One of the clearest patterns I see in Web3 right now: infrastructure tokens are starting to set the tone.

Fluence is interesting because it doesn’t try to be another “decentralized #cloud .” Instead, it’s building a cloudless layer, peer-to-peer compute that makes apps less dependent on centralized hosting.

Alongside it, we’ve got:

$AKT  pushing marketplace dynamics into decentralized cloud.

$RENDER  scaling #GPU rendering and #AI workloads.

$IO  pooling idle compute into a network for ML.

Together, these projects suggest that the real Web3 narrative is shifting: from speculation to usable infra that supports AI, onchain apps, and DePIN models.

For me, Fluence is compelling because it isn’t about renting servers, it’s about rethinking how services exist on the network. That feels like a different kind of foundation.