Developer of an all-in-one crypto investment application designed for newbies and crypto enthusiasts. The company's app offers a friendly, easy way for beginners to learn, experiment, and make trades with a community of experts and allows them to buy & sell OTC and trade currencies, enabling users to learn, trade, and invest crypto in a simple, safe, and secure way.
Thesis, Inc. is a cryptocurrency venture studio that specializes in developing and funding decentralized products and protocols. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the company aims to bridge the gap between Bitcoin and real-world purchases while facilitating the use of private data on public blockchains. One of its notable developments is the tBTC protocol, which operates on the Keep network. Through its initiatives, Thesis seeks to empower individuals by creating innovative solutions within the cryptocurrency and decentralized technology sectors.
Moon Technologies, Inc. is a company based in Whitestone, New York, that operates a payment platform enabling the use of major cryptocurrencies for online purchases. The platform allows users to link their accounts or preferred wallets to facilitate transactions at various online retailers. It includes a browser extension that provides secure virtual cards tailored for consumer use, focusing on know-your-customer compliance. Additionally, the platform offers an application programming interface for card issuance, streamlining the shopping experience for users who wish to pay with cryptocurrency.
Private Equity Round in 2021
BitDAO is one of the world's newest and largest decentralized autonomous organizations, formed with the vision of leveling the economic playing field for every person in the world through the acceleration of the decentralized tokenized economy. The company allocates significant financial and talent resources to drive decentralized finance growth.
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
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O(1) Labs is a software development company working on Mina Protocol, a tiny, portable blockchain. The company uses cryptography and cryptocurrency to build computing systems that put people back in control of their digital lives. It addresses one of the fundamental challenges in cryptocurrency by creating the first succinct blockchain that enables decentralization at scale. O(1) Labs was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California by Evan Shapiro and Izaak Meckler.
O(1) Labs is a software development company working on Mina Protocol, a tiny, portable blockchain. The company uses cryptography and cryptocurrency to build computing systems that put people back in control of their digital lives. It addresses one of the fundamental challenges in cryptocurrency by creating the first succinct blockchain that enables decentralization at scale. O(1) Labs was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California by Evan Shapiro and Izaak Meckler.
FalconX, Ltd. is a digital asset trading platform based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing trading solutions using data science and blockchain technology. Founded in 2018, the company has rapidly established itself in the market, achieving $7 billion in global trading volume over a recent ten-month period, with a quarterly growth rate exceeding 600%. FalconX caters to a diverse clientele, including over 100 financial institutions such as hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, payment gateways, and cryptocurrency exchanges. The platform is designed to offer reliable execution for mid-to-large size trades, employing machine learning to optimize trade execution by smart routing orders across various liquidity sources. This approach helps clients minimize slippage and eliminate hidden fees, facilitating efficient currency exchange and transfer within the cryptocurrency markets.
Blockdaemon Inc. is a blockchain node management platform that enables businesses, enterprises, and developers to efficiently deploy and manage blockchain applications. The company provides tools for exchanges, custodians, financial institutions, and developers to operate nodes across more than 30 blockchain protocols, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polkadot. Blockdaemon's solution is designed for easy portability, allowing users to switch between networks seamlessly without the need for complex configurations. Founded in 2013 and originally known as Trak Inc., Blockdaemon has its headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, with additional offices in Los Angeles, California, and Ireland. The company supports the blockchain developer ecosystem by offering expert advice in development operations.
Amber Group is a prominent cryptocurrency financial services provider headquartered in Hong Kong, established in 2017 by finance professionals with backgrounds from major institutions. The company facilitates the buying and selling of cryptocurrency products and offers a range of services including yield enhancement, collateralized lending, decentralized finance, execution services, and electronic market making. Operating globally, Amber Group serves over 200 institutional clients, engaging in significant trading activity across numerous electronic exchanges with an average daily trading volume between $100 million and $200 million. The firm is dedicated to optimizing investment flexibility and maximizing returns for its clients by leveraging advanced technology and quantitative research, thereby enhancing the overall crypto finance experience. In 2019, Amber Group secured $28 million in a Series A funding round, attracting investment from notable players in the cryptocurrency sector.
Sibex AG is a software development company based in Zug, Switzerland, that specializes in creating a cryptocurrency trading platform tailored for institutional investors. Founded in 2019, Sibex has developed a peer-to-peer decentralized over-the-counter trading platform that facilitates seamless trading of cryptocurrencies across different blockchains without the need for third-party involvement. The platform offers an institutional-grade dark venue for the procurement and liquidation of digital assets, addressing challenges like front-running and thereby lowering trading costs. This enables traders to engage in secure, private, and straightforward decentralized finance transactions.
BitMart is a global digital asset trading platform that offers a range of services to cater to various investor needs. It provides options for spot trading, futures contracts, over-the-counter transactions, and decentralized trading, ensuring a comprehensive trading experience. The platform enables users to conduct crypto-to-crypto trading for various coins and utility tokens efficiently across multiple platforms. Additionally, BitMart features an incubator designed to assist traditional businesses with technical, financial, and marketing support, promoting liquidity and secure trading. The emphasis on fast, secure, and professional services positions BitMart as a versatile option in the cryptocurrency market.
Blockstack is a decentralized computing network that empowers users to control their data and login credentials while facilitating the development of decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts. Founded in 2013 and based in New York, the company operates an open-source platform that allows developers to create secure, privacy-focused applications. Users can register digital assets, such as domain names and applications, through Blockstack Token LLC, a subsidiary established in 2017. The network enables the creation, trading, and management of digital assets without relying on central authorities. With over 120 independent developer teams building on its platform, Blockstack aims to provide a scalable and user-centric alternative to traditional tech solutions, ensuring privacy, security, and freedom in the digital space.
OceanEx Limited operates cryptocurrency trading platform. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Bahamas.
AlphaWallet is a developer of a decentralized digital wallet platform that facilitates transactions involving cryptocurrencies. The platform is built on the Ethereum network and supports multiple digital assets, enabling users to send, receive, and store various digital currencies. AlphaWallet aims to connect businesses and consumers with the emerging digital economic infrastructure through tokenization, allowing for the trading of tokenized rights across markets. The company provides TokenScript, an open framework designed to enhance the functionality of tokens, making them "smart" and enabling limitless integration across systems. The AlphaWallet app serves as a gateway for users to access these SmartTokens, drawing a parallel to web browsers in the web 2.0 era. Overall, AlphaWallet envisions a future where technology-driven free markets benefit all participants.
bloXroute Labs, Inc. offers a blockchain scalability solution that enhances the capacity of cryptocurrencies and blockchains to process thousands of transactions per second without requiring protocol modifications. This solution operates beneath the consensus layer, allowing all nodes to maintain consensus over the blockchain state, regardless of transaction volume. The company's platform leverages a global network of servers optimized for performance through advanced techniques such as compression and encryption. By efficiently propagating transactions and blocks, bloXroute enables increased transaction throughput for various blockchains, making it a versatile and neutral solution for any node. Founded in 2018, bloXroute is based in Evanston, Illinois.
The Block is a prominent research, analysis, and news organization focused on the digital asset sector. Established in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, The Block operates with a team distributed across multiple time zones, enabling continuous coverage of the global cryptocurrency and blockchain landscape. The organization aims to serve as a comprehensive resource for individuals seeking to understand and navigate the evolving world of digital assets, including programmable money, distributed ledgers, and decentralized applications. Through its in-depth reporting and insights, The Block positions itself as a key player in the digital asset space.
CoinMex is a digital asset trading platform based in China that facilitates the exchange of various digital assets. It offers a one-stop solution for users seeking safe, fast, and convenient trading services. The platform is designed to support the implementation of blockchain projects and provides comprehensive services to ensure secure and reliable payment and trading experiences. Through its focus on user-friendly features and robust security measures, CoinMex aims to cater to the growing demand for digital asset exchanges in the technology and finance sectors.
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
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.
Block.one LLC, incorporated in 2016 and headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in blockchain technologies. The company is best known for developing EOSIO, an open-source blockchain protocol that facilitates the horizontal scaling of decentralized applications. Recognized for its flexibility and scalability, EOSIO is utilized by developers, entrepreneurs, and companies worldwide to establish secure and transparent digital infrastructures. With a workforce of over 300 specialized engineers and professionals across the United States and Asia Pacific, Block.one focuses on creating tools and systems that promote data integrity. The company aims to empower society through innovative technologies that enhance transactional capabilities.
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Ripio, previously known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company that provides electronic payment solutions in Latin America, utilizing blockchain technology to enhance accessibility to financial services. The company caters to businesses by enabling them to process international transactions using credit cards and bitcoins at reduced costs. Additionally, Ripio allows consumers to purchase bitcoins instantly with cash. Its online cryptocurrency trading platform facilitates convenient trading in bitcoin through digital wallets, offering merchants the option to receive payments in local currency or bitcoins. The company also provides a credit line feature for financing payments in installments, serving clients across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador.
BlockSeer Corp. is a data science company based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in blockchain analytics and forensics. The company offers Blockseer, a tool designed to assess the validity of transactional parties for both businesses and individuals. This platform visualizes the bitcoin transaction graph, labeling and clustering addresses while allowing users to explore detailed information about these addresses and clusters. Users can also save and share their transaction graphs, enhancing collaboration and insights. BlockSeer aims to make blockchain data and applications more accessible through valuable analysis of patterns and metrics, clear visualizations, and actionable intelligence. As of March 2018, BlockSeer operates as a subsidiary of DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc.
Circle is a financial technology company that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the sending, receiving, and investing of cryptocurrency assets globally. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle offers a user-friendly online platform that simplifies money transfers and includes services such as Circle Pay for peer-to-peer payments. In addition, the company provides Circle Invest, allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and Circle Trade, which operates a trading desk with a substantial liquidity pool for digital assets, averaging $2 billion in monthly trading volume. With significant backing from investors, including notable firms such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle has established a presence in major cities, including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company is dedicated to accelerating global crypto innovation and adoption through its various financial services.
Bloq, Inc. specializes in developing enterprise software solutions centered around blockchain technology. Founded in 2015 and based in Chicago, the company offers BloqEnterprise, a comprehensive blockchain infrastructure that enables organizations to create, manage, and customize their own blockchain networks—whether private, public, or permissioned. Bloq also provides BloqCloud, a blockchain management system, and BloqLabs for tokenization. Additionally, the company has developed Metronome, a cross-blockchain cryptocurrency, and operates a digital currency wallet that offers various cryptocurrency services. Bloq's offerings address critical business needs such as security, provenance, authentication, and reconciliation, positioning it as a valuable partner for enterprises looking to leverage blockchain technology effectively.
Skuchain, Inc. is a company that develops blockchain-based solutions aimed at enhancing B2B trade and supply chain finance. Established in 2014 and located in Mountain View, California, Skuchain offers a range of products, including BRACKETS, a smart lock system that facilitates financial transactions contingent upon the fulfillment of agreements. Its blockchain platform creates a Commerce Cloud that integrates procurement, contract management, financing, corporate payments, and inventory tracking, enabling businesses to achieve a Liquid Supply Chain. This system allows for real-time data flow and risk-mitigated early payments from innovative capital sources, ensuring increased transparency, security, and efficiency in supply chain operations. Skuchain primarily serves banks and manufacturers, providing them with the tools to optimize their global trade processes.
Zcash offers total payment confidentiality, while still maintaining a decentralized network using a public blockchain. Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash transactions automatically hide the sender, recipient, and value of all transactions on the blockchain. Only those with the correct view key can see the contents. Users have complete control and can opt-in to provide others with their view key at their discretion. Zcash transactions do not depend on the cooperation of other parties. Additionally, full nodes in the Zcash network only need to store a small persistent state.
BTC Media is a Bitcoin and blockchain media company that works globally from the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, America’s Music City. Here, from their front-row seat in the fast-growing fintech industry, They gather and distribute the information, education, and research that are building the financial systems of the future. And they have a great time doing it. Their clients include everyone from tech startups to Fortune 500 financial titans. Like them, they are driven by a vision of money moving faster, cheaper and more conveniently around the globe; of individuals everywhere empowered by financial freedom and security. BTC Media keeps the world informed through products and services that include Bitcoin Magazine, yBitcoin and The Distributed Ledger, the planet’s most widely read digital currency publications, along with multi-media educational information and services about financial technology.
Lukka is a leading technology and data services provider for middle and back-office crypto asset processing. Its crypto-native products connect, standardize, reconcile, process, and report audit-ready information within a highly secure SOC 1 Type 2 enterprise-grade infrastructure. Lukka was founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, United States.