Ulvetanna is an Enterprise Grade Zero-Knowledge Proof Acceleration Platform supporting web3 technologies.
Blowfish detects and prevents fraud before any fraud occurs.
Fractional is an NFT platform that unlocks liquidity, reduces entry costs, and allows for synergy with other DeFi primitives. The platform is building a permissionless and decentralized NFT Fractionalization platform to enable greater ownership of the world’s most sought after NFTs. Fractional was founded by Andy Chorlian.
Magic Eden is a community-centric company. They work hard to be responsive, close to the ground, and in service to the best interests of their collections. To prove their commitment to the community, they airdropped Magic Tickets, their own collection, to over 30,000 users. Holding a Magic Ticket gives holders access to their discord-based DAO, MagicDAO, where they deliver interconnectivity via social programs and rewards to the community.
The Wildcard Alliance is a a subsidiary of Playful Studios currently building the Wildcard PVP, collectible card based MOBA and Platform.
Dework is a web3-based project management platform designed to enhance collaboration in decentralized environments. It allows users to manage tasks, attract contributor applicants, and integrate with platforms like Discord to boost contributor reputation. The platform enables organizations to create bounties for contributors, facilitating payments using their own DAO tokens. By providing tools for building web3 profiles and managing project-related activities, Dework supports the seamless operation of decentralized autonomous organizations and fosters a more engaged contributor community.
Lightspark is a developer of a crypto payment platform focused on enhancing the capabilities and utility of Bitcoin. The company aims to create an enterprise-ready infrastructure for open payments that can operate at scale on the internet. Its platform facilitates the acceptance of digital payments while allowing users to receive fiat currency immediately in exchange. By leveraging the lightning network, Lightspark enables businesses and developers to transform existing solutions and innovate new financial systems, services, and processes that are accessible to a broader audience.
Jambo is building the Web3 super app that will educate, bank and entertain the continent. Jambo aims to pioneer the largest, most influential Web3 user acquisition portal across the continent and serve as the bridge between Africa and applications from around the world seeking to tap into the African market. The opportunity here is immense. We have a long-term vision of realizing financial prosperity for Africans.
LootRush is a Web3 Videogame Platform.
Argent Labs Limited develops and operates digital wallet for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications. It offers Argent application that helps users to trade in digital assets; and manage funds and interact within token economy. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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.
Fractal is an in-game asset and virtual world marketplace where users may find, purchase, and sell gaming NFTs. Fractal is headquartered in Solana, United States and was founded in 2021.
Blur aims to solve these problems and move the NFT space toward becoming institutional-grade while increasing decentralization.
Ribbon Finance creates structured products that deliver sustainable yield using financial engineering for DeFi. The company allows investors to profit when the price of ETH goes above.
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems.
Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Magic Eden is a community-centric company. They work hard to be responsive, close to the ground, and in service to the best interests of their collections. To prove their commitment to the community, they airdropped Magic Tickets, their own collection, to over 30,000 users. Holding a Magic Ticket gives holders access to their discord-based DAO, MagicDAO, where they deliver interconnectivity via social programs and rewards to the community.
FTX Trading LTD is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform caters to both professional traders and novices, offering features such as futures trading, leveraged tokens, and an over-the-counter portal. It supports a variety of financial products, including quarterly and perpetual futures for major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and binance coin, as well as various altcoin and midcap indices. FTX was co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, with initial backing from Alameda Research, which provided significant liquidity from the outset. The exchange aims to enhance the cryptocurrency trading experience and facilitate institutional adoption within the sector.
Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange based in the Middle East, providing a platform for buying, selling, and trading various digital currencies. The company operates within the framework of local regulations, ensuring compliance and security for its users. As a digital currency service provider, Rain aims to facilitate access to the growing cryptocurrency market, catering to both individual and institutional clients. Through its services, Rain supports the adoption of digital assets in the region, contributing to the overall development of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Citadel Securities is a leading global market maker across a broad array of fixed income and equity securities. Our world-class capabilities position us to meet the liquidity demands of our diverse group of institutional clients in all market conditions. In partnering with us, our clients, including asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies and public pension programs are able to gain a powerful trading advantage and are better positioned to meet their investment goals.
OpenSea is a leading peer-to-peer marketplace specializing in the trading of crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform facilitates transactions for a variety of digital assets, including gaming items and other virtual goods, all of which are secured through blockchain technology. Users can buy and sell these items directly through smart contracts, ensuring a streamlined and secure trading experience. As the popularity of blockchain-based games grows, OpenSea has experienced significant transaction volume, reflecting its position as a prominent player in the crypto marketplace. Additionally, OpenSea Ventures, the company's investment arm, supports emerging founders and initiatives that aim to advance the future of decentralized web economies.
The AZTEC protocol uses cutting-edge zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transactions on Ethereum. This enables the logic of transactions to be validated, whilst keeping the values encrypted.
MoonPay is a financial technology company that specializes in creating payment infrastructure for the cryptocurrency sector. It offers a suite of products designed to facilitate the conversion between fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies, using various payment methods such as debit and credit cards, local bank transfers, and digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay. Operating in over 160 countries, MoonPay is recognized for its non-custodial payment system, which connects cryptocurrency exchange platforms with users, ensuring a streamlined transaction experience. The company is trusted by more than 250 leading wallets, websites, and applications to process payments and mitigate fraud, making it a key player in the crypto payments landscape.
Royal is a platform where you can buy ownership in songs directly from your favorite artists and earn royalties with them.
BetDEX is the decentralized sports betting protocol. BetDEX delivers high speeds and low transaction costs while eliminating counterparty risk. BetDEX is a permissionless protocol allowing anyone to build their own applications on top.
AI Arena is a developer of play-to-earn games that combines artificial intelligence with gaming experiences. The platform allows users to own and train unique fighters represented as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), each possessing attributes like power, speed, and accuracy. These fighters are enhanced with artificial neural networks, which facilitate the development of AI intuition and literacy among players. Users engage in battles within the Arena, competing for supremacy while earning rewards through their gameplay. AI Arena emphasizes the integration of human and AI collaboration, providing an innovative mode of entertainment that fosters both gaming and technological engagement.
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Osmosis is a decentralized peer-to-peer blockchain that people can use to create liquidity and trade IBC enabled tokens. The Osmosis blockchain is made up of free, public, and open-source software. - Osmosis is a first-of-its-kind automated market maker (AMM) that marks a foundational shift in how liquidity providers can benefit from Interchain DeFi.
Parallel is a developer of a sci-fi card game platform that operates on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform allows users to engage in NFT-based gaming, enabling them to purchase, collect, and showcase original 3D art of characters, digital collectible cards, and artifacts. By participating in these activities, users can diversify their cryptocurrency holdings and earn digital currency while playing games. Through its focus on digital blockchain collectibles, Parallel offers a unique opportunity for users to combine gaming with investment in the growing market of digital assets.
coinswitch.co is the world's first cryptocurrency exchange aggregator platform. It lists 250+ coin and 6000+ currency pairs. As of 2018, it has been hitting a volume of 1 million USD per day. Some of the exchanges listed on coinswitch.co are Bittrex, Changelly, Shapeshift and Cryptopia.
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.
Private Equity Round in 2021
Genesis Digital Assets is one of the world's largest and most experienced Bitcoin mining companies. Since 2013, the founders of the company have built over 20 industrial-scale mining farms, brought over 300,000 miners online, and mined over $1 billion in Bitcoin.
Royal is a platform where you can buy ownership in songs directly from your favorite artists and earn royalties with them.
Euler XYZ Limited, incorporated in 2020 and based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in developing a lending protocol on the Ethereum blockchain. This non-custodial protocol facilitates the lending and borrowing of a wide range of cryptocurrency assets, allowing users to engage in decentralized finance activities without relinquishing control of their assets.
TaxBit is a company that specializes in cryptocurrency tax calculation and compliance services. It offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to assist investors, exchanges, and payment services with tax and accounting needs. The platform automates the collection and validation of financial information, integrates this data with existing financial systems, and supports robust examination processes. By streamlining digital asset accounting, TaxBit helps enterprises and government entities manage their tax obligations more efficiently.
Fractional is an NFT platform that unlocks liquidity, reduces entry costs, and allows for synergy with other DeFi primitives. The platform is building a permissionless and decentralized NFT Fractionalization platform to enable greater ownership of the world’s most sought after NFTs. Fractional was founded by Andy Chorlian.
Thesis, Inc. builds and funds products and protocols in cryptocurrency and decentralized technology. The company focuses on how to bridge the bitcoin/real-world purchase gap and enable private data on public blockchains. It develops tBTC protocol, an application on Keep network. Thesis, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.
FTX Trading LTD is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform caters to both professional traders and novices, offering features such as futures trading, leveraged tokens, and an over-the-counter portal. It supports a variety of financial products, including quarterly and perpetual futures for major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and binance coin, as well as various altcoin and midcap indices. FTX was co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, with initial backing from Alameda Research, which provided significant liquidity from the outset. The exchange aims to enhance the cryptocurrency trading experience and facilitate institutional adoption within the sector.
We create safe, powerful financial tools that are accessible to people around the world.
Founded back in 2017 from ex-Coinbase and Uber engineer, Antonio Juliano, dYdX is the world's leading decentralized platform for lending, borrowing and margin trading Ethereum-based assets. Users can earn interest or take loans for a nominal fee as well as trade on margin with custom leverage.
Trade your crypto, the safe and secure way, with dYdX
Uniswap is a fully decentralized protocol for automated liquidity provision on Ethereum.
A simple formalized equation drives unstoppable liquidity for thousands of users and hundreds of applications.
Uniswap empowers developers, liquidity providers, and traders to participate in a financial marketplace that is open and accessible to all.
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Lido is a provider of liquid staking solutions for staked assets and Ethereum. The platform lets users stake their assets for daily staking rewards. Users can stake any amount of tokens - no minimum. It issues synthetic native tokens for every Ethereum staked via its protocol, thereby enabling users to stake Ethereum and receive an asset of equal value which can be used in various DeFi applications to earn yield.
Bitso SAPI de CV is a prominent online trading platform based in Mexico City, founded in 2014, that facilitates the buying and selling of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. As Mexico's first Bitcoin exchange, Bitso allows users to trade Bitcoin with the Mexican Peso, providing a secure and professional environment for cryptocurrency transactions. Users can fund their accounts through various options, including in-person deposits at designated locations across Mexico. The platform operates with a central limit order book, similar to traditional currency exchanges, ensuring efficient trade execution. Additionally, Bitso offers an API that enables third-party applications, such as trading and charting tools, to integrate with its platform, along with a dedicated mobile application for seamless trading activities.
Gitcoin is a platform founded in 2017, based in Boulder, Colorado, that enables open source developers to monetize their work effectively. It allows developers proficient in various programming languages, including Python, Rust, Ruby, JavaScript, Solidity, HTML, and CSS, to receive compensation when their contributions are utilized. Built on the Ethereum network, Gitcoin employs smart contracts to align incentives among participants in the ecosystem, facilitating value creation without reliance on traditional legal mechanisms. The platform fosters collaboration between developers, repo maintainers, and financiers, emphasizing the importance of community in enhancing the success of open source projects. By integrating the local tech community's #givefirst ethos with financial incentives, Gitcoin aims to advance the development of open source software and strengthen community ties.
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for businesses involved with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore. Its product suite includes REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and a real-time API that provides risk scoring based on the source and destination of funds. Chainalysis also produces activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools to help financial institutions understand the risks associated with cryptocurrency activities and to estimate potential criminal revenues. Additionally, the company offers web-based investigation tools to detect cyber-criminals and track extortion payments, thereby enhancing security for government agencies, banks, exchanges, and cryptocurrency businesses.
StarkWare Industries Ltd, founded in 2017 and based in Netanya, Israel, specializes in developing software and hardware for generating and verifying computational integrity proofs. The company has created STARK, a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances scalability and privacy in blockchain applications. This technology allows for increased transaction throughput and enables off-chain computation while ensuring that sensitive underlying data remains confidential. StarkWare's solutions are designed to improve the efficiency, security, and overall user experience of blockchain systems, making them a key player in the field of cryptographic proof platforms.
Zora operates as a crypto-driven marketplace.
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in blockchain-based security solutions for managing digital assets. Founded in 2018, it offers a platform that safeguards the transmission of digital assets among exchanges, counter brokers, hot wallets, and cold storage. The company primarily serves financial institutions, providing a secure method for moving funds efficiently and safely. In addition to its headquarters in New York, Fireblocks has a presence in Tel Aviv, Israel.
BlockFi, Inc. is a financial services company that specializes in cryptocurrency wealth management. Founded in 2017 and based in Jersey City, New Jersey, BlockFi offers a range of products designed for crypto investors. Its flagship offering is the BlockFi Interest Account, which allows users to earn interest on their Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar holdings. The company also provides secured loans to clients who collateralize their loans with cryptocurrency, facilitating liquidity for both individuals and institutions. Additionally, BlockFi operates a trading platform that enables the exchange of various cryptocurrency pairs and offers customizable lending solutions. With a focus on enhancing financial accessibility and transparency in the digital asset space, BlockFi aims to meet the evolving needs of its clients while ensuring secure management of their crypto assets through a registered custodian.
BlockFi, Inc. is a financial services company that specializes in cryptocurrency wealth management. Founded in 2017 and based in Jersey City, New Jersey, BlockFi offers a range of products designed for crypto investors. Its flagship offering is the BlockFi Interest Account, which allows users to earn interest on their Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar holdings. The company also provides secured loans to clients who collateralize their loans with cryptocurrency, facilitating liquidity for both individuals and institutions. Additionally, BlockFi operates a trading platform that enables the exchange of various cryptocurrency pairs and offers customizable lending solutions. With a focus on enhancing financial accessibility and transparency in the digital asset space, BlockFi aims to meet the evolving needs of its clients while ensuring secure management of their crypto assets through a registered custodian.
Opyn is building an insurance marketplace to protect cryptocurrency users against system risks in Decentralized Finance.
coinswitch.co is the world's first cryptocurrency exchange aggregator platform. It lists 250+ coin and 6000+ currency pairs. As of 2018, it has been hitting a volume of 1 million USD per day. Some of the exchanges listed on coinswitch.co are Bittrex, Changelly, Shapeshift and Cryptopia.
TaxBit is a company that specializes in cryptocurrency tax calculation and compliance services. It offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to assist investors, exchanges, and payment services with tax and accounting needs. The platform automates the collection and validation of financial information, integrates this data with existing financial systems, and supports robust examination processes. By streamlining digital asset accounting, TaxBit helps enterprises and government entities manage their tax obligations more efficiently.
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in blockchain-based security solutions for managing digital assets. Founded in 2018, it offers a platform that safeguards the transmission of digital assets among exchanges, counter brokers, hot wallets, and cold storage. The company primarily serves financial institutions, providing a secure method for moving funds efficiently and safely. In addition to its headquarters in New York, Fireblocks has a presence in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Synthetix is a decentralized protocol for issuing synthetic assets on the Ethereum blockchain, leveraging smart contracts to facilitate derivatives trading within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Synthetix enables the creation of on-chain synthetic assets and digital tokens, including various stablecoins like sUSD and sEUR, which are backed by the Synthetix Network Token. The platform offers tools such as Mintr, an application for SNX holders, and Swappr, which allows for conversions between SNX and Ethereum. Synthetix aims to address cryptocurrency volatility by providing a stable framework for asset issuance, thereby creating diverse use cases within the digital economy.
Sia is the leading decentralized cloud storage platform. No signups, no servers, no trusted third parties. Sia leverages blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace that is more robust and more affordable than traditional cloud storage providers.
Nebulous, Inc. is a company focused on developing blockchain hardware and software for the decentralized internet. Founded in 2014 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, it operates Sia, a decentralized cloud storage platform that creates a marketplace for data storage by connecting users in need of file storage with hosts offering underutilized hard drive capacity. Utilizing blockchain technology, Sia enhances security and cost-effectiveness, enabling transactions through smart contracts without the need for intermediaries. In addition to Sia, Nebulous offers Skynet, a decentralized content delivery network and file-sharing platform designed for developers, and SiaStream, which provides affordable storage solutions for media files, facilitating quick streaming. Through these initiatives, Nebulous aims to deliver a robust and economical alternative to traditional cloud storage providers.
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems.
Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Uniswap is a fully decentralized protocol for automated liquidity provision on Ethereum.
A simple formalized equation drives unstoppable liquidity for thousands of users and hundreds of applications.
Uniswap empowers developers, liquidity providers, and traders to participate in a financial marketplace that is open and accessible to all.
Uniswap is a fully decentralized protocol for automated liquidity provision on Ethereum.
A simple formalized equation drives unstoppable liquidity for thousands of users and hundreds of applications.
Uniswap empowers developers, liquidity providers, and traders to participate in a financial marketplace that is open and accessible to all.
Reflexer Labs, founded in 2020 and based in the USA, is a decentralized finance project focused on reducing volatility in the financial ecosystem. The company develops a low-volatility collateral designed to create a stable foundation for decentralized finance. Its innovative product employs a volatility-dampened synthetic instrument that utilizes control theory within smart contracts. This technology allows for the automatic adjustment of collateral supply in response to market conditions, maintaining a similar chart pattern to underlying assets while exhibiting lower volatility. By doing so, Reflexer aims to help businesses minimize the risk of investment losses, contributing to a more secure and stable decentralized finance environment.
Keep helps contracts harness the full power of the public blockchain by enabling deep interactivity with private data. It is an off-chain container for private data.
It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in George Town, Midland.
Diem is an independent, not-for-profit membership organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Diem empowers people around the world through the creation of a simple global currency. The Libra Association works to evolve and scale the network and reserve and leads a social impact grant-making program that supports financial inclusion efforts worldwide. The association collaborates with the global community and partners with policymakers to help further the Libra mission.
Argent Labs Limited develops and operates digital wallet for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications. It offers Argent application that helps users to trade in digital assets; and manage funds and interact within token economy. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Amber Group is a prominent cryptocurrency financial services provider based in Hong Kong, established in 2017 by finance professionals with backgrounds in major institutions. The company offers a range of services, including cryptocurrency trading, yield enhancement, collateralized lending, decentralized finance, and electronic market making. With a global presence that includes locations in Taipei, Seoul, and Vancouver, Amber Group operates continuously to serve over 200 institutional clients, facilitating trading across more than 60 electronic exchanges. The firm has cumulatively traded over $200 billion, maintaining an average daily trading volume between $100 million and $200 million. Amber Group emphasizes the integration of advanced technology with quantitative research to enhance investment flexibility, maximize returns, and deliver sustained value to its clients.
Flashbots
Seed Round in 2020
Flashbots is a research and development company that focuses on miners and searchers for transparent and efficient MEV extraction. The company is working on mitigating the negative externalities of current MEV extraction techniques and avoiding the existential risks MEV could cause to state-rich blockchains like Ethereum. Their primary focus is to enable a permissionless, transparent, and fair ecosystem for MEV extraction.
Matrixport is your gateway to digital economy where you can trade, custody, invest and borrow crypto assets all in one stop. With rich industry resources and leading technology capabilities, Matrixport aims to create the next generation digital financial service platform. Their vision is to enable a more open and equal financial system using blockchain technologies. Matrixport has launched trading, digital asset custody, and cryptocurrency lending service for clients around the world, with even more innovative product offerings to come. Matrixport is headquartered in Singapore with offices worldwide.
Compound Labs, Inc. is a company that designs and develops a decentralized finance protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, aimed at creating efficient money markets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the firm offers an open-source software platform that enables individuals, businesses, and developers to engage in borrowing and lending activities. The protocol features a web interface that dynamically adjusts interest rates based on the supply and demand of various assets, ensuring liquid and transparent financial transactions. With a significant user base and numerous applications integrating its technology, Compound serves as a foundation for innovative financial applications, promoting a more open and accessible financial system.
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.
Numerai, founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, operates as a unique hedge fund that leverages a global network of data scientists. The firm invites these data scientists to contribute by creating predictive models, which are incentivized through the use of its own cryptocurrency. Numerai employs a long/short investment strategy in the public equity markets, aiming to capitalize on the collective intelligence of its contributors. This innovative approach combines finance and data science, allowing for collaboration while maintaining the anonymity of participants.
Nand Capital is an Information Theory hedge fund backed by Founders Fund and Paradigm.
Tendermint brings simplicity, security, and speed to the world’s blockchains.
Tagomi Trading, LLC is an institutional-grade cryptocurrency trading platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in Albany, New York, with additional offices in New Jersey, Chicago, San Francisco, and London. The company specializes in providing clients with enhanced trade execution capabilities, allowing them to optimize their trading strategies. Utilizing advanced routing techniques and execution algorithms, Tagomi analyzes both real-time and historical data to determine the most advantageous trading opportunities. This approach helps clients minimize trading costs and maximize their returns on cryptocurrency investments.
Veil, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a peer-to-peer trading platform for prediction markets and derivatives on the Augur protocol. Established in 2018, Veil allows users to bet on a variety of prediction markets and trade various crypto assets, facilitating speculation on a wide range of global assets. The platform employs open protocols to enable trading of derivatives, such as bitcoin futures and gas price futures, leveraging blockchain technology to provide users with access to innovative financial markets.
Cosmos is a versatile project focused on creating a network of distributed ledgers aimed at addressing persistent challenges within the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors. It provides a container-first monitoring system that operates independently of specific infrastructures or operating systems, allowing users to connect all containers in their data centers to a unified dashboard. This dual functionality not only enhances monitoring capabilities but also facilitates better integration and communication among various blockchain networks, fostering a more interconnected ecosystem.
Developer of an open-bidding domain marketplace designed to assist users in buying, selling and managing top-level domains and HNS coins. The company's marketplace makes using the next generation of domain names straightforward, enabling users to host their websites and use their names to receive crypto.
StarkWare Industries Ltd, founded in 2017 and based in Netanya, Israel, specializes in developing software and hardware for generating and verifying computational integrity proofs. The company has created STARK, a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances scalability and privacy in blockchain applications. This technology allows for increased transaction throughput and enables off-chain computation while ensuring that sensitive underlying data remains confidential. StarkWare's solutions are designed to improve the efficiency, security, and overall user experience of blockchain systems, making them a key player in the field of cryptographic proof platforms.
Spacemesh is a company based in North Pole, Alaska, that has developed a blockmesh operating system aimed at creating a decentralized and secure platform for running smart contracts on a global scale. This system operates using a novel consensus protocol that eliminates the need for traditional proof-of-work mechanisms, promoting a more equitable and incentive-compatible environment. Spacemesh enables individuals worldwide to participate in its network by running the software on their personal computers, fostering a highly decentralized peer-to-peer blockchain computer. As a free and open-source platform, Spacemesh aspires to establish itself as a fundamental Internet protocol for blockchain computation.