What Dmail does

Dmail Network Foundation LTD was a Singapore-based Web3 communications infrastructure company founded in 2021 and operated by 11-50 employees until ceasing operations on May 15, 2026. Its core offering was an AI-branded, user-self-hosted decentralized mailbox (the Dmail DApp) deployed across multiple blockchain chains, underpinned by a proprietary messaging protocol integrated with 25 networks including Web2 systems. Adjacent products included a Subscription & Notification Hub for wallet-linked project messaging, a Marketing Hub for wallet-segmented advertising, an NFT domain service, and 3D Crystal NFT collectibles distributed via the Yuku marketplace.

The platform served three primary segments: individual Web3 users seeking private, decentralized email; blockchain projects and dApps needing wallet-linked notification and communication infrastructure; and marketers or influencers targeting Web3 audiences via wallet-based segmentation. Distribution was entirely product-led and community-led — users accessed the DApp directly at mail.dmail.ai, with growth driven by an Ambassador program, Telegram community, and an ecosystem "SubCenter" for partners.

Monetization relied on token economics, premium feature experiments, advertising via the Marketing Hub, and NFT domain/collectible sales. The company raised a pre-Series A round in July 2023 from Draper Dragon, KuCoin Labs, Amino Capital, Bixin Ventures, Gate, HG Ventures, and others, following earlier seed rounds in 2021 and 2022. Despite reported scale of 274.58M registered users, 6.54B messages interacted, and 8.30B on-chain transactions, Dmail failed to build sustainable revenue: infrastructure costs grew disproportionately with usage, multiple fundraising rounds fell through, acquisition efforts collapsed, and the native token fell to an all-time low of $0.0002067, leading to the announced shutdown in April 2026 with final operations ceasing May 15, 2026.

Name

Dmail

Legal name

Dmail Network Foundation LTD.

Website

https://dmail.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dmail Network was a Singapore-based Web3 platform providing AI-branded decentralized email, wallet-linked notifications, and wallet-segmented marketing tools across 25 chains, serving crypto users, blockchain projects, and Web3 marketers until its May 2026 shutdown.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decentralized Web3 Messaging Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Private Mail Centers (561431), Direct Mail Advertising (541860)

SIC

Telegraph & Other Message Communications (4822), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Direct Mail Advertising Services (7331)

akta.pro primary industry

Cross-Chain Messaging Protocols (general-purpose message passing) (FSAPAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Relayer/Validator Networks & Middleware (relayer marketplaces, keeper networks) (FSAPAKAG), Email Marketing Services (Campaigns, Deliverability, Lifecycle) (BPAFAKAB)

Keywords

• Decentralized email
• Web3 messaging
• Blockchain notifications
• Crypto marketing
• NFT domain services

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Token Economics: Native token used for platform transactions and services, though the token utility was cited as limited in the shutdown announcement
2. Premium Features & Services: Multiple paid models were experimented with but failed to generate sustainable revenue
3. Marketing Hub Advertising: Targeted marketing platform where users are paid for viewing ads, creating advertising revenue potential
4. NFT Domains & Collectibles: Sale of NFT domains and 3D Crystal collectibles

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Dmail Network operates a decentralized email and messaging infrastructure built on an AI-powered Web3 messaging protocol. Its core products include a user-self-hosted decentralized mailbox (Dmail DApp) deployed across multiple chains, a Subscription & Notification tool that delivers wallet-linked notifications to Web3 project subscribers, a Marketing Hub for wallet-segmented advertising where users are rewarded for viewing ads, and an NFT domain service with associated 3D Crystal collectibles. The platform integrates across 25 networks including Web2 and Web3, providing encrypted communication, unified notifications, and targeted marketing capabilities for individual Web3 users, developers, marketers, and influencers.

Product overview

Dmail Network was an AI-powered decentralized communication infrastructure comprising multiple integrated products and modules. The core offering was the Dmail DApp—a user-self-hosted decentralized mailbox deployed across multiple blockchain chains. This was complemented by the Subscription & Notification hub for Web3 project messaging and the Marketing Hub for targeted advertising. The Dmail Messaging Protocol served as the underlying technical layer enabling cross-chain secure communication. Additional offerings included Domain services and 3D Crystals NFT collectibles. The platform provided encrypted emails, unified notifications, and targeted marketing capabilities for users, developers, marketers, and influencers. Note: The company announced it will cease all operations on May 15, 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dmail DApp A user-self-hosted decentralized mailbox solution deployed across multiple blockchain chains, providing encrypted emails and secure Web3-native communication for individual crypto and blockchain users.
• Subscription & Notification A messaging and marketing tool for Web3 projects that enables personalized, wallet-linked notifications sent directly to subscribers using Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and wallet addresses.
• Marketing Hub A targeted marketing platform where users earn rewards for viewing ads, enabling marketers to segment user profiles and target messages to specific wallet addresses that matter.
• Dmail Domain Domain service associated with the Dmail platform that supports Web3 identity and messaging via NFT domain registration and management.
• 3D Crystals NFT Collectibles Rare NFT collectibles in the Dmail ecosystem offered to collectors through the third-party Yuku marketplace.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.9 million unique active wallets ranked second among AI DApps by DappRadar

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mailchain: Mailchain is a blockchain-based email protocol that lets users send and receive messages tied to wallet addresses. It is the closest pure-play Web3 email competitor to Dmail's DApp.
• Push Protocol (formerly EPNS): Push Protocol provides decentralized notifications and messaging for Web3 dApps across chains. It overlaps directly with Dmail's Subscription & Notification hub and on-chain notification use cases.
• XMTP: XMTP is an open protocol for end-to-end encrypted wallet-to-wallet messaging on Ethereum and other chains. It is the most direct functional peer to Dmail's cross-chain messaging protocol, addressing the same developer/notification use cases.
• WalletConnect: WalletConnect is the dominant wallet-to-dApp connectivity and session protocol across chains. Dmail's wallet-linked DID notification layer sits in an adjacent connectivity/session role and shares integration patterns and developer audience.

Emerging players

• Lens Protocol: Lens is a decentralized social graph including Handles for wallet-based messaging and profiles. It overlaps with Dmail on the Web3 identity-and-messaging axis, though anchored to social rather than email.
• CyberConnect: CyberConnect provides decentralized social and messaging infrastructure tied to wallets, including an on-chain inbox. It overlaps with Dmail's wallet-linked communication and identity use cases.
• Bonfida (SNS / Solmail): Bonfida builds Solana Name Service and Solmail, a wallet-address-based email/messaging product. It targets the same decentralized-mailbox and NFT-domain use case as Dmail, but on a single chain.

Broad incumbents

• Proton Mail: Proton operates end-to-end encrypted email (and other privacy services) at large consumer scale. Although Web2, it is the closest mainstream analogue to Dmail's positioning around private, user-controlled mailboxes and merits comparison on privacy UX.
• Status: Status is a privacy-focused, decentralized messenger and Web3 browser with wallet chat. It is a broader incumbent in decentralized messaging that overlaps with Dmail on encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication.

Others

• Hive (blogging/social): Hive is a decentralized community/social platform with on-chain messaging features. It is thematically adjacent to Dmail's notification/marketing layer but positioned for content rather than inbox mail.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dmailofficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dmail-network-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors14 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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