in the marketplace for storage and related services.

Generated $1.78M in revenue over 30 days, ranking 6th among DePIN projects by revenue.

Filecoin Onchain Cloud holds ENS frontend site files and metadata with cryptographic proof, enabling frontends to operate without offchain hosting.

Has more than 100 teams building on Filecoin Onchain Cloud across AI agents, decentralized frontends, indexing, compute pipelines, and data services.

Raised over $1.2 billion across dozens of token sales facilitated through CoinList platform historically.

Integrated with USDFC_Protocol, a Filecoin-backed stablecoin that runs on the Filecoin Virtual Machine and operates directly with Filecoin apps.

Reached over one million cultural and scientific digital artifacts stored on the network, with contributions from DPLA, Earth Species Project, Prelinger Archives, Rohingya Project, and others.

Post-vesting cliff deflation occurs in 2026.

Partnered with the Government of Bermuda to store public government data on the Filecoin network.

Completed the v27 Golden Week upgrade in September 2025, which introduced BLS12-381 precompiles to reduce friction for developers using BLS signatures in rollups, identity systems, and consensus.

Partnered with Numbers Protocol and Starling Lab to store Taiwan's 2024 election media (images and videos from journalists and civic participants) as a permanent archive on Filecoin for verifiability and data integrity preservation.

RIBS and CIDgravity merged to form CIDgravity Gateway, unifying large-scale storage abstraction with onboarding and deal workflow for enterprise adoption.

Featured in HTX trading contest alongside DOGE, PEPE, ZEC, and BONK with $20,000 prize pool.

Launched Cloud Paws, a limited ecosystem identity NFT for early contributors to Filecoin Onchain Cloud (FOC), granting holders priority access to beta modules, bootcamps, node programs, and pilot initiatives.

Introduces Constellation, a new governance program with a phased structure progressing through three stages: Nebula, Nexus, and Galaxy, with each phase introduced sequentially based on defined scope and outcomes.

Implemented F3 upgrade in 2025, reducing confirmation time for onchain activity including DeFi and cross-chain data bridges, enabling faster reactions from bridges and cross-chain tools.

Partners with or supports Cryptic, a privacy-first messaging app with built-in crypto wallet, as part of Cryptic's infrastructure and ecosystem partnerships for data availability and Web3 tooling.

Faces headwinds in growing its decentralized storage network due to prohibitively expensive hardware costs driven by AI demand for silicon and manufacturing capacity.

Unveiled Cross-Chain Data Bridge prototype with Avalanche C-Chain via Filecoin Virtual Machine in September 2025, with interoperability enhancements planned for 2026.

Generated approximately $18M in fees/revenue in 2025.

Integrated with GLIF+ loyalty program, which uses GLF token and provides non-transferable Loyalty Cards (soulbound NFTs) to eligible Filecoin liquidity providers and storage providers for accessing specific in-protocol terms.

Binance removes FIL/FDUSD margin trading pairs on December 23, 2025, at 09:00, discontinuing both cross-margin and isolated margin trading for these pairs.

Storacha Network's Forge serves large datasets with infrequent access on Filecoin-backed infrastructure with predictable pricing and faster access than deep archive tiers.

LighthouseWeb3 integrates x402 payment protocol support, enabling users to pay for Filecoin storage uploads in USDC on Base with on-chain settlement per file and no subscription model.

Groundline presents a knowledge-graph layer on Filecoin Onchain Cloud that targets AI teams and research groups for querying data through a shared graph structure with on-chain storage settlement and provides developers with monetization opportunities for published data.

ProPGF Batch 2 General Track invites applications for core dependencies, SDKs and APIs, research on tech or economics, governance tools and end user interfaces focused on moving key ecosystem metrics.

Filecoin records $198K in revenue over 30 days.

Latest O3 releases add encryption, improved cache behavior, faster file paths, and predictable performance to the S3-compatible interface.

AkaveCloud O3 provides S3-compatible interface on Filecoin with recent releases focusing on encryption, cache behavior, faster file paths, and predictable performance, with multi-region storage support through Filecoin Onchain Cloud.

EastoreWeb3 launches as a Filecoin-based storage app that writes small files directly to the network through FVM smart contracts with on-chain deals.

FIL price drops 7.3% to $1.38 while volume spikes 28% to $406M with open interest at $164M and building.

Filecoin serves as storage layer for Portrait platform, which removes its ten dollar entry fee to make profile creation free.

Launched x402 pay-per-use upload feature on 2025-12-12, accepting USDC payments on Base network with each upload settling on-chain and storing on Filecoin storage.

Short-term high leverage tracking shows FIL with almost only short positions left to liquidate.

Filecoin is featured in the Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund and at least one additional institutional ETF product.

Named as a top-ranked project in FILRetroPGF Round 3 results, receiving funding support from Protocol Labs, Fil Foundation, and LPA.

Forest secures funding from the FILRetroPGF round for continued core infrastructure development work.

AkaveCloud launches a method to stream Hugging Face datasets and models directly from Filecoin-backed storage with no egress fees and no extra copies, enabling AI inference workloads through S3 endpoint access.

PinMe reaches 670,000 decentralized frontends milestone and GlitterProtocol adopts Filecoin Pin to deploy frontend assets across the network.

Ranks 4th among top 10 AI & Big Data projects by developer activity, according to Santiment.

ProPGF Batch 2 launches with $4M in milestone-based funding for teams serving core network needs across infrastructure, research, governance, UX and adoption, with applications closing December 23, 2025.

Beam launches as a data delivery layer with per-byte pricing, onchain auditability, and Web2-grade retrieval performance. Introduces a global cache layer that reduces cross-continental round trips and improves retrieval speed.

Stores ERC-8004 agent identity, reputation, and discovery data via Filecoin Pin service, with Agent0 SDK supporting onchain agents. Serves as storage for ERC-8004 metadata on Filecoin Onchain Cloud.

Launched Warm Storage Service on Filecoin Onchain Cloud, providing PDP proofs and extending functionality to retrieval and payments.

Grayscale AI fund holds FIL as its third-largest position at 12.84% allocation.

Forest achieves optimizations enabling huge cost savings for archival node operators through RPC layer hardening and stability improvements in its November update.

Major institutional partnerships include Internet Archive, Smithsonian Institution, MIT Open Learning, and Flickr Foundation.

Stores Celestia and Story Protocol chain data on Filecoin Onchain Cloud with petabyte-scale capacity and fast validator sync.

Geobrowser stores podcast data, images, and graph records on Filecoin Onchain Cloud, enabling shared auditable data sources across applications.

Geo Podcasts stores podcast data, images, and graph records on Filecoin Onchain Cloud using the Geo knowledge graph protocol for auditable shared data access across applications.

Akave Cloud connects to Filecoin Onchain Cloud with two service tiers: Cloud Plus for hot workloads with instant access and Cloud Standard for backup storage using Filecoin PDP at $5.99/TB.

Akave Cloud connects its S3-compatible cloud to the platform with two service tiers: Cloud Plus for hot workloads with instant access and Cloud Standard for backup and archive storage using Filecoin PDP at $5.99/TB.

Storacha network introduces Forge, a warm storage tier on Filecoin Onchain Cloud priced at $5.99 per TiB per month for enterprise archives, media, AI training data, and backups with cryptographic proofs onchain.

Storcha network Forge launches a warm storage tier at $5.99 per TiB per month for enterprise data including archives, media, AI training data and backups with onchain cryptographic proofs.

Integration with ENS and Safe allows GitHub commits to flow through Filecoin Onchain Cloud and update ENS content hashes via multisig-approved Safe transactions for DeFi frontend security. Filecoin Pin feature launches, bridging IPFS content addressing with persistent Filecoin backend storage, audited proofs, and automated Storage Provider payments in one workflow.

Filecoin Pay introduces smart contract-based payment infrastructure for Onchain Cloud services, automatically settling payments each epoch based on verified proofs without traditional payment methods.

FIL becomes weak following early November price strength, part of broader weakness in previously strong altcoins.

FIL places 9th on LunarCrush AltRank today, a metric blending social and market activity to spotlight outperforming assets.

FIL records $148M in trading volume, ranking among top 20 cryptocurrencies by volume surge.

Filecoin Onchain Cloud adds support for Monad blockchain, allowing Monad apps to use Filecoin storage endpoints and MCP agents for decentralized AI applications with over 10,000 TPS execution capability.

Filecoin Beam functions as the data delivery layer for Filecoin Onchain Cloud, unifying retrieval under canonical URLs, adding global caching for low-latency access, maintaining data availability when storage providers go offline, and protecting providers from DDoS attacks and scraping.

GlitterProtocol adopts Filecoin Pin, moving thousands of assets to IPFS-backed storage for publishing dashboards, documentation, and frontend bundles with CID-tracked updates through their build pipeline.

Synapse SDK launches to connect applications to Filecoin Onchain Cloud, enabling USDFC deposits through Filecoin Pay, Warm Storage approval, and data management across the network.

AI tools gain ability to manage files on Filecoin Onchain Cloud through MCP server, allowing assistants to interact with storage via simple conversation and standardized protocol for reading, writing, and organizing files.

Filecoin becomes the storage layer for HTML5 games on CyberLife platform, providing secure storage for in-game assets.

LighthouseWeb3 routes uploads from AethirCloud's decentralized GPU infrastructure (430,000+ containers, NVIDIA H100/H200 units) to Filecoin for permanent tamper-proof storage of compute outputs.

Storacha Forge provides enterprise archival storage on Filecoin Onchain Cloud with encrypted, replicated backups across independent providers and verifiable records.

KYVE Network selects Filecoin Onchain Cloud for key chain data storage, with Celestia and Story Protocol datasets now stored through the distributed network of independent storage providers.

Juan Benet confirmed to deliver keynote at Schelling Point Buenos Aires this Thursday.

FILBuilders team presents MCP server that lowers the barrier for working with Filecoin Onchain Cloud.

FIL achieves 0.24x 24-hour trading volume to market cap ratio, ranking 4th among liquidity leaders.

Filecoin Onchain Cloud offers over 25 exabytes storage capacity following its Buenos Aires launch, with a case study demonstrating persistent storage with proofs working alongside ENS and Safe during recent outages.

Re-air of the Filecoin Onchain Cloud launch at DePIN Day scheduled for November 19th from 8:00-9:00 a.m. EST, co-hosted by Fluence and Fil Foundation with speakers including Juan Benet, Molly Mackinlay, and Jennifer Jiang.

Platform's 2026 roadmap includes cross-chain payments, automated resilience, and S3-compatible APIs to simplify cloud migration. AkaveCloud launches with PDP layer-powered warm storage and unified SDKs for Python, Go, and JavaScript.

Multiple prominent teams including ENS, Safe, Monad, and Agent0 test Filecoin Onchain Cloud systems, while Filosign, chaching, Groundline, and Eastore run production workloads on the platform following its launch.

Filecoin Onchain Cloud officially launches live with thousands watching the broadcast at DePIN Day, enabling micropayments for data preservation and delivery over IPFS.

Filecoin PGF governance presentation scheduled for November 20 at 14:00 at Schelling Point, featuring discussion on building alignment and operational speed.

Live demonstration of the compute platform scheduled for Tuesday.

Filecoin Onchain Cloud launches on November 18th at 11:00 a.m. EST during DePIN Day in Buenos Aires, broadcast live on CoinDesk Live.

FIL remains green while major cryptocurrencies hit local lows and ranks #1 among combined movers based on community strength and market metrics in a down market.

FIL records +31% gain over the past 30 days.

ZKForge stores all AI Agent Training Data on Filecoin with encrypted mode in development.

Ranks #5 among top weekly crypto losers per CoinMarketCap for week ending November 17, 2025.

F3 upgrade reduces transaction finality from 7 hours to minutes, enabling faster storage lifecycle and Ethereum-comparable settlement times.

Filecoin Onchain Cloud launches November 18, positioned as programmable foundation for AI and DePIN with verifiable data capabilities.

FIL appears exhausted following recent price pumps according to trader analysis.

Messari Q3 2025 report reveals network utilization at 36%, storage demand at 1,110 PiB, network fees increased 14% QoQ to $793K, onboarded datasets grew to 2,491, and Onchain Cloud stack upcoming.

FIL completes weekly close above 2025 trendline resistance and currently retests the breakout level.

Partnership with 375ai and AkaveCloud integrates Filecoin as backup storage for edge intelligence infrastructure data flowing through Akave's S3-compatible network from thousands of devices.

Partnership with Numbers Protocol stores verified election images from 2024 India General Election on Filecoin, providing secure storage for electoral evidence.