AINN Layer2 is a decentralized Bitcoin Layer2 network development.It promotes large-scale AI applications
BitFlow Finance offers bitcoines to trade while utilizing the capital,network, and security of Layer 1 Bitcoin, by eliminating middlemen and intermediaries.
Root Protocol is developing an operating system that combines an intent-centric aggregator of digital identities, virtual accounts, social graphs, and other components to provide unified access to Web3.
Sleek is a Hong Kong-based Web3 social networking platform that revolutionizes authentic human connection in the digital age. Their mission is to power the ownership economy and bring blockchain-powered social media to the masses.
Firechain is an async, event-driven smart contract platform built for the next generation of decentralized applications.
Liqwid Labs is a decentralized finance protocol designed for the Cardano ecosystem, offering a non-custodial platform for peer-to-peer lending and borrowing. The protocol allows users to earn interest on their idle cryptocurrency assets while enabling them to borrow assets at competitive rates. By providing access to a global liquidity pool, Liqwid Labs facilitates seamless transactions for lenders, borrowers, and developers. Users can also benefit from multiple yield streams on their deposits, enhancing their potential returns. Overall, Liqwid Labs aims to empower customers to optimize their financial opportunities within the Cardano framework.
Jumbo is the solution for a decentralized solution that is ungoverned that seeks to lower the entry point to trade. They develop, tune, and process inherently present on the near blockchain. Their interface is used to configure a set of parameters for the asset. They provide a set of functionalities and interface-embedded constituents that help to detect the pools.
In order to match the top NFT IPS with leading brands and uncover growth opportunities and revenue models for both these brands and the NFT IP holders, Yoloyolo is developing new infrastructure.
Tapio Protocol is a synthetic asset protocol that unifies different formats of staking and crowdloan derivatives into an efficient standard. Tapio is powered by the Stable Asset system, which enables efficient trading while minimizing risk by utilizing uniform, closely pegged assets with stable swaps and stable asset capabilities.
Optim Finance provides investment tools that optimize yield on digital assets. Their financial primitives enable users to rent ADA delegation rights to power novel use cases such as SPO loans, leverage into ISOs, and initial bonds.
Cryption Network is a cryptocurrency company focused on enhancing the adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) through its range of user-friendly products. The company offers a platform that allows retail investors to seamlessly store, exchange, and invest in digital assets. Its flagship product, PolyDEX, is a gasless, instant, cross-chain automated market maker decentralized exchange (AMM DEX) that integrates yield farming capabilities. Additionally, Cryption Network's platform includes tools for market prediction, facilitating leveraged trading and investment strategies. By combining these features, Cryption Network aims to make DeFi accessible and beneficial for a wider audience.
Soulbound is a decentralized gaming community focused on enhancing the metaverse through the establishment of a chain-agnostic market infrastructure. Its platform caters to dedicated players in the evolving landscape of decentralized gaming, connecting guilds, gamers, and game developers. By rewarding gameplay and fostering engagement in the Play & Earn model, Soulbound aims to create an interactive environment that elevates the gaming experience and promotes blockchain gaming.
NFT3 is the first Unified Decentralized Identity and Credit Network for Web3 and Your Portal to the Metaverse.
OP Games provides tools that empower game developers to create games with integrated crypto rewards. The company focuses on enabling developers and the gaming community to collectively own, manage, and monetize gaming experiences. Its offerings include mini esports experiences, such as tournaments, duels, and arcades, where players can use cryptocurrencies for buy-ins and payouts. This approach not only enhances gameplay but also transforms games into competitive multiplayer environments, allowing developers to leverage new monetization strategies.
Turnt Gaming is a developer of interactive entertainment products and media that utilizes NFT technology. The company focuses on creating cross-platform engagement solutions that transform the consumption of live content. Through its innovative platform, Turnt Gaming offers live contests that allow viewers to compete and demonstrate their knowledge of games, competitions, or sports. This approach redefines how audiences interact with live entertainment, making it more engaging and participatory.
Aleph Zero is a developer of a peer-reviewed blockchain platform that addresses the limitations of existing infrastructure across various industries. Its scalable, fast, and developer-friendly architecture is built on a proof-of-stake public blockchain that integrates private smart contracts. By leveraging secure multi-party computation research, Aleph Zero offers privacy-enhancing features that empower developers to innovate without technological constraints. The platform supports high-speed transactions and scalability, facilitating synchronization with other blockchains and the execution of smart contracts. Additionally, it includes a trustless universal wallet, contributing to its aim of fostering mass adoption of Distributed Ledger Technology.
SO-COL is a platform where creators and fans can connect like never before. They are the bridge between web2 social channels and the shiny new web3. But better. And easier.
Dropp GG is a social NFT minting platform that aims to bring the metaverse into the real world. Dropp Land is a metaverse where NFT tokens for virtual land plots have counterparts in the physical world. Dropp GG is integrated with Dropp 3D, an augmented reality feature that bridges virtual and physical experiences.
Chain Crisis is a Cyberpunk MMORPG that operates on the Solana blockchain. The platform facilitates the buying, selling, and trading of in-game assets, allowing players to engage in an immersive gaming experience. Players have the opportunity to collaborate with others, complete missions, and defeat enemies, all while earning in-game currencies and acquiring enhanced equipment. This environment fosters a community of like-minded individuals who share a passion for on-chain gaming.
Rebase is a company that offers a lifestyle application designed to enhance user experiences through the exploration, collection, and redemption of exclusive digital rewards in the real world. In addition to its lifestyle application, Rebase operates a metaverse gaming platform that utilizes geo-based minting for creating unique non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This platform allows users to participate in mixed reality events, merging real-world activities with a proprietary metaverse environment. Users can mint NFTs by applying augmented reality filters during their explorations, providing a novel way to engage with digital content while interacting with their physical surroundings.
Heroes of Mavia is an NFT based MMO Strategy game developed by Skrice Studios. The game takes place in a fantasy-themed island called Mavia, where players build bases on plots of land and battle neighboring bases and armies to earn in-game resources, such as RUBY.
Spellfire is a legendary card-based NFT game powered by Ethereum.
APY.Finance is an automated investment software development company.
Size operates a virtual auction marketplace that facilitates sealed-bid auctions for both vested and unvested tokens. The platform enables users to engage in these auctions, providing a unique environment for token trading. Currently, the company is functioning in stealth mode, indicating a focus on development and refinement of its offerings before a public launch.
Zeitgeist PM is a company that operates an open prediction market platform leveraging blockchain technology. It specializes in decentralized, on-chain prediction markets tailored for the innovative governance model known as futarchy. The platform enables businesses to effectively utilize aggregated decision-making signals from data, facilitating informed choices based on collective insights. Through its focus on prediction markets, Zeitgeist PM aims to enhance the decision-making process by providing a reliable framework for forecasting outcomes in various scenarios.
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Ertha is a play-to-earn platform that offers a real-world simulation game where players can engage in various activities such as securing jobs, forming states, building industries, and even waging wars. The platform is built on the Binance smart chain, providing a governance model that generates continuous revenue growth as players gain experience. This model allows dedicated gamers to increase their ownership of properties within the game's metaverse, blending entertainment with opportunities for financial investment. Through its sophisticated mechanics, Ertha aims to create an engaging environment that mirrors real-world complexities.
GoFungibles is a cross-chain state-of-the-art NFT marketplace equipped with all the existing features of conventional NFT marketplaces but augmented with DeFi and gamified components.
Crypto Fight Club (CFC) is a new NFT-enabled game that allows players to battle one another or compete in championships.
Ignite Tournaments is developing a mobile app designed to organize esports tournaments, making competitive gaming accessible to a vast audience of 3 billion gamers globally. The platform facilitates the organization of tournaments for mobile-compatible games that lack existing tournament infrastructure, allowing users to enhance their gaming experience with advanced features. Additionally, Ignite Tournaments supports payouts in 70 different currencies across 175 countries, ensuring a wide reach and convenience for participants. The company aims to bridge the gap in the esports ecosystem by providing essential tools for both gamers and tournament organizers.
Kibo Finance provides borderless options trading with fair pricing and better rewards.
Cardano's most advanced automated yields optimizer, Genius Yield will revolutionize the decentralized financial world. Genius Yield's aggregator is a scalable, digital, secured, and unbiased ecosystem to carry out on-chain economic activities seamlessly. Genius Yield's aggregator will open the doors for every type of DeFi user; whether they are beginners, intermediate, advance, or unfamiliar with the crypto world, Genius will support them in their journey of achieving financial independence.
GooseFX is a decentralized finance platform that offers a comprehensive suite of services for trading cryptocurrencies, tokenized stocks, non-fungible tokens, and liquidity. The platform features an efficient constant product automated market maker (CLMM), a decentralized exchange (DEX) with perpetual contracts, and an NFT aggregator. Additionally, GooseFX provides single-sided liquidity pools to facilitate yield farming, allowing users to participate in the market effectively. By enabling equal market access for crypto traders, GooseFX aims to enhance the overall trading experience in the digital asset space.
DotOracle operates as a decentralized network that provides a blockchain data service and liquidity solution. Utilizing a combination of the PBFT protocol and elliptic curve multi-signature techniques, DotOracle enhances node communication and accelerates consensus among nodes. It offers a decentralized oracle service that facilitates the real-time transfer of information from the physical world to the Polkadot ecosystem. Additionally, the company enables the movement of digital assets across various contract platforms, supporting cross-chain liquidity. Through these services, DotOracle aims to deliver timely and accurate data to its customers, bridging the gap between real-world information and blockchain applications.
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AURORY is a free-to-play, tactical, turn-based JRPG built on the Solana blockchain. They bring the AAA quality experience from web2, but with a dash of seamless web3 asset ownership enabled by low fees and quick transactions. The company's software is a play-to-earn desktop game where players are invited to explore a rich and diverse universe, enabling gamers to earn tokens and NFTs.
Polynomial is building in decentralized finance – a more fair, accessible, efficient, and transparent financial system enabled by crypto.
DoinGud operates an online marketplace and social platform centered on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), based in Zug, Switzerland. It serves a diverse range of users, including artists promoting their works, collectors seeking new products, and businesses pursuing sustainability goals. The platform leverages blockchain technology to foster a collaborative ecosystem that connects artists with their communities, enabling them to sell their creations while simultaneously supporting social impact organizations. Through this model, DoinGud encourages creators and social enterprises to collaborate, aiming to establish a self-sustaining environment that generates positive social change.
XDEFI Wallet is a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet that enables users to securely store, send, and swap digital assets, including NFTs, across 30 different blockchains. The wallet is designed to facilitate interaction with various decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, making it a vital tool for users looking to engage in the growing DeFi ecosystem. With over 200,000 users, XDEFI Wallet provides a user-friendly platform that allows seamless access to decentralized marketplaces and NFT applications directly through web browsers. Its chain-agnostic capabilities and robust features position XDEFI Wallet as an essential resource for individuals participating in the evolving landscape of digital finance and asset management.
Bloktopia is a virtual reality metaverse that aims to educate users about cryptocurrency while providing a platform for engagement and entertainment. It serves as a central hub for learning, earning, playing, and creating within the crypto space. The platform offers content that covers both basic and advanced concepts of digital currencies, fostering greater awareness of the crypto ecosystem. Users can generate revenue through various activities, including advertising and online gaming, thereby integrating learning with potential financial benefits. Bloktopia's focus is on enhancing the understanding of cryptocurrency and facilitating participation in the digital currency community.
Continuum World is the native currency in the game. It allows token holders to play, invest and also be part of the game. They offers resources when exploring the world or that can farm their land. They provides purchase game items, staking rewards, play to earn, and governance.
MonoX Protocol is a blockchain-based platform that facilitates the listing of tokens without requiring significant capital investments. It employs a unique single liquidity pool model, which groups deposited tokens into a virtual pair with its own stablecoin, vUSD. This innovative structure allows users to trade with lower fees and enhances capital efficiency by eliminating the need for multiple token pairs. By simplifying the trading process and reducing barriers to entry, MonoX Protocol aims to make decentralized finance more accessible to a wider audience.
LayerZero Labs is a developer of a blockchain messaging protocol that enables decentralized applications to function across multiple blockchains. The company's platform focuses on interoperability, facilitating data exchange between disparate blockchains. Unlike traditional methods that require sequential storage of all block headers, LayerZero employs an on-chain light node for validation, allowing block headers to be streamed on-demand by decentralized oracles. This innovative approach enhances speed, security, and cost-efficiency, providing clients with a low-level communication primitive necessary for cross-chain applications.
Hedgehog is a portfolio manager and trading application for crypto currencies. With Hedgehog, users can trade on any exchange, track all their wallets, and learn about cryptocurrency.
NearPad is a software development company. They offer to help developers deliver innovations at scale while enabling users to experience developments that scale within their needs. Their platform focuses on blockchain, gaming, art, and DeFi.
Humanode is a pioneering crypto-biometric network that operates on the principle of "One human = One node," aiming to enhance Sybil resistance and innovate governance models within the cryptocurrency sector. By utilizing biometric technology, Humanode seeks to establish a stable and equitable financial system anchored in human existence. The network addresses the Sybil account issue prevalent in financial and gaming blockchain protocols and decentralized applications (DApps). It utilizes homomorphically encrypted feature vectors to facilitate biometric processing, allowing users to create replicas that function as human nodes for transaction verification. This approach enables the development of a public, permissionless financial system based on privately biometrically encrypted nodes.
Solrise Finance is a decentralized finance protocol built on the Solana network, focusing on managed portfolios. It provides a platform for decentralized, non-custodial asset management services, allowing users to create, manage, and invest in portfolios that include both native and synthetic assets. This enables individuals to either select existing funds to invest in or establish their own investment portfolios, thereby promoting a more inclusive approach to fund management and financial equity.
Dexlab operates a decentralized exchange platform focused on the listing and minting of tokens for various projects within the Solana ecosystem. By utilizing the central order book of the Serum decentralized exchange, Dexlab facilitates rapid transactions and provides shared liquidity, enhancing the trading experience for crypto investors. The platform aims to support both blockchain and non-blockchain projects, allowing users to engage in token investments while benefiting from innovative features that promote monetization.
Unbound Finance is the Defi treasury for liquidity pool tokens and enables unlocking from existing AMM pools.
Synthetify is a synthetic assets platform built on the Solana blockchain. The platform aims to provide a bridge between cryptocurrencies, stocks, fiat currencies, and other financial instruments directly from one decentralized exchange. Synthetify solves critical problems seen on other synthetic assets platforms like high fees, long confirmation times, and losses caused by arbitrage during sharp market moves.
bitsCrunch is a developer of an AI-powered decentralized data network focused on providing analytics and forensics for NFTs, wallets, and other digital assets on the public blockchain. The platform is designed to assist developers in building NFT applications efficiently by leveraging its decentralized structure, which eliminates the need for intermediaries. This enables developers to confidently access and utilize accurate data, facilitating the creation of reliable NFT applications. Through its innovative approach, bitsCrunch aims to enhance the overall experience in the NFT ecosystem by delivering unmatched insights and analytics.
Pandora Finance is a platform designed to connect off-chain assets with the on-chain ecosystem, facilitating the tokenization of illiquid assets. By enabling the trading of real-world assets, the platform aims to enhance liquidity and optimize non-fungible token (NFT) assets. It provides a streamlined experience for investors by offering a trading environment that integrates traditional assets with cryptocurrency markets, thereby delivering advantages over conventional marketplace technologies. This innovative approach allows users to participate in a more efficient and accessible trading landscape.
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DeFIRE is a decentralized smart order routing engine tapping into the Cardano ecosystem.
Bagels Finance is a blockchain-based protocol that focuses on leveraged yield farming and cross-chain aggregation. Operating across multiple blockchain networks, including HECO, BSC, and ETH, the platform aims to enhance liquidity mining and provide cross-chain vault services. The company leverages advanced oracle technology to optimize trading processes, enabling users to maximize their liquidity farming positions and annual percentage yields in the decentralized finance (DeFi) market. Through its innovative approach, Bagels Finance seeks to streamline access to liquidity and improve user returns in the evolving landscape of DeFi.
The Dapp List is a multi-chain ecosystem for curating Web3 adoption. It offers a community-governed platform that strives to increase adoption of the Web3 ecosystem and bridge the gap between Web2 and Web3 users.
Ispolink is a metaverse-based platform tailored for Web3 talent acquisition, focusing on connecting developers with blockchain, DeFi, and gaming companies. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Ispolink streamlines the hiring process by offering features such as candidate feedback, employee branding, and machine learning-based candidate matching. The platform enables job seekers to create profiles and get matched with suitable opportunities while providing businesses with a comprehensive set of tools to efficiently navigate the talent selection process. Its decentralized, multi-chain design allows for scalability, supported by a native ISP token, making it a versatile solution for sourcing top-tier tech talent.
Formation Fi is bringing cross-chain risk parity smart farming to the world of decentralized finance. An evolution of traditional yield farming, the startup reconfigures defi portfolio construction to help users better manage risk and earn greater returns.
Drops combine NFTs and Defi by creating a platform that offers NFT assets and their use. They built on the second-layer scaling solution of Polygon. Their users use their NFT assets to receive trustless loans and yield farms, thereby reducing the opportunity cost of long-term storage. They bring decentralized finance infrastructure to non-fungible tokens, providing essential utility to unused NFT assets.
Polkarare is a developer of a web3 economy focused on the creation, trading, and discovery of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform provides an easy onboarding experience for artists, eliminating the need for complex processes such as using Metamask or handling contract transactions independently. Polkarare offers a variety of services, including an NFT wallet for storing digital assets, NFT collateralized loans for those seeking loans backed by NFTs, and a multichain NFT marketplace that facilitates exchanges and transactions. Additionally, the platform showcases collections related to art, music, and sports cards, equipping users with the tools necessary to maximize the potential of their NFT assets.
Relite Finance develops a cross-chain lending protocol designed to lend, borrow, and stake all crypto assets in one interface. It uses a cross-chain approach that enables interaction between two independent blockchain networks. They engaged in social interactions, empowered by a seamless wallet experience.
Parami Protocol is a developer of a decentralized platform that aims to create a user-centric, tokenized advertising economy utilizing blockchain technology. The company offers a comprehensive protocol stack that facilitates the integration of decentralized identifiers (DIDs) compliant with the W3C DID standard. Parami specializes in managing identities, including the registration, updating, and revocation processes, while aggregating both social media and blockchain identities. This structure allows users to receive payments and control their preference data, ensuring they maintain full ownership of their personal information. Additionally, Parami Protocol plans to provide aggregators for various DID standards, further expanding its capabilities within the decentralized identity ecosystem.
Zeitgeist is the first global brand to focus exclusively on the underserved road cycling segment with its Zeitgeist racing bike.
P0x labs is the team behind Manta Network is a privacy-preserving technology operating on the Polkadot blockchain.
Manta Network is focused on creating a secure and interoperable digital ecosystem utilizing Zero-Knowledge technology. It operates a decentralized exchange platform designed to safeguard user privacy and prevent activity tracking. The platform is built on substrate frameworks, offering an easy-to-use and secure protocol that ensures end-to-end anonymity. With capabilities for high throughput and cross-chain interoperability, Manta Network provides customers with a reliable environment for exchanging data securely.
Terra Virtua Limited operates an online marketplace for digital collectibles and games, featuring a blockchain-based virtual reality (VR) entertainment platform. Established in 2016 and based in London, this platform allows users to browse, buy, and sell games and immersive VR experiences. It includes a digital art gallery for still and animated works, as well as auction services for digital items. Users can engage with the platform using Terra Virtua tokens, facilitating transactions within its ecosystem. Additionally, the company offers a mobile application designed for displaying three-dimensional collectibles. Terra Virtua emphasizes community engagement and aims to create a robust economy around its unique virtual offerings.
Reef Finance is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that operates on the Polkadot network, focusing on cross-chain functionality. Established in 2019 by CEO Denko Mancheski, the platform provides a liquidity aggregator and yield engine that facilitates trading with access to liquidity from both centralized exchanges (CEXes) and decentralized exchanges (DEXes). It offers services such as smart lending, borrowing, staking, and mining, all powered by an artificial intelligence-driven personalized yield engine. Reef Finance was notably the first project launched on Binance Launchpool, emphasizing its innovative approach within the DeFi landscape. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
Synthetix is a decentralized protocol based on the Ethereum blockchain that facilitates the issuance of synthetic assets for derivatives trading in decentralized finance (DeFi). Founded in 2017 by Kain Warwick in Sydney, Australia, Synthetix enables users to create and trade synthetic assets that provide exposure to various real-world assets, including currencies, commodities, stocks, and indices. The platform supports a range of financial products such as perpetual futures and options markets, allowing for peer-to-contract trading with infinite liquidity. Synthetix operates through a distributed collateral pool, ensuring users can access synthetic versions of both fiat and cryptocurrencies while maintaining an overview of the entire network.
ParaSwap is a decentralized finance platform that addresses liquidity challenges in the cryptocurrency market by aggregating multiple decentralized exchanges into a single interface. By consolidating various exchange protocols, ParaSwap enables users to access competitive market prices and high liquidity for Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens, with plans to expand to other major blockchains. The platform aims to enhance transparency in cryptocurrency trading, allowing users to execute trades at rates that surpass the market price, ultimately making the crypto market more accessible and efficient for traders.
Aleph Zero is a developer of a peer-reviewed blockchain platform that addresses the limitations of existing infrastructure across various industries. Its scalable, fast, and developer-friendly architecture is built on a proof-of-stake public blockchain that integrates private smart contracts. By leveraging secure multi-party computation research, Aleph Zero offers privacy-enhancing features that empower developers to innovate without technological constraints. The platform supports high-speed transactions and scalability, facilitating synchronization with other blockchains and the execution of smart contracts. Additionally, it includes a trustless universal wallet, contributing to its aim of fostering mass adoption of Distributed Ledger Technology.
RAMP DEFI is a decentralized finance solution that focuses on unlocking liquid capital from staked digital assets. This is achieved by letting users collateralize their portfolio of staked assets into a common stable coin standard, USD, which can in turn be used to borrow fiat-back capital such as USDT or USDC. Using the RAMP solution, users can continue to receive staking rewards, retain capital appreciation potential on their staked portfolio, and recycle staked capital into new investment opportunities at the same time.
Sifchain is an innovative omni-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) designed to enhance liquidity across multiple blockchain networks, thereby reducing excessive fees and improving trade efficiency. Built on the Cosmos Software Development Kit (SDK), Sifchain ensures compatibility with various Cosmos Network blockchains, facilitating seamless transactions through the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol. The platform combines the advantages of liquidity pools and order books, allowing for optimal order execution in trading. By focusing on cross-chain liquidity, Sifchain aims to play a pivotal role in the future of the blockchain industry, positioning itself to meet the evolving needs of decentralized finance.
1inch Labs is a developer of a decentralized finance platform that aggregates multiple decentralized exchanges across various blockchains. Founded in 2019 and based in the United States, the company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of cryptocurrency trading. Its suite of protocols, including the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, 1inch Liquidity Protocol, and 1inch Limit Order Protocol, work together to facilitate cost-effective and secure swap transactions. This integration allows users to access better rates than those available on individual exchanges, thereby optimizing their trading experience in the decentralized finance sector.
dHEDGE is a decentralized asset management protocol that facilitates connections between investment managers and investors on the blockchain. Operating on the Ethereum blockchain, the platform allows managers to create their own investment pools in a permissionless and non-custodial environment. By leveraging blockchain technology, dHEDGE democratizes the investment experience, enabling managers to implement quantitative and algorithmic trading strategies while managing actively managed investment pools. This approach fosters a trustless relationship between managers and investors, enhancing the accessibility and efficiency of crypto asset management.
Hashflow is a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator that allows users to trade digital assets seamlessly across various leading blockchains, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Avalanche, BNB Chain, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana. Utilizing an intent-based smart order routing system, Hashflow provides traders with optimal prices and access to over $8 billion in liquidity, facilitating trades of any token in a matter of seconds. Since its launch in April 2021, the platform has achieved more than $18 billion in total trade volume. The Hashflow team comprises seasoned professionals from diverse backgrounds, including technology, finance, and entertainment sectors. The company is supported by notable investors and venture capital firms, enhancing its position within the blockchain ecosystem. Hashflow aims to blend centralized order matching with decentralized custody and settlement solutions, offering users a hybrid trading experience that emphasizes non-custodial options.
Akash Network operates as a distributed peer-to-peer marketplace for cloud computing, offering a cost-effective and efficient solution for deploying digital applications. The platform allows developers to launch decentralized applications, including DeFi apps, blogs, and blockchain nodes, at significantly lower costs than traditional centralized cloud providers. By harnessing open-source technology and tapping into 85% of underutilized cloud capacity from over 8 million global data centers, Akash Network facilitates the buying and selling of cloud computing resources. This innovative approach not only simplifies code deployment and workload management but also enables enterprises and software developers to easily scale their applications across multiple cloud environments, ultimately driving down operational costs.
Kyber Network is a platform that facilitates the exchange and conversion of digital assets, enabling users to seamlessly receive payments across various tokens. Founded in 2019 and based in Singapore, Kyber Ventures serves as the corporate venture capital arm of Kyber Network, focusing on investments in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors. The company offers comprehensive payment APIs and a contract wallet designed to enhance user experience in digital transactions. Through its innovative services, Kyber Network aims to support the growth and development of decentralized applications and services.
Handshake Development Inc., also known as Handshake Foundation, is a company that focuses on a decentralized certificate authority and naming protocol utilizing blockchain technology. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, Handshake offers a permissionless naming protocol that is compatible with the Domain Name System (DNS). This decentralized system allows every participant to validate and manage the root zone, aiming to create an alternative to traditional certificate authorities. The Handshake protocol ensures that the root zone file is maintained in a manner that is uncensorable and free from gatekeepers, which enhances the security and accessibility of domain names. By utilizing cryptographic keys, Handshake facilitates agreement on names, allowing users to register, renew, and transfer top-level domains (TLDs) without the risk of a single entity monopolizing ownership.
Bancor is a cryptocurrency platform headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, that focuses on creating a decentralized liquidity network. It offers a system for developing Smart Tokens, which are cryptocurrencies designed for built-in convertibility through their smart contracts. By employing a unique token "Connector" method, Bancor facilitates formulaic price calculation and ensures continuous liquidity for all compliant tokens without the need for matching buyers and sellers in traditional exchanges. This approach allows users to buy and sell tokens directly from their wallets, fostering an environment where user-generated cryptocurrencies can flourish while removing barriers to entry. The platform aims to transform how value is created and shared in the digital economy.
Zilliqa is a pioneering high-throughput public blockchain platform that effectively implements sharding to enhance transaction speeds as its network grows, enabling thousands of transactions per second. The platform is specifically designed to support secure, data-driven decentralized applications, catering to the scalability needs of sectors such as machine learning and finance. By providing a robust infrastructure, Zilliqa allows businesses to securely increase their blockchain transaction capabilities while concentrating on the development of innovative solutions.
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Filecoin is a data storage network and electronic currency based on Bitcoin.
The Graph is an indexing protocol designed for querying data from blockchain networks such as Ethereum and IPFS, facilitating the development of decentralized applications (dApps). Developers can create and publish open APIs, known as subgraphs, which can be queried using GraphQL to access blockchain data. Currently, The Graph supports data indexing from Ethereum, IPFS, and POA, with plans to incorporate additional networks. It offers a hosted service to assist developers in building on the platform, while a decentralized network is set to launch soon. As of late 2020, over 3,000 subgraphs had been deployed by thousands of developers for various dApps, including Uniswap, Synthetix, and Decentraland. The Graph has experienced significant growth, with its usage increasing substantially month over month. To support its development, The Graph has raised funding from a broad range of community members and venture capitalists, totaling around $25 million.