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RightMesh is a software-based mobile mesh networking platform that facilitates last-mile connectivity by enabling direct peer-to-peer connections between devices. Utilizing its patent-pending technology, RightMesh allows users to establish mobile mesh networks, connecting Android phones and IoT devices without the need for traditional internet access. The platform incentivizes resource sharing through a cryptocurrency protocol, encouraging individuals to share mobile device resources such as bandwidth, data, and storage with those who lack access. Developers can integrate RightMesh technology into their applications using the provided SDK, thereby enhancing global connectivity and promoting international communication and commerce.

Basis, established in 2017 and headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, specializes in developing an algorithmic cryptocurrency protocol. This protocol is designed to stabilize purchasing power by automatically adjusting the supply of its cryptocurrency, similar to how central banks manage fiscal debt.

Keep Network, established in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in creating interactive links between public blockchains and private data. The company's core product, tBTC, is a decentralized bridge enabling users to securely and anonymously transfer their Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, facilitating participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Keep Network's technology, an off-chain container for private data, allows smart contracts to leverage the full power of public blockchains while maintaining data privacy.

Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange platform founded in 2017 and based in Singapore. The protocol facilitates the sharing and monetization of data through advanced blockchain technology, ensuring that transactions are safe, secure, and transparent. By connecting data providers and consumers, Ocean Protocol creates an accessible marketplace for valuable data. It empowers developers and curators to build innovative data services while maintaining control, transparency, and compliance for all participants, ultimately fostering a collaborative ecosystem for data exchange.

Synthetix is a decentralized synthetic asset issuance protocol based in Australia, established in 2017 by Kain Warwick. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, it facilitates derivatives trading in decentralized finance (DeFi) by enabling the creation of synthetic assets that provide exposure to real-world currencies, commodities, stocks, and indices. The platform offers unique financial instruments such as perpetual futures and options markets, allowing users to trade synthetic forms of assets with infinite liquidity. Synthetix operates a peer-to-contract trading system and utilizes a distributed collateral pool, ensuring transparency and accessibility for customers seeking on-chain exposure to various decentralized assets.

Ren is an open protocol that facilitates the transfer of value between different blockchains, enhancing interoperability within decentralized finance (DeFi). Its primary product, RenVM, supports multi-chain operations and allows for large-volume cryptocurrency trading through hidden order books. This infrastructure is designed to enable traders to execute private and cross-chain trades while minimizing market impact. Founded in 2007 and based in Singapore, Ren aims to provide a decentralized dark pool exchange protocol that allows for atomic swaps between cryptocurrency pairs on the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains, ensuring that order details remain confidential.

Theta Network, developed by Theta Labs, is a decentralized video delivery platform that leverages blockchain technology and cryptocurrency to incentivize users to share their excess bandwidth for relaying video streams. This peer-to-peer network operates on top of existing streaming applications and networks, enabling low-latency live content streaming from platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and Twitter. By rewarding users for their contribution, Theta Network reduces content delivery costs and drives incremental revenues for content providers. The company, based in Cupertino, California, operates as a subsidiary of Sliver VR Technologies, Inc. and has attracted strategic investments from prominent corporations and venture capital firms.

Stream is a new decentralized blockchain-based token that allows livestreamers to easily and anonymously accept payments from their audience members anywhere in the world, with extremely low transaction fees and no platform lock-in.

0x is a developer of an open protocol that enables decentralized exchanging of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. The protocol serves as a standard framework that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions and promotes interoperability among decentralized applications that incorporate exchange capabilities. By providing a mechanism for users to seamlessly convert a diverse range of assets into cryptographic tokens, 0x aims to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of digital asset trading in a decentralized manner.