Nillion's NIL Dips 12% After Debut; Analyst Believes Network's 'Blind Computing' Holds Promise for Data Privacy, AI

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By Omkar Godbole | Edited by Parikshit Mishra Mar 25, 2025, 6:38 a.m. UTC Nillion's NIL token down 12% in market value since its debut on Monday . (Coingecko) What to know : Nillion's native token NIL has dropped 12% drop in market value in the first 24 hours despite being listed by major exchanges, including Bithumb. Nillion uses a unique 'blind computing' approach, allowing computations on encrypted data without exposing it, which is particularly beneficial for high-value data storage and computation. The blind computing is pivotal to AI boom, per observers. The NIL token is the governance cryptocurrency of Nillion, used to pay network fees for blind computation and payments, and is designed to drive demand as usage scales. Private computation and storage network Nillion, dubbed the "blind computer," debuted its mainnet and native token NIL on Monday. However, the token's market capitalization has dropped 12% in the first 24 hours alongside continued listing by major exchanges, including South Korea's Bithumb and optimism in the analyst community about the project's long-term prospects. Story continues Don't miss another story. Subscribe to the Crypto Long & Short Newsletter today . See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . NIL debuted with a total supply of 1 billion, of which 19.52% or 195.15 million NIL were airdropped to the community on the first day, resulting in an at-inception market capitalization of just over $165 million. Since then, its market value has dropped 12% to $144.93 million, with the token changing hands at 74 cents on major exchanges, such as Binance, Gate.io, MEXC, Bitget and others, according to data source Coingecko . Earlier on Tuesday, Bithumb, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the altcoin-savvy South Korea, announced the listing of the NIL-Korean won pair on its platform. Nillion's blind computing Nillion is a decentralized platform designed to support private, high-value data storage and computation, and it works in the same way as blockchains decentralize transactions. But there's a catch. Unlike blockchains focusing on transparent ledgers, Nillion uses Nil Message Compute (NMC), which allows computations on encrypted data without exposing (decrypting) it, ensuring that no single node or party has access to sensitive data. The network's architecture combines a Coordination Layer called nilChain and Petnet, with the latter using privacy-enhancing technologies like multi-party computation, fully homomorphic encryption and trusted execution environments to deliver data security. This so-called blind computing starkly contrasts traditional methods that require decryption before processing, which exposes sensitive data, such as personal health/finance information, to security threats and misuse. Pivotal for AI boom Nillion addresses the persistent challenge of data privacy and trust issues in sectors like artificial intelligence (AI) – personal assistants and Healthcare AIs – private order books in decentralized finance and many more. "Nillion is tackling AI's biggest hurdle: trust. By weaving together cutting-edge privacy tech into a seamless backbone for AI, Nillion has the potential to become as fundamental to AI as SSL is to the web. If Nillion can make it as easy to use as it is powerful, they'll be powering the next wave of AI adoption," Yau Teng Yan, founder and chief evangelist at research firm Chain of Thought said in a detailed post on X. "The privacy revolution is just beginning," Yan added. Bullish tokenomics The NIL token is the governance cryptocurrency used to pay network fees for blind computation and payments across Nillion's Coordination Layer and Petnet, securing the network through staking and participation in the on-chain governance module. "NIL’s token economics is designed for adoption. NIL will power the network, securing operations while driving burn-based demand as usage scales," Yan noted. Markets Nillion Trading Omkar Godbole Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor on CoinDesk's Markets team based in Mumbai, holds a masters degree in Finance and a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) member. Omkar previously worked at FXStreet, writing research on currency markets and as fundamental analyst at currency and commodities desk at Mumbai-based brokerage houses. Omkar holds small amounts of bitcoin, ether, BitTorrent, tron and dot. 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