onocoy 2025 Year in Review: From TGE to Global GNSS Leadership
Jan 5, 2026
2025 has been a defining year for onocoy, marked first and foremost by strong financial and institutional validation of the project. A significant milestone was achieved in Q2/25 with the acquisition of our first two B2B clients, securing recurring real revenue ahead of the Token Generation Event (TGE). 2025 was also the launch of a successful PinkSale presale, raising over $139,000 to bootstrap decentralized GNSS infrastructure and demonstrate early market confidence (read more). This was followed by the implementation of token vesting with Streamflow (read more), establishing disciplined token economics designed for long-term sustainability rather than short-term speculation.
That foundation was further strengthened by a strategic investment from Ryze Labs, reinforcing external conviction in onocoy’s vision, technology, and execution. Together, these steps created the conditions for a confident Token Generation Event, marking the official launch of $ONO and enabling the network to scale rapidly with aligned incentives across miners, users, and stakeholders.
Complementing private capital and strategic investment, onocoy also secured a $1.5M grant from the European Space Agency, supporting the development of AI-powered GNSS fraud detection and underscoring institutional trust in the robustness and relevance of onocoy’s technology. This combination of community funding, venture backing, and public-sector support laid a uniquely strong foundation for growth throughout 2025.
2025 was a year onocoy focused on expanding its ecosystem through a growing set of technology, distribution, and application partners. Throughout the year, collaborations with Tupaia, NeuraLoc, RTKFix, SkyTrade, WeatherXM, Acurast, Stargate, and Septentrio strengthened the onocoy’s market position and enabled new use cases across robotics, autonomous,, and enterprise GNSS. In parallel, distribution partnerships with DroneDash, Kindhelm, and EUGEO accelerated regional adoption, enabling rapid coverage expansion in key markets such as Southeast Asia, Finland, and Romania. Together, these partnerships translated onocoy’s decentralized architecture into real-world deployments and commercial traction.
As the network grew, 2025 also marked a shift toward smarter incentives and product maturity. Rather than rewarding scale alone, onocoy began aligning miner incentives with reliability and real demand. The introduction of Streak Appreciation encouraged long-term, consistent performance, helping stabilize the network as coverage expanded globally.
This was complemented by High Value Areas (HVAs), which guided growth toward regions with active client demand, ensuring that new coverage translated directly into real-world usage. Together, these mechanisms allowed the network to scale efficiently while maintaining professional-grade reliability.
Looking ahead, the upcoming local usage rewards will further strengthen this model by directly linking miner rewards to actual correction usage in their area, reinforcing a self-sustaining loop between demand, quality, and incentives.
The results were striking. Our miner base grew from 3725 in January to over 7,500+ by December, while DC credits burnt by clients surged from 25,266 to 411,161, demonstrating strong adoption and reliance on onocoy’s GNSS services data. $ONO buybacks and burns exceeded 1.7 million, reflecting both token utility, reliability for the long term and active ecosystem participation. These numbers highlight that onocoy’s growth isn’t just in scale but a deep engagement and tangible network impact. To provide full transparency into our network activity, we have built a Dune Dashboard.
Beyond metrics, we also strengthened thought leadership and community engagement. Guides like “Your Guide to Understanding the $ONO Token” (link) and interviews with Co-founder Thomas Nigg (link) helped users understand our mission, while articles on blockchain’s role in GNSS (link) and fraud prevention (link) positioned onocoy as a thought leader driving innovation in the space.
Looking ahead to 2026, we aim to turn growth into direct benefits for our community:
Demand growth, expanding enterprise, B2B, and Web3 usage to drive higher network utilization and shared value for miners, hodlers, and the community
Release Usage rewards feature to incentivize active participation
RINEX generation and archiving to provide professional-grade GNSS data
Continuous stability improvements, including enhanced fraud detection supported by ESA NAVISP
Referral programs and mass provisioning of miners and user devices to accelerate adoption
Web3 partnerships in robotics, connecting decentralized GNSS to autonomous systems and applications
The achievements of 2025 triple-digit miner growth, fast deployment of over 7,550 stations, strategic partnerships, product innovation, and strong tokenomics provide a solid foundation to make 2026 even bigger for onocoy and the decentralized GNSS ecosystem.
We close 2025 by thanking our incredible community, dedicated miners, partners, and everyone who believed in our vision your trust and support have made this remarkable journey possible, and together we will continue building the future of decentralized GNSS.