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Lighthouse is an open metaverse navigation engine that enables the search for places, events, friends, creators, assets, and experiences across and within virtual worlds. Through its portal, Lighthouse empowers users to find trending activities, build groups of friends to explore the metaverse, see where their NFTs are usable and follow the work of specific brands and creators. Lighthouse powers its solution by directly integrating with the virtual worlds for which it provides searchability capabilities. F

Ren Labs is a multichain technology promoting the research and development of initiatives to expand the Ren ecosystem and the broader blockchain space.

Tinyman is a decentralized trading protocol that utilizes the fast and secure framework of the Algorand blockchain, creating an open and safe marketplace for traders, liquidity providers, and developers.

TrueFi is a decentralized protocol for uncollateralized on-chain lending. The aim is for TrueFi to become the ultimate market-driven, automated credit rating and lending system, freeing money to move wherever it creates the most value instantly. On TrueFi, lenders enjoy competitive rates and full transparency of how their assets are utilized. Meanwhile, borrowers get access to fast, fixed rate loans with no collateral requirements, all while building an on-chain credit history. The process of vetting borrowers for creditworthiness and approving new loans is in the hands of holders of TRU, the TrueFi platform token. TrueFi was developed by TrustToken, the same team that launched and grew TUSD and four other leading stablecoins into asset-backed tokens trusted by many, attested live on-chain and now moving billions of dollars in monthly volume across +100 trading partners and 112 countries.

Archblock, formerly known as TrustToken, Inc., operates a platform for creating asset-backed tokens that facilitate global buying and selling. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company aims to provide a seamless way to tokenize various assets, enabling the conversion of physical assets like gold into digital tokens. Its flagship product, TrueUSD, is a stablecoin that can be redeemed on a 1-for-1 basis for US dollars. Archblock employs a team with diverse backgrounds from prestigious institutions and companies, including Stanford, UC Berkeley, and major financial and tech firms. The platform is designed to align incentives among participants while ensuring compliance with fiduciary standards and creating a transparent audit trail of asset management.

Gamma Point is a hedge fund that invests in digital assets and blockchain technology. The fund focuses on identifying opportunities within the cryptocurrency market and related sectors. It employs various investment strategies to manage its portfolio. It is acquired by BlockTower Capital.

Enjin is one of the world's largest blockchain projects and one of the first NFT/metaverse projects. It is helping launch Efinity, the NFT chain on Polkadot, custom built with NFT-specific functions at the protocol level. Enjin offers a full tech stack for easy NFT integration. Enjin Wallet 2.0 integrates with apps, allowing games to use NFTs in the wallet. Beam distributes NFTs via QR code. NFT.io rounds out these tools with a dedicated marketplace. Indie developers have used Enjin tools to integrate NFTs, with no added blockchain development resources, since 2019. Enjin was founded in 2009 by Maxim Blagov and Witek Radomski.

Sky Mavis is a technology company that specializes in developing decentralized applications and services, primarily focusing on the gaming sector. As a blockchain studio, it creates virtual worlds that feature player-owned economies, allowing gamers to engage in trading digital assets. Through its innovative approach, Sky Mavis empowers players by providing them with economic freedom, enabling the buying and selling of collectibles within these digital environments. The company's commitment to building practical applications and interactive experiences positions it as a significant player in the intersection of gaming and blockchain technology.

Shyft Network is a public protocol for directly validating identity and power compliance in blockchain data. Shyft Network provides meaningful user information that institutions can use to secure cryptocurrency while maintaining privacy by facilitating the transfer of verifiable data between centralized and decentralized ecosystems.

Founded in 2018, Yield Guild Games is a venture capital firm based in Quezon City, Philippines. The firm invest in early-stage token and equity deals in web3, gaming studios and the infrastructure that supports the growth of the industry.

Solana is a crypto startup that builds and develops crypto apps for decentralized apps and marketplaces. The Solana network is validated by thousands of independent nodes, providing enhanced security and resistance against censorship.

The Block is an information services company empowering smart decisions for those who invest in, work with, make decisions about or seek to understand digital assets. Through The Block's website, newsletters, research portal, our podcast "The Scoop", data, and bespoke research engagements, we interact daily with tens of thousands of technologists, financial market participants, Fortune 500 professionals, global service providers, policymakers and more. For industry news visit us at www.theblock.co or for research and analysis on events shaping the ecosystem, visit www.theblock.pro. The Block delivers deep insight into how this emerging sector interacts with traditional finance, technology, governments, and markets.

The Hedera hashgraph platform will offer a distributed public ledger that enables anyone to easily develop globally decentralized applications. Developers can build secure, fair, blazing-fast decentralized applications on top of the Hedera hashgraph platform.

Archblock, formerly known as TrustToken, Inc., operates a platform for creating asset-backed tokens that facilitate global buying and selling. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company aims to provide a seamless way to tokenize various assets, enabling the conversion of physical assets like gold into digital tokens. Its flagship product, TrueUSD, is a stablecoin that can be redeemed on a 1-for-1 basis for US dollars. Archblock employs a team with diverse backgrounds from prestigious institutions and companies, including Stanford, UC Berkeley, and major financial and tech firms. The platform is designed to align incentives among participants while ensuring compliance with fiduciary standards and creating a transparent audit trail of asset management.

At the heart of RightMesh is a mesh networking protocol that allows direct, P2P connections between disparate devices, and a cryptocurrency protocol that incentivizes people to share mobile device resources such as bandwidth, data and storage with those who lack access. Developers can use our platform and SDK to integrate RightMesh technology into their applications, thereby increasing global connectivity and facilitating international communication and commerce.

Cred is a decentralized lending ecosystem that facilitates open access to credit anywhere and anytime based on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

PolySwarm is a decentralized security marketplace where threats are detected in real-time by thousands of micro-engines honed by security experts competing to protect you.

FunFair Technologies provides its services on research and development in the latest blockchain technologies. They are solving problems with the latest scaling solutions and putting protocols through their paces.

Mainframe — A decentralized network for censorship-resistant message routing. The need for a privacy and security focused communications ecosystem has never been higher. Distrust and centralized powers abound, with third parties monopolizing users’ information and governments imposing surveillance tactics on citizens inside and outside their borders. Each takes advantage of the same decades-old architecture on which the entire Internet is built. The Mainframe network is the messaging layer for the new web. This goes beyond human-to-human messaging. There are many use-cases and applications for reliably, privately, and securely routing data packets through the Mainframe peer-to-peer network. Mainframe is resistant to censorship, surveillance, and disruption. With the exception of a catastrophic asteroid event or an aggressive alien invasion, the Mainframe network is simply unstoppable. We build with five fundamental principles as our guide.

Injective Labs is a key contributor to Injective, the blockchain designed specifically for finance. Injective is an open, interoperable network that provides solutions for DeFi developers in a unique way. Injective, which is Cosmos IBC and Ethereum compatible, is a hub for dApps shaping the future of finance. Injective-based applications benefit from zero gas fees, secure transactions, and fast transmissions for dynamic scalability. The company aims to create a truly free and inclusive financial system through decentralization.