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Upclub is a blockchain social NFT project that is using NFT members to build a cultural experience and entertainment. Web3 and NFT technology is used by Upclub to develop and strengthen its community. Members of Upclub can attend parties, networking events, concerts, musicals, events where brands have worked with them, and even host their own events.

VirgoCX is Canada’s leading regulated cryptocurrency trading platform and is committed to make crypto trading safe, easy, and affordable. We are dedicated to streamlining the trading experience and empowering a digital economy with advanced technology, superior liquidity and best-in-class security.

xtingles is a multi-chain launchpad for ASMR NFT collections that offers Web3 utility extensions for artists and collectors. We empower our international community of artists to launch their ASMR work as NFTs and collectors to own NFTs that trigger pleasant experiences and memories. Our goal is to build the largest ASMR Web3 Network and launch ASMR to the Metaverse.

Forkast.News is a digital media platform covering blockchain and emerging tech at the intersection of business, economy, and politics.

Pendle Finance is a decentralized finance protocol that allows users to tokenize and sell future yields.

CasperLabs LLC is a company that develops an open-source blockchain platform based on a proof-of-stake consensus protocol. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, CasperLabs focuses on creating a blockchain environment that facilitates real-world applications while ensuring usability, cost-effectiveness, decentralization, and security. Its CBC Casper protocol enables the development of software solutions in WebAssembly, and the company provides services related to network decentralization, consensus, and smart contract security. By removing barriers to mainstream blockchain adoption, CasperLabs aims to create an equitable foundation that empowers individuals and supports future innovations. The platform is designed to meet the operational needs of businesses, enhancing transparency and efficiency in transactions for companies and governments globally.

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.

The Block is an information services company empowering smart decisions for those who invest in, work with, make decisions about or seek to understand digital assets. Through The Block's website, newsletters, research portal, our podcast "The Scoop", data, and bespoke research engagements, we interact daily with tens of thousands of technologists, financial market participants, Fortune 500 professionals, global service providers, policymakers and more. For industry news visit us at www.theblock.co or for research and analysis on events shaping the ecosystem, visit www.theblock.pro. The Block delivers deep insight into how this emerging sector interacts with traditional finance, technology, governments, and markets.

EXA Premier is a block chain based reward program across land-based gaming business, food and beverages and entertainment related industries (collectively, “EXA industries”) starting in Hong Kong.

TGG is a licensed network of casino gaming machines designed for the emerging Asian middle-class and VIP customers. Thru the proprietary government-certified open platform technology, TGG is harnessing the global casinos with a library of gaming ideas created by world famous game designers around the globe.

Plair is a decentralized gaming ecosytem that rewards players for participating in the Plair platform. Plair intends to establish and grow a community space where gamers can not only engage with one another through online and offline events and tournaments, but where they will have access to tools that will allow them to earn a sustainable living and forge a career path in video game play. The Plair platform will reward and empower every member of the video gaming community, both socially and financially.

Alphaslot is the blockchain ecosystem with a core focus on gaming entertainment and new player acquisition, starting from the customers connection with gaming machines on casino floors synergistically. The tokenized motivation system provides customers with incentives to stay engaged and acting as a catalyst to bring growth for the steady-state gaming entertainment industry. Alphaslot is powered by a distributed blockchain-based computing platform that supports commercial-scale gaming applications and connecting multiple blockchains synergistically for extended user coverage. Gaming operators and entertainment industry can use their servers as validators, serving to secure the Alphaslot Chain for operations within the network.

Tlon is the corporate vehicle of the open-source Urbit software stack (urbit.org). Urbit is a clean-slate reimplementation of the whole system software stack. On the bottom it's a replacement of the lambda calculus, in the middle it's a new functional programming language, on top it's a purely functional network operating system in which address space is property. Tlon owns approximately half of the entire address-space on the Urbit network. The goal is to create a new layer over the Internet the way the Internet layered over the PSTN. This layer can also earn adoption by providing Internet services. On the Internet, your Urbit ship is a general-purpose personal cloud computer which replaces the 47 special-purpose cloud silos you're currently using. Tlon's mission is to contribute to the development of Urbit, to provide hosting services for Urbit ships, and to develop other possible business applications on top of the Urbit stack.

Contentbox is a blockchain platform that connects users, creators, and advertisers in the digital content industry to benefit from a centralized payout system. They focus on the audio and visual realms.They seeks to offer micro-payment, financing infrastructure, and in-app incentive structures for the content apps and websites.

Basis protocol is designed to expand and contract supply similarly to the way central banks buy and sell fiscal debt to stabilize purchasing power. For this reason, we refer to Basis as having an algorithmic central bank.

Origin is a protocol for creating sharing economy marketplaces using the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS. It empowers developers and businesses to build decentralized marketplaces on the blockchain. Its protocol makes it easy to create and manage listings for the fractional usage of assets and services. Origin allows buyers and sellers to discover each other, browse listings, make bookings, leave ratings and reviews, and much more. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

CoinCart is a turn-key ICO issuance platform that allows you to raise capital and manage investors. CoinCart’s enterprise-grade infrastructure allows you to execute your ICO painlessly.

Open Platform is a blockchain payments infrastructure for apps. They believe in furthering the evolution of decentralized technologies to their application in their everyday experience. They are fostering the use of cryptocurrency for all app developers. The Open Platform is the way for mainstream software developer to both distribute & monetize their applications on the blockchain.

Mainframe — A decentralized network for censorship-resistant message routing. The need for a privacy and security focused communications ecosystem has never been higher. Distrust and centralized powers abound, with third parties monopolizing users’ information and governments imposing surveillance tactics on citizens inside and outside their borders. Each takes advantage of the same decades-old architecture on which the entire Internet is built. The Mainframe network is the messaging layer for the new web. This goes beyond human-to-human messaging. There are many use-cases and applications for reliably, privately, and securely routing data packets through the Mainframe peer-to-peer network. Mainframe is resistant to censorship, surveillance, and disruption. With the exception of a catastrophic asteroid event or an aggressive alien invasion, the Mainframe network is simply unstoppable. We build with five fundamental principles as our guide.

Tari Labs mission is to steward the most useful decentralized platform that empowers anyone to create digitally scarce things people love.

MITH is a ERC-20 social media token on the Ethereum Blockchain. Mithril will be integrated directly into new and existing social media networks to reward users and their operator for their contributions to the network. MITH will launch as a utility token on Lit, an innovative social media platform that addresses the needs of this current generation of users. This younger generation of social media users seeks a platform that addresses both their needs as early crypto adopters as well as their evolving needs in social media. With MITH tokens, users will be able to spend it across the MITH application ecosystem, such as dating services, premium content channels, and live-stream applications. The Mithril Merchant Network aims to allow retail acceptance of MITH as a payment method, beginning with Taiwan, Singapore, and HK retailers at launch. The MITH network, armed with its user base of social influencers, will be a highly-desirable customer base which Mithril Merchant Network partners will benefit through a deep MITH integration.

Machi X is a social marketplace for discovery and exchange of intellectual properties and their rights, connecting copyright owners and their supporters. Inspired to address the challenges that artists face in the music industry with technology, founders Jeffrey Huang and Leo Cheng launched Machi X to help content creators focus on their craft. Machi X is a Mithril Forged company.