# Two winners for 2026 data licenses

*WeatherXM AG & ORPHEUS AI B.V.  *

By [WeatherXM Network](https://paragraph.com/@weatherxm) · 2025-12-24

$wxm, wxm, weather, bittensor, web3, depin

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On Friday 19 of December 2025, the [**2026 Data License Auction**](https://paragraph.com/@weatherxm/2026-commercial-data-licenses-auction) concluded successfully.

For there first time in network's history there were **two bidders:**  
1) WeatherXM AG (Zug, Switzerland),  
2) Zeus Bittensor Subnet (ORPHEUS AI B.V. Netherlands)  
  
Both entered the auction with the minimum bid of 100,000 $WXM and transferred the amount to the Association's Revenue wallet:  
  
WeatherXM AG  
[https://arbiscan.io/tx/0xc33bf5d334c801837ea54257ea01a794d360e2a62403038db2fd1b42feef4130](https://arbiscan.io/tx/0xc33bf5d334c801837ea54257ea01a794d360e2a62403038db2fd1b42feef4130)

Zeus / ORPHEUS AI  
[https://arbiscan.io/tx/0x08e10227543ee796443b9051cacb2315bb23915e4529e578a6eabc6ddf2b488e](https://arbiscan.io/tx/0x08e10227543ee796443b9051cacb2315bb23915e4529e578a6eabc6ddf2b488e)

  
As a result, [**WeatherXM AG**](https://weatherxm.com) & [ORPHEUS AI](https://www.zeussubnet.com) are entitled use the entire network's data commercially, during 2026.

The next auction will be held in November 2026. More details about licensing WeatherXM Network data [**can be found on our website**](https://weatherxm.network/docs/data-licensing.html).

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The fees from the license auction bring the total WeatherXM Network Association revenue for 2025, to **75,000 USDC and 200,000 $WXM**

  

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Amount**

**Currency**

[**Onboarding fees for 250 stations**](https://arbiscan.io/tx/0x7ae189a05a1b9e2a2d762b83ef8774be07afbf5cf9b9d966b7c819d0313f5d74)

25,000

USDC

[**Onboarding fees for 500 stations**](https://arbiscan.io/tx/0x6e2e453b62555d96f0cc0e54d7c374d392d6ca5561182fe9c9ec3c879d0206dc)

50,000

USDC

[Commercial Data License for 2026 (WeatherXM AG)](https://arbiscan.io/tx/0xc33bf5d334c801837ea54257ea01a794d360e2a62403038db2fd1b42feef4130)

100,000

$WXM

[Commercial Data License for 2026 (ORPHEUS AI B.V.)](https://arbiscan.io/tx/0x08e10227543ee796443b9051cacb2315bb23915e4529e578a6eabc6ddf2b488e)

  

100,000

$WXM

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*Originally published on [WeatherXM Network](https://paragraph.com/@weatherxm/two-winners-for-2026-data-licenses)*