Blockworks is a prominent online financial media platform focused on providing information and insights for digital asset investors. The company aims to enhance the understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrency in a responsible manner. Through its editorial site, newsletters, podcasts, conferences, and research, Blockworks offers critical analysis and relevant data, enabling investors to make informed decisions regarding digital assets. By delivering timely news and expert insights, Blockworks positions itself as a vital resource for those navigating the complexities of the cryptocurrency market.
Immunefi is a bug bounty platform focused on enhancing the security of decentralized finance (DeFi) projects by addressing vulnerabilities in blockchain technologies. The platform provides a comprehensive solution for crypto projects, enabling effective network hosting, bug triaging, and program management. By offering tools for smart contract review and vulnerability disclosure, Immunefi helps organizations identify and mitigate risks associated with malicious exploits and unknown attacks. This proactive approach aims to create a safer environment for crypto projects, ensuring that developers can secure their applications against potential threats.
Satellite.im is a developer of a secure communication platform that focuses on data encryption, ensuring that information is accessible only to intended recipients. By leveraging advanced decentralization and encryption technologies, the company enables the creation of extensible applications while allowing users to store files on a distributed network. This approach not only enhances data security but also incorporates built-in redundancy and accommodates large file storage, providing users with a reliable and secure experience.
Krypton is a decentralized trading protocol designed to address the challenges associated with miner extractable value in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. By offering a fully decentralized exchange platform, Krypton mitigates issues such as front-running and short-term adverse selection. The platform employs a diverse open-source software stack to establish a supply and demand equilibrium based on price and speed, rather than price and quantity. This approach enhances trade execution for users without requiring specialized information. Traders have the option to select their preferred trading speed or allow the system to optimize it, thereby protecting both traders and market makers from slippage and impermanent loss.
Here Not There Labs specializes in developing decentralized communication solutions for online communities. Led by CEO Ben Rubin, the company has created Towns, a protocol and web-based chat application that empowers users to establish self-owned and self-governed environments. Additionally, Here Not There Labs offers an anti-meeting tool that facilitates efficient and decentralized conversations, reducing the need for traditional meetings. This tool connects individuals based on relevant topics, allowing for discussions that are timely and focused, thereby enhancing collaboration among teams. Through these innovations, Here Not There Labs aims to transform how communities interact and collaborate online.
Parcel is focused on facilitating virtual real estate transactions within the metaverse. It has created a comprehensive marketplace that aggregates digital land listings, connecting landowners and creators to support the growth of the metaverse community. Parcel offers a variety of services, including real-time appraisals and extensive industry knowledge, while minimizing costs through zero marketplace fees and low gas consumption. By streamlining access to virtual properties, Parcel aims to empower users to navigate the virtual ecosystem more efficiently and affordably.
Certora develops unique technology which supplements your programming experts and manual auditors by automatically detecting security vulnerabilities both before the code is deployed and during operation. The process is executed automatically and provides mathematical proofs of correctness on a daily basis. For carefully defined properties of your software, Certora technology can completely guarantee the absence of security vulnerabilities.
Chainflip is a decentralized protocol that facilitates direct cross-chain swaps among various blockchains without requiring a trusted intermediary. The platform is designed to support the seamless exchange of cryptocurrencies, allowing users to conduct anonymous and permissionless transactions. Utilizing robust frameworks, including Rust, Chainflip enables users to move funds across different blockchains and ecosystems without the need for additional software, collateral, or wrapped assets. This approach provides a trustless environment for investors seeking to exchange assets across multiple networks efficiently.
InfiniGods is a game development company focused on creating blockchain games set in a mythological universe. With a team of seasoned professionals from the gaming industry, InfiniGods aims to transform the gaming experience through digital ownership. The company specializes in developing web and mobile games that incorporate elements of mythology, featuring gameplay styles such as puzzles, strategy, and city building. By prioritizing accessibility, InfiniGods seeks to offer gamers an easy and affordable entry into the world of blockchain gaming, fostering a new era of interactive entertainment.
Bundlr is a decentralized platform that makes it fast and easy to store data on web3. It is a reliable, multichain solution that enables easy access to Arweave. Bundlr is responsible for processing over 90% of all data uploaded on Arweave and increases upload speeds by ~3000%. Bundlr is integrated on most platforms and is multi-chain compatible including Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche.
Tonic is building a permissionless decentralized protocol for fast and seamless trading of any asset on NEAR and Aurora. The platform will enable developers building on NEAR’s Layer 1 solution to integrate trading functionality into their applications.
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Civitas is a Play & Earn community-driven 4X strategy game.
Volt Protocol is a digital currency platform designed to provide users with a yield-bearing currency that combines the benefits of self-custody and censorship resistance with the ease of transactions typically found in traditional banking. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, Volt Protocol utilizes smart contracts to ensure a non-custodial experience, allowing token holders to maintain control over their assets. The platform focuses on decentralized savings and credit systems, tracking the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban communities instead of relying on fiat currencies. This approach empowers users to protect their savings while minimizing reliance on intermediaries, thus fostering a more equitable financial ecosystem.
Polemos is a global GameFi platform that is the first decentralized combination of its own marketplace, educational hub, and community-centric gaming guild. Polemos’ overarching vision is to improve employment and education worldwide by developing a platform that focuses on Metaverse Adoption, Community Engagement and Esports Dominance. Their mission is to become one of the world’s leading Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) and bring tens of millions of global digital Asset Providers and Gamers together inside a unified GameFi ecosystem. By bridging esports and DeFi communities, we will revolutionize gaming and create unique Play To Earn opportunities unlike anything ever seen before!
Operator of a decentralized order flow marketplace intended to bring open and fair payment-for-order-flow markets to crypto. The company's marketplace emphasizes establishing decentralized order flow markets to support partnerships with sources of retail order flow and rapidly build towards a main net launch, enabling clients to earn rebates on each trade.
Upshot is a blockchain-based protocol that incentivizes experts to answer subjective questions honestly and captures the value of truth. Its first product aims to provide an efficient price-discovery mechanism for NFTs by paying experts for honest appraisals unlocking new opportunities for experts and enabling a number of powerful new DeFi primitives.
Prime Protocol is a decentralized multiple blockchain prime brokerage that facilitates borrowing and lending of assets across various blockchains. The platform enables users to obtain collateralized loans based on the value of their entire portfolio, offering cross-chain margining and competitive interest rates. This approach enhances liquidity and mitigates risk for borrowers, allowing them to improve capital efficiency and diversify their investment portfolios. By providing a seamless and integrated financial service across multiple blockchain networks, Prime Protocol aims to streamline the borrowing process and broaden access to capital for its users.
Swell Network is a permissionless, non-custodial, and liquid ETH staking protocol that is built for stakers, node operators, and the Ethereum ecosystem. A community-driven and open-source protocol backed by the industry’s leading funds and angels.
Developer of a decentralized platform designed to facilitate trading perpetual futures. The company's platform helps traders tokenize their most profitable perpetual future positions so that they can be utilized as collateral on other Defi protocols, enabling traders to borrow against their profitable perpetual futures positions.
Socket is a developer of a multichain interoperability platform that connects various blockchain networks, facilitating seamless asset and information transfers. By acting as a meta-layer, Socket enables the creation of unified, multichain applications that share liquidity and state across different chains. Its platform simplifies the development of cross-chain applications by unifying liquidity across bridges and decentralized exchanges (DEXs), allowing users to route funds based on their preferences such as fees, speed, or security. This approach enhances the efficiency and functionality of blockchain interactions, benefiting developers and users alike.
Hypatos GmbH, founded in 2018 and located in Kleinmachnow, Germany, specializes in artificial intelligence systems aimed at automating the capture and processing of document data. The company focuses on enhancing financial document processing through its use of language processing AI and computer vision technology. Hypatos targets various business applications, including invoices, travel and expense management, loan application validation, and insurance claims. By offering pre-trained machine learning models as APIs and applications, Hypatos enables organizations to automate complex back-office processes, thereby increasing processing speed, reducing costs, and improving data quality.
Voltz Labs is a defi primitive that empowers leveraged interest rate swaps. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Road Town, D8.
Rumble League Studio's purpose is to empower players by changing the existing quo of digital ownership.
Slingshot is a decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform that facilitates the trading of crypto assets. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, Slingshot helps users find the best prices for token trades and offers a mobile-friendly interface for seamless trading. The platform aggregates a wide variety of tokens, providing valuable insights that enhance the trading experience. By enabling clients to trade digital assets securely through their wallets, Slingshot aims to simplify and improve access to the growing crypto market. The company was previously known as DEXAG, Inc. before rebranding in November 2020.
Block Earner is a blockchain-powered fintech on a mission to provide a user-friendly interface to access the benefits of decentralised finance. We provide better products built on blockchain and help people take control of their money.
Incode Technologies Inc. is a digital identity company specializing in biometric identity solutions that enhance customer experiences across banking, payments, hospitality, and retail sectors. The company has developed Incode Omni, an omnichannel platform that leverages artificial intelligence to provide secure identity verification through facial recognition and government-issued IDs. Its product suite includes Incode Hello, a chat and video conference solution; Incode Welcome, for applying for bank accounts or credit cards; Incode Facepay, a facial recognition payment system; Incode Talk, for app authentication; and Incode Greet. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, Incode operates globally, with additional offices in Europe and Latin America. The company is recognized for its enterprise-grade facial recognition capabilities and serves some of the world's largest banks, financial institutions, and retailers, setting a high standard for convenience and security in digital identity verification.
Polemos is a global GameFi platform that is the first decentralized combination of its own marketplace, educational hub, and community-centric gaming guild. Polemos’ overarching vision is to improve employment and education worldwide by developing a platform that focuses on Metaverse Adoption, Community Engagement and Esports Dominance. Their mission is to become one of the world’s leading Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) and bring tens of millions of global digital Asset Providers and Gamers together inside a unified GameFi ecosystem. By bridging esports and DeFi communities, we will revolutionize gaming and create unique Play To Earn opportunities unlike anything ever seen before!
Immunefi is a bug bounty platform focused on enhancing the security of decentralized finance (DeFi) projects by addressing vulnerabilities in blockchain technologies. The platform provides a comprehensive solution for crypto projects, enabling effective network hosting, bug triaging, and program management. By offering tools for smart contract review and vulnerability disclosure, Immunefi helps organizations identify and mitigate risks associated with malicious exploits and unknown attacks. This proactive approach aims to create a safer environment for crypto projects, ensuring that developers can secure their applications against potential threats.
Futureswap is a decentralized futures exchange based in San Francisco, California. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to facilitate non-custodial trading of crypto futures contracts. By employing an automated market making algorithm, it enables users to buy and sell futures contracts with leverage, providing a flexible trading experience. Futureswap combines features of a decentralized exchange and a leveraged trading platform, allowing investors to access low-rate leveraged contracts supported by liquidity pools. This innovative approach aims to enhance the trading experience while maintaining user control over their assets.
SZNS is the NFT fragmentation service platform.
Parcel is focused on facilitating virtual real estate transactions within the metaverse. It has created a comprehensive marketplace that aggregates digital land listings, connecting landowners and creators to support the growth of the metaverse community. Parcel offers a variety of services, including real-time appraisals and extensive industry knowledge, while minimizing costs through zero marketplace fees and low gas consumption. By streamlining access to virtual properties, Parcel aims to empower users to navigate the virtual ecosystem more efficiently and affordably.
Chainflip is a decentralized protocol that facilitates direct cross-chain swaps among various blockchains without requiring a trusted intermediary. The platform is designed to support the seamless exchange of cryptocurrencies, allowing users to conduct anonymous and permissionless transactions. Utilizing robust frameworks, including Rust, Chainflip enables users to move funds across different blockchains and ecosystems without the need for additional software, collateral, or wrapped assets. This approach provides a trustless environment for investors seeking to exchange assets across multiple networks efficiently.
Loda.fi is a lender that accepts crypto as collateral.
Lyra Finance operates a decentralized platform focused on trading cryptocurrency options and perpetual contracts. Built on Ethereum, Lyra Finance combines traditional options market-making principles with the advantages of the crypto space, such as scalability and composability. The protocol offers unique and programmable on-chain options and structured products, allowing users to buy and sell options that are priced using an innovative market-based, skew-adjusted pricing model. This approach enhances the accuracy of pricing in the options market, catering to the needs of traders in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape.
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
TokenScript is a new tokenization standard that will deliver a more integrated web. A token-centric middleware that connects the scale of Web2 with the promise of Web3.
Developer of crypto networks designed to earn digital currency using crypto applications. The company provides tokens for doing onchain actions, offers tools to distribute ownership and quests that upon completion offer rewards, enabling users to acquire XP, level up, and earn rewards for interacting with well-known blockchain protocols.
SynFutures operates a decentralized derivatives platform that facilitates the trading of synthetic assets, allowing users to create and trade various digital asset pairs using a single digital token as margin. The platform aims to establish an open and trustless derivatives market by enabling trading on any asset with a price feed. By promoting a free market environment and increasing the diversity of tradable assets, SynFutures seeks to lower the barriers to entry in the derivatives market, thereby fostering a more equitable exchange for digital assets.
Endaoment is a tax-exempt community foundation specifically designed for the cryptocurrency industry, aiming to foster social impact. It provides a platform for charitable giving through donor-advised and community funds via its web application. This service enables users to donate various cryptocurrencies to a wide range of nonprofit organizations, promoting the adoption of cryptocurrency technologies in philanthropy. Additionally, Endaoment introduces nonprofits to the advantages of blockchain technology, facilitating a more efficient and transparent method of charitable contributions within the blockchain community.
Developer of a gaming platform designed to reach mainstream game industry players and introduce them to blockchain games. The company builds blockchain games to support both gaming and blockchain communities, enabling players to get new playing experiences.
Commonwealth Laboratories, Inc. operates a diagnostic laboratory that specializes in tests for functional gastrointestinal disorders. Founded in 1985 and based in San Francisco, California, the company serves as a resource platform for healthcare providers, offering specialized diagnostic solutions to aid in patient diagnosis. Additionally, Commonwealth Labs is involved in developing governance technology for decentralized organizations, providing a blockchain protocol-based system that enhances decision-making and resource allocation. This dual focus on healthcare diagnostics and innovative governance solutions positions Commonwealth Laboratories as a multifaceted entity addressing both medical and organizational needs.
Rangers Protocol is a future virtual world blockchain infrastructure, fully compatible with Ethereum, professionally supports NFT and complex applications, and integrates and expands cross-chain, NFT, EVM, and distributed network protocols.
Risk Harbor operates a risk management marketplace focused on decentralized finance (DeFi), providing a platform that allows liquidity providers and stakers to protect themselves against smart contract vulnerabilities. The marketplace features an automated and transparent claims process, ensuring fairness and impartiality. It enables users to create diverse pools of protection using DeFi assets and offers functionalities such as objective claims handling and risk composability. By integrating new protocols, Risk Harbor enhances clients' potential for earnings and security, allowing them to assess risk and data in a secure environment. The company's mission is to facilitate a smooth transition to decentralized financial services by eliminating the necessity for trusted intermediaries, thereby promoting a truly open and permissionless financial system for all.
Gro builds products, called protocols or autonomous programs, for a more simple and friendly DeFi experience. Gro empowers people to easily create and share wealth, by combining the best of decentralized and legacy finance.
Maple Finance operates a capital-efficient corporate debt marketplace that connects institutions seeking loans with liquidity pools funded by the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. The platform employs a peer-to-pool model, allowing experienced investors to manage these liquidity pools while providing borrowers, such as crypto corporates, market makers, exchanges, and miners, with access to tailored loans. By facilitating this process, Maple Finance enables institutions to efficiently secure capital while offering investors the opportunity to participate in a diversified and high-yielding portfolio of corporate and institutional loans.
Illuvium makes a game that rewards players with the opportunity to explore and capture NFT creatures, known as Illuvials, in combat.
Illuvium makes a game that rewards players with the opportunity to explore and capture NFT creatures, known as Illuvials, in combat.
Fei Labs is focused on developing a decentralized stablecoin that aims to address challenges associated with existing dollar-pegged products, particularly those influenced by large holders, commonly referred to as "whales." The company has created a unique stablecoin mechanism that is undercollateralized and designed for scalability, promoting capital efficiency and equitable distribution among users. By leveraging this innovative approach, Fei Labs enables users to utilize their stablecoins to maintain liquid secondary markets, thereby enhancing overall market functionality while ensuring a fully decentralized framework.
Saddle Finance operates an automated market maker (AMM) platform specifically designed for trading pegged value crypto assets. Its innovative financial trading platform facilitates trading and earning opportunities with these assets by utilizing a tokenized bitcoin pool. This approach enhances on-chain liquidity, allowing traders to execute transactions with minimal slippage and reduced transaction fees. By focusing on the unique requirements of pegged value assets, Saddle Finance aims to provide an efficient and cost-effective trading experience for its users.
Maple Finance operates a capital-efficient corporate debt marketplace that connects institutions seeking loans with liquidity pools funded by the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. The platform employs a peer-to-pool model, allowing experienced investors to manage these liquidity pools while providing borrowers, such as crypto corporates, market makers, exchanges, and miners, with access to tailored loans. By facilitating this process, Maple Finance enables institutions to efficiently secure capital while offering investors the opportunity to participate in a diversified and high-yielding portfolio of corporate and institutional loans.
Horizon Finance is a platform focused on decentralized interest rate markets and protocol cash flow markets. It allows users to deposit their funds and compete for preferential payment by capping their yield, thereby outperforming or underperforming the benchmark interest rate.
DODO is a decentralized exchange that utilizes the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm to enhance capital efficiency in liquidity provision. It offers a straightforward token issuance mechanism, which is particularly beneficial for long-tail assets. By focusing on on-chain liquidity provision, DODO enables independent price discovery, allowing users to invest, issue, and trade cryptocurrency assets effectively. The platform operates primarily on Ethereum and the Smart Chain, facilitating liquidity token trading while maintaining a low barrier to entry for users.
Boardroom Labs Inc. develops an integrated governance management platform designed to enhance decision-making and governance within various crypto networks. Founded in 2020 and based in New York, the company aims to enable stakeholder-owned platforms to scale effectively while considering the interests of all constituents. Boardroom Labs focuses on improving distributed management practices and values high standards in code quality, testing, and architecture. The company is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that encourages continuous learning and clear communication among its team members.
Slingshot is a decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform that facilitates the trading of crypto assets. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, Slingshot helps users find the best prices for token trades and offers a mobile-friendly interface for seamless trading. The platform aggregates a wide variety of tokens, providing valuable insights that enhance the trading experience. By enabling clients to trade digital assets securely through their wallets, Slingshot aims to simplify and improve access to the growing crypto market. The company was previously known as DEXAG, Inc. before rebranding in November 2020.
Developer of a financial platform intended to trade options, futures, perpetual, and hedges all in one place. The company's platform offers crypto options and derivatives trading services on mobile, request for quote (RFQ), a powerful tool for traders to manage risk and obtain the prices for large and complex trades, enabling professional traders to optimize profits and reduce the risk of impermanent loss.
Manage all your DeFi assets from one simple interface.
Teller is a United States-based blockchain project focused on decentralized lending. It provides a platform that connects to users' bank accounts to offer risk-assessed, unsecured loans, eliminating the need for collateral. By utilizing an algorithmic credit risk protocol, Teller aims to create decentralized lending markets that enhance lending opportunities while minimizing risks. The company's cloud-based system effectively delivers creditworthiness data, enabling users to engage in loans with digital currency. Through this innovative approach, Teller seeks to transform the lending landscape by making access to loans more efficient and secure.
The Graph is a protocol designed for building decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS using GraphQL. Incorporated in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a decentralized indexing and query layer for the decentralized web. Developers can create and publish open APIs, known as subgraphs, which applications can query to access blockchain data. The Graph currently supports indexing data from Ethereum, POA, and IPFS, with plans to expand to additional networks. A hosted service is available to help developers begin building on the platform, while a decentralized network is set to launch soon. Approximately 1,700 subgraphs have been deployed for various decentralized applications, including notable projects like Uniswap, Synthetix, and Decentraland.
Futureswap is a decentralized futures exchange based in San Francisco, California. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to facilitate non-custodial trading of crypto futures contracts. By employing an automated market making algorithm, it enables users to buy and sell futures contracts with leverage, providing a flexible trading experience. Futureswap combines features of a decentralized exchange and a leveraged trading platform, allowing investors to access low-rate leveraged contracts supported by liquidity pools. This innovative approach aims to enhance the trading experience while maintaining user control over their assets.
Synthetix is a decentralized synthetic asset issuance protocol operating on the Ethereum blockchain, designed for derivatives trading within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Based in Sydney, Australia, the platform enables the creation of on-chain synthetic assets and digital tokens. Synthetix offers various products, including the Synthetix Network Token (SNX), which serves as collateral for synthetic assets like sUSD and sEUR. Additionally, it provides Mintr, a decentralized application for SNX holders, and Swappr, a tool facilitating conversions between SNX and Ethereum. The platform aims to address the challenges of volatility in cryptocurrencies by allowing users to gain exposure to real-world currencies, commodities, and indices through synthetic assets, thereby ensuring liquidity and enabling peer-to-contract trading. Founded in 2018, Synthetix promotes an open and transparent ecosystem, leveraging smart contracts to enhance trading efficiency and accessibility.