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Brevis is an efficient, verifiable off-chain computation engine that brings limitless computation capacity to existing smart contract blockchains.

Gelato is web3’s cloud platform empowering builders to deploy their own Ethereum Rollups with a single-click. Designed to be super-fast, incredibly secure, and infinitely scalable, Gelato rollups allow anyone to build and deploy their fully serviced Layer 2 chains on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Celestia and Eigenlayer at a pace natively integrated with Web3's favorite tools and services like Gelato's industry leading smart contract automation & relaying services, Etherscan, The Graph, Pyth, Layer Zero and many more launching a production-ready web3 development environment.

Essential is focused on developing intent-based infrastructure and tools aimed at facilitating the shift from value extraction to intent satisfaction. The company creates core components of intent-centric infrastructure that promote ecosystem-wide composability, ensuring that the intent paradigm is fully realized. This approach seeks to reduce extractive practices while enhancing user satisfaction. Essential's offerings include a domain-specific language for expressing intent and a blockchain protocol centered on intent. Through these innovations, Essential aims to empower clients to navigate and utilize intent-driven frameworks effectively.

Blade Games is an on-chain game studio and infrastructure supplier, pioneering decentralized gaming experiences using blockchain technology, enabling creativity and community participation.

AltLayer is a developer of a rollups-as-a-service platform focused on enhancing Web3 projects. The company offers a scalable application-dedicated execution layer system that derives security from underlying blockchain infrastructure. By providing an elastic and versatile scaling protocol, AltLayer aims to transform blockchain deployment, significantly improving time-to-market and allowing for customized application deployment. The platform enables users to utilize on-demand rollups, thereby benefiting from a flexible and scalable infrastructure tailored to their specific application needs.

Gelato is web3’s cloud platform empowering builders to deploy their own Ethereum Rollups with a single-click. Designed to be super-fast, incredibly secure, and infinitely scalable, Gelato rollups allow anyone to build and deploy their fully serviced Layer 2 chains on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Celestia and Eigenlayer at a pace natively integrated with Web3's favorite tools and services like Gelato's industry leading smart contract automation & relaying services, Etherscan, The Graph, Pyth, Layer Zero and many more launching a production-ready web3 development environment.

RISC Zero provides a platform enabling users to trust programs run anywhere while allowing developers to use the tools they already know. RISC Zero builds scaling solutions using Zero Knowledge Proofs which will make blockchains accessible. The company was founded by a team of Seattle-based hackers committed to enabling users to control their experience on the internet through the creation of privacy-enhancing decentralization technology.

Web3 Infrastructure for perpetuals trading

Taiko Labs is a cryptocurrency firm focused on developing a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) scaling solutions platform for the Ethereum Blockchain. The company aims to enhance Ethereum's scalability by closely emulating its functionalities, both technically and non-technically. Its platform supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) opcodes within a decentralized, permissionless, and secure layer-2 architecture. This design enables Ethereum developers to efficiently run blockchain projects, thereby contributing to the overall growth and efficiency of the Ethereum ecosystem.

OneKey is a developer of a crypto security platform that enables users to securely store and manage various crypto assets, including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and decentralized applications (dapps). The platform provides an open-source crypto wallet, allowing users to buy and trade popular digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. With a focus on safety and convenience, OneKey aims to enhance the experience of all Web3 users by offering a reliable solution for managing their digital assets.

WeaveDB is a decentralized modular database designed as a smart contract, focusing on the development of a web3-based platform for creating decentralized applications. The platform leverages blockchain technology to offer persistent database infrastructure services on distributed storage solutions like Arweave. It incorporates features such as cross-chain authentication, automatic signatures, a JSON-like API, and data indexing. These capabilities provide clients and developers with the tools necessary to build Web 3 applications efficiently and effectively.

Pods is a decentralized non-custodial options protocol. Users can create options and trade them through an Options AMM on the Ethereum Blockchain. Pods is the easiest way to hedge crypto in DeFi.

OneKey is a developer of a crypto security platform that enables users to securely store and manage various crypto assets, including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and decentralized applications (dapps). The platform provides an open-source crypto wallet, allowing users to buy and trade popular digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. With a focus on safety and convenience, OneKey aims to enhance the experience of all Web3 users by offering a reliable solution for managing their digital assets.

Taiko Labs is a cryptocurrency firm focused on developing a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) scaling solutions platform for the Ethereum Blockchain. The company aims to enhance Ethereum's scalability by closely emulating its functionalities, both technically and non-technically. Its platform supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) opcodes within a decentralized, permissionless, and secure layer-2 architecture. This design enables Ethereum developers to efficiently run blockchain projects, thereby contributing to the overall growth and efficiency of the Ethereum ecosystem.

In late 2020, Gnosis announced plans to fully decentralize into a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). Today, the GnosisDAO treasury has effective control of over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens, with the GNO tokens vested over 8 years. A year later, in 2021, the xDAI and GnosisDAO communities voted to combine their vibrant ecosystems to create the Gnosis Chain: An Ethereum forerunner companion that addresses scaling issues through solid engineering. Gnosis Chain is the associated execution-layer EVM chain for stable transactions. It uses the xDai token and includes a wide-ranging group of projects and users. The Gnosis mission has always been centered on experimentation and building decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem. When Gnosis was founded in 2015, it focused on building prediction markets to enable worldwide access to accurate information. While creating the prediction market platform, it became clear that Gnosis needed to build the infrastructure required to support it. As a DAO, Gnosis uses the products that it creates to transparently guide decisions on the development, support, and governance of its ecosystem. Gnosis Safe (multisig and programmable account), Cow Protocol (formerly CowSwap and Gnosis Protocol), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), Gnosis Auction, and Zodiac (standard and tooling for composable DAOs) are all products incubated by Gnosis. Their success is demonstrated by the recent spin-out of Cow Protocol and the formation of SafeDAO. By combining needs-driven development with deep technical expertise, Gnosis has built the decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem.

A ZK-rollup L2 with universal connectivity to L1s, enabling cross-chain liquidity of native assets. Powered by Starkware zero-knowledge technology and Eigenlayer's restake finality. In it's core, MEV minimization and gas-free swaps are out of the box.

Burrow is a non-custodial liquidity pool platform that functions like a decentralized money market, allowing users to provide and borrow assets for trading. Trading on Burrow not only enhances liquidity but also offers users the flexibility to manage their assets without relying on a central authority.

prePO is a decentralized trading platform allowing anyone anywhere to speculate on the value of any pre‑IPO company or pre‑token project.

Swim is a developer of cross-chain infrastructure that facilitates the seamless transfer of tokens across multiple blockchain networks. By utilizing multi-token liquidity pools and Solana's Wormhole technology, Swim offers tools that allow users to exchange native assets from one blockchain to another without the delays associated with centralized bridges or the complications of wrapped assets. This innovative approach reduces the dependence on traditional bridges and centralized exchanges, enabling clients to efficiently swap, send, and receive native tokens, thereby enhancing the overall user experience in the blockchain ecosystem.

Interlay is building an open system backed by top-tier research, which allows any user to invest, earn and pay with Bitcoin on any blockchain. Through decentralized insurance collateral and cryptographic proofs users are protected against theft and censorship.

Izumi Finance is a liquidity mining platform that specializes in offering concentrated liquidity services across multiple blockchain networks. The platform features non-homogenous liquidity mining protocols, which allow users to stake Uniswap LP tokens and receive rewards tailored to specific price ranges. By optimizing the distribution of incentives, Izumi Finance aims to enhance the earnings of liquidity providers, thereby improving the overall efficiency of the liquidity mining process.

RECUR designs & develops on-chain branded experiences for fans to buy, collect, and re-sell NFTs. RECUR is chain agnostic and is fundamentally changing the NFT market by creating and setting the standard for a decentralized recurring royalty, creating the widest distribution and reach for NFTs minted on their platform. It was founded in 2021 and headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Hats Finance is a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network governed by its stakeholders of hackers, projects, and token holders.

Interlay is building an open system backed by top-tier research, which allows any user to invest, earn and pay with Bitcoin on any blockchain. Through decentralized insurance collateral and cryptographic proofs users are protected against theft and censorship.

Hats Finance is a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network governed by its stakeholders of hackers, projects, and token holders.

Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain that offers interest-free loans to users. By allowing borrowers to use Ethereum as collateral, Liquity issues loans in its own USD-pegged stablecoin. The protocol operates under a minimum collateralization ratio, ensuring that loans are adequately secured. This innovative approach enables users to access capital without incurring interest costs, making it an appealing option for those looking to leverage their Ethereum holdings.

Push Protocol is a decentralized communication platform designed for the web3 ecosystem, enabling users to receive notifications related to both on-chain and off-chain activities. The protocol facilitates notifications from various decentralized applications (dApps), smart contracts, and backend services, all linked to users' wallet addresses. This allows for a flexible and open communication network where notifications can be triggered by diverse on-chain or off-chain logic. Push Protocol operates in a gasless, multichain, and platform-agnostic manner, ensuring that any crypto wallet or infrastructure service can display these notifications to users. By leveraging this system, users can engage with notifications and potentially earn cryptocurrency rewards through their interactions.

RECUR designs & develops on-chain branded experiences for fans to buy, collect, and re-sell NFTs. RECUR is chain agnostic and is fundamentally changing the NFT market by creating and setting the standard for a decentralized recurring royalty, creating the widest distribution and reach for NFTs minted on their platform. It was founded in 2021 and headquartered in Miami, Florida.

A ZK-rollup L2 with universal connectivity to L1s, enabling cross-chain liquidity of native assets. Powered by Starkware zero-knowledge technology and Eigenlayer's restake finality. In it's core, MEV minimization and gas-free swaps are out of the box.

InsurAce is the leading decentralized insurance protocol, providing reliable, robust and secure DeFi insurance services to the DeFi users. InsurAce not only guarantees unbeatable portfolio premiums but also offers sustainable investment returns. We have a unique insurance product, tailored just for your project. From insuring your smart contract against hacks to allowing users to secure their investments against risks. Our community is one of the best in the DeFi space and is a key element to our success. We continue to innovate and improve for them.

0x is an open protocol that enables seamless peer-to-peer exchange of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. It serves as a foundational standard for decentralized exchanges, promoting interoperability among various decentralized applications that feature exchange capabilities. By providing a common framework, 0x allows users to convert a wide range of assets into cryptographic tokens, facilitating efficient and decentralized trading.

Web3API is a developer-focused business that provides a toolchain aimed at enhancing the integration of Web3 protocols across various platforms. By making these protocols as accessible as traditional web services, Web3API enables developers to conduct GraphQL requests directly within applications and to download lightweight WebAssembly modules from the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) during runtime. This approach addresses the challenges associated with integrating Web3 technologies, allowing applications written in any programming language on any device to seamlessly interact with decentralized protocols. Through its innovative solutions, Web3API seeks to improve the overall developer experience and expand the utility of Web3 across diverse applications.

Push Protocol is a decentralized communication platform designed for the web3 ecosystem, enabling users to receive notifications related to both on-chain and off-chain activities. The protocol facilitates notifications from various decentralized applications (dApps), smart contracts, and backend services, all linked to users' wallet addresses. This allows for a flexible and open communication network where notifications can be triggered by diverse on-chain or off-chain logic. Push Protocol operates in a gasless, multichain, and platform-agnostic manner, ensuring that any crypto wallet or infrastructure service can display these notifications to users. By leveraging this system, users can engage with notifications and potentially earn cryptocurrency rewards through their interactions.

InsurAce is the leading decentralized insurance protocol, providing reliable, robust and secure DeFi insurance services to the DeFi users. InsurAce not only guarantees unbeatable portfolio premiums but also offers sustainable investment returns. We have a unique insurance product, tailored just for your project. From insuring your smart contract against hacks to allowing users to secure their investments against risks. Our community is one of the best in the DeFi space and is a key element to our success. We continue to innovate and improve for them.

Razor Network is a decentralized oracle network that provides essential data to smart contracts without relying on centralized servers. By automating the process of fetching external data, Razor enhances the efficiency of decentralized applications and mitigates risks related to disputes and censorship. Currently operational on the Rinkeby test network, Razor enables users to query the price of ETH/USD at no cost. This approach allows developers to build and operate applications with greater reliability and security, addressing common challenges associated with centralized data sources.

O1Labs, founded in 2017, is a blockchain technology company specializing in zero-knowledge cryptography and innovative cryptographic solutions. The company is recognized for its development of the Mina Protocol, which is the first lightweight, scalable, and decentralized blockchain utilizing zero-knowledge proofs. Additionally, O1Labs created o1js, an intuitive framework aimed at simplifying the development of applications using zero-knowledge technology. By enhancing blockchain accessibility, O1Labs provides developers with the tools needed to create user-friendly cryptocurrency applications that operate seamlessly in web browsers. The company's mission is to foster a new generation of applications driven by zero-knowledge cryptography.

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.

DAOhaus is an experiment on the frontiers of future work. The development of this platform is promoted by the community and serves the community.

CryptoLocally operates a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform that facilitates direct transactions between users. The platform serves as a gateway for converting fiat currency to decentralized finance (DeFi) assets, enabling individuals to engage in cryptocurrency trading without intermediaries. Users can earn interest on their digital assets through a straightforward setup process, making it an attractive investment opportunity. By simplifying the trading experience, CryptoLocally aims to enhance accessibility to cryptocurrency markets for a wider audience.

Oasis Labs, Inc. is a company that operates a blockchain platform focused on scalable and privacy-preserving smart contracts. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Oasis Labs provides a privacy-first cloud computing solution that supports the development of decentralized applications. The platform enables the creation of smart contract applications that prioritize privacy while maintaining high performance and scalability. By addressing challenges related to data management and security, Oasis Labs aims to facilitate the adoption of blockchain technology in real-world applications and empower businesses to leverage decentralized trust without compromising privacy.

Gelato is web3’s cloud platform empowering builders to deploy their own Ethereum Rollups with a single-click. Designed to be super-fast, incredibly secure, and infinitely scalable, Gelato rollups allow anyone to build and deploy their fully serviced Layer 2 chains on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Celestia and Eigenlayer at a pace natively integrated with Web3's favorite tools and services like Gelato's industry leading smart contract automation & relaying services, Etherscan, The Graph, Pyth, Layer Zero and many more launching a production-ready web3 development environment.

WOO Network is a trading platform provider focused on delivering above-average liquidity for spot and futures trading while offering zero or negative trading fees. The platform facilitates connections between traders, exchanges, institutions, and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, thereby democratizing access to liquidity and trading execution. By prioritizing market efficiency, WOO Network aims to enhance trading experiences for its users, enabling them to achieve optimal market conditions at minimal or no cost.

Phala Network is a blockchain technology developer focused on providing privacy-preserving services through its interoperable cross-chain confidential smart contract platform. Utilizing the computing capabilities of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), Phala Network aims to enhance data confidentiality for users and businesses. As a parachain on Polkadot, it serves as a foundational infrastructure for next-generation privacy protection. The company has developed products that include a decentralized analytics system and a network privacy-preserving layer, ensuring that user data remains confidential while enabling effective analytics. Through its innovative approach, Phala Network seeks to address the growing demand for secure and private computing solutions in the digital landscape.

Brink is a trading application for NFTs and DeFi assets. Brink offers composable trading strategies and automated conditional orders that are built on blockchain. It automates order limits for ERC-20s and NFTs as well as monitors the order status.

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.

ChainSafe is a blockchain R&D firm, specializing in protocol engineering, cross-chain interoperability & web3 gaming. Our mission is to enable the world's systems to run on decentralized infrastructure. We take a multi-chain perspective with blockchain engineering experience that spans timezones, cultures, use cases, and protocols. Chainsafe was established in May, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario.

Avalanche is an open-source platform designed for creating highly decentralized applications, financial primitives, and interoperable blockchains. It serves as a programmable smart contracts platform, enabling institutions, enterprises, and governments to launch assets and build applications. The platform allows users to create subnets with full control over their implementations, incorporating features such as compliance and data security directly into its framework. This versatility and focus on decentralization make Avalanche a robust choice for users seeking to develop innovative blockchain solutions.

The Nervos Network is an open source public blockchain ecosystem and collection of protocols solving the biggest challenges facing blockchains today. The Nervos CKB (Common Knowledge Base) is the layer 1, proof of work public blockchain protocol of the Nervos Network. Any crypto-asset can be stored, with the security, immutability and permissionless nature of Bitcoin, while enabling smart contracts, layer 2 scaling, and the capture of total network value through a unique crypto-economic "store of value" design and native token, the CKByte. The design of the Nervos Network is a sustainably secure, permissionless and decentralized Layer 1 blockchain that is built to scale with Layer 2 solutions, making Nervos the only PoW, multi-asset, store of value, smart contract platform.

Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange platform that facilitates the sharing and monetization of data in a secure and transparent manner. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, it employs blockchain technology to ensure that data providers maintain control over their information while enabling consumers to access valuable datasets. The protocol connects data providers and consumers, allowing for a decentralized network where developers can create innovative services. Ocean Protocol emphasizes compliance and transparency, ensuring that all parties involved can engage confidently in the data marketplace.

Ontology is a high-performance, open-source blockchain focused on decentralized identity and data solutions for Web3. Its platform facilitates the development of smart contracts and the management of data, enabling businesses, individuals, and institutions to establish specialized trust networks tailored to their specific needs. Ontology's infrastructure supports cross-chain collaboration and Layer 2 scalability, providing the flexibility required for diverse applications. Key offerings include ONT ID, a mobile digital identity application, and DDXF, a decentralized data exchange and collaboration framework, both designed to enhance speed, security, and trust within the ecosystem.

IoTeX is a blockchain platform focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), offering a modular Web3 infrastructure that connects smart devices with real-world data. Founded in 2017 and based in Menlo Park, California, IoTeX enables developers to integrate Web3 technologies into daily life through various applications, including connected smart vehicles, city mapping, green energy initiatives, and environmental data tracking. The company has introduced W3bstream, an innovative off-chain compute framework that enhances the interaction between smart devices and blockchain technology. This positions IoTeX as a leader in Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) technology, facilitating trust and privacy in the interactions of machines, humans, businesses, and decentralized applications (dApps). Supported by a team of over 60 research scientists and engineers, IoTeX combines its Layer 1 blockchain, off-chain computing capabilities, and open hardware to create a comprehensive ecosystem for billions of interconnected smart devices and sensors.

Loom Network is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) that allows Ethereum based Solidity applications to be run on main chain and on private, and semi public chains. The goal is to allow app developers to have smart contracts that can access more computing power when necessary, or the same computing at lower costs for tasks like free trials for onboarding new users or applications that doesn't need the full security of the blockchain. Included with this system they have the ability to interact with APIs from third parties that are not on chain such as connecting with Twillio to do 2factor authentication for smart contracts. Loom tries to be the one-stop full-service platform that allow smart contract developers and traditional developers alike to create their applications without switching programming languages or manually managing servers, and all with the added advantage of easily integrating their apps with outside world. Like a Blockchain-aware and Blockchain-ready AWS.

Crypterium is developing a mobile app that allows instant payments in cryptocurrency using existing payment infrastructures such as NFC terminals or QR codes. It allows its users to issue a virtual VISA card, bind it to their crypto account, link it to Apple Pay, and pay with crypto by simply using a smartphone.

DDEX is a DApp that works with popular “Wallet Enabled Browsers” such as MetaMask and Brave. No additional registration is required - you can start trading right away.Building on top of Ethereum smart contracts and the 0x protocol, DDEX allows users to trade ERC-20 tokens from wallet to wallet. No possiblity of theft. No uncertainty of deposit/withdrawal lockup periods.

Basis, founded in 2017 and located in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a company that develops an algorithmic cryptocurrency protocol. This protocol operates similarly to a central bank, designed to regulate the supply of cryptocurrency in a dynamic manner. By expanding and contracting supply, Basis aims to stabilize purchasing power, akin to how traditional central banks manage fiscal debt. The cryptocurrency associated with Basis incorporates this algorithmic approach, allowing for adjustments in response to market conditions.