We’re thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with GLIF, one of the premier DePIN x DeFi protocols unlocking optimized $ICNT staking. This collaboration marks a major milestone in the convergence of decentralized infrastructure (DePIN) and decentralized finance (DeFi), unlocking new opportunities for ICNT holders and advancing the mission of building a truly open, composable, and scalable cloud ecosystem.

Bridging DePIN and DeFi: A Shared Vision

GLIF has already established itself as a key player in decentralized finance, with over $1B in volume on the Filecoin network. Now, its deployment on the Base Network and integration with ICN introduces a powerful financial layer to our decentralized infrastructure. This integration offers new ways for users to participate in and earn from the ICN protocol, without the complexities.

As the foundational layer for the next-gen internet, ICN has always aimed to go beyond the limits of traditional cloud and siloed DePIN solutions. This partnership accelerates that mission, embedding robust $ICNT capital markets directly into the ICN ecosystem.

Liquid Staking for ICNT: Liquidity Unlocked

Starting today, ICNT holders can stake their tokens via GLIF on Base and earn rewards. No validator setup, no sleepless nights managing infrastructure. Here’s how it works:

• Deposit ICNT → Receive stICNT
  
  
• stICNT accrues rewards automatically while remaining liquid
  
  
• Swap stICNT for ICNT (On Uniswap/DEX)
  
  

This mechanism allows token holders to support the network and earn staking rewards in a hands-off, DeFi-native way.

As Kai Wawrzinek, ICN’s founder, puts it:

“GLIF’s integration marks an exciting milestone for the Impossible Cloud Network. It makes participating in and supporting our network simpler than ever for $ICNT holders, while also laying the groundwork for a new era of DeFi, where people directly contribute to building the storage, compute, and the next gen internet.”

Financing the Future of Decentralized Infrastructure

Beyond staking, GLIF’s piloting infrastructure-backed lending mechanisms to finance real-world infrastructure, namely, storage and compute hardware. This enables ecosystem participants to fund actual ICN node deployments with on-chain assets, resolving one of the core bottlenecks in scaling DePIN networks.

It’s not just about financial instruments. It’s about rethinking how we bootstrap and grow the foundational layers of the internet. The fusion of ICN’s enterprise-grade, decentralized cloud with GLIF’s liquidity and yield primitives paves the way for a more robust, capital-efficient DePIN economy.

What's Next: Real Utility, Real Rewards

This partnership aligns with ICN’s broader roadmap to bring storage, compute, and networking into a unified decentralized protocol. With 28,000+ nodes sold, 1,000+ B2B customers onboarded, and nearly $7M ARR, ICN is proving that decentralized infrastructure can deliver real-world utility at scale.

As the network evolves from the initiation of HyperNodes to full mainnet functionality and hardware expansion, these kinds of integrations are crucial for bootstrapping a thriving, permissionless economy.

Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of GLIF, sums it up:

“The team is thrilled to be able to apply our knowledge of decentralized cloud, DePIN, and DeFi to support Impossible Cloud Network. Their focus on generating real revenues from a great cloud-alternative product opens the door to novel, underexplored DeFi primitives for financing real world infrastructure. Our initial liquid $ICNT staking protocol is a fantastic start, but the ceiling is significantly higher for the types of products and protocols we can build over the next few years.”

Ready to Stake? Start Earning Today

GLIF’s staking pool for ICNT opens today. Here’s how to get started:

1. Connect to Base Network
   
   
2. Visit https://icn.glif.io/en
   
   
3. Deposit ICNT and start earning
   
   

For real-time updates, follow @glifio on X.

Let’s build the infrastructure of the next-generation internet together.