ParaFi Capital

Cypherpunk Holdings Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in investing in cryptocurrencies and privacy technologies. Founded in 1995, the company was originally known as Khan Resources Inc. before rebranding in November 2018. Cypherpunk Holdings focuses on a range of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero, while also developing the Cypherpunk Index, which tracks privacy-focused coins based on their market capitalization. The company aims to provide its shareholders with exposure to emerging blockchain technologies and decentralized finance initiatives.

Mezo is a bitcoin economic layer network that provides fast and cheap bitcoin transactions to hold tokens while earning yield.

Ledn is a financial services company focused on providing innovative products that facilitate saving and accessing funds in digital assets. Its offerings include bitcoin-backed loans, allowing customers to obtain dollars without liquidating their bitcoin holdings. Ledn also features a product that enables clients to double their bitcoin investments through loans, enhancing their potential for growth. Additionally, the company provides interest-bearing savings accounts for bitcoin and USDC, which pay interest without imposing minimum balance requirements. Through these services, Ledn aims to empower individuals to manage and grow their digital wealth effectively.

Gemini is a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded in 2014 by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Headquartered in New York, the company provides a platform for customers to buy, sell, and store digital assets such as bitcoin and ether. Gemini operates under stringent fiduciary obligations and complies with high capital reserve requirements and banking standards. The platform is designed to simplify the digital asset market, offering tools for both individuals and institutional investors to research, purchase, and manage their cryptocurrency portfolios securely. Gemini aims to establish itself as a trusted bridge to the future of money.

Domination Finance is a company that develops a non-custodial financial instrument tailored for traders in the cryptocurrency market. Its platform operates as an Ethereum application, utilizing the UMA protocol to facilitate trading based on Bitcoin Dominance metrics. The platform allows users to take long or short positions, enabling speculation on market dominance. In addition to Ethereum, the platform is also deployed on Polygon and Boba, broadening its accessibility and functionality. Through its innovative approach, Domination Finance aims to provide traders with tools to navigate and capitalize on the dynamic cryptocurrency landscape.

Thesis is a venture studio specializing in cryptocurrency and decentralized technologies. It funds and develops products and protocols that empower individuals, such as Keep Network, a privacy protocol for public blockchains, Fold, a Bitcoin rewards platform for everyday purchases, Saddle, an open-source stablecoin swap protocol, and Tally Ho, a community-owned cryptocurrency wallet.

Ledn is a financial services company focused on providing innovative products that facilitate saving and accessing funds in digital assets. Its offerings include bitcoin-backed loans, allowing customers to obtain dollars without liquidating their bitcoin holdings. Ledn also features a product that enables clients to double their bitcoin investments through loans, enhancing their potential for growth. Additionally, the company provides interest-bearing savings accounts for bitcoin and USDC, which pay interest without imposing minimum balance requirements. Through these services, Ledn aims to empower individuals to manage and grow their digital wealth effectively.

Badger is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) building products and infrastructure to accelerate Bitcoin as collateral across other blockchains. It’s meant to be an ecosystem DAO where projects and people from across DeFi can come together to collaborate and build the products our space needs. Shared ownership in the DAO will allow builders to have aligned incentives while decentralized governance can ensure those incentives remain fair to all parties. The idea is less competing and more collaborating.

Keep Network, established in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in creating interactive links between public blockchains and private data. The company's core product, tBTC, is a decentralized bridge enabling users to securely and anonymously transfer their Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, facilitating participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Keep Network's technology, an off-chain container for private data, allows smart contracts to leverage the full power of public blockchains while maintaining data privacy.