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Level is a fintech company that develops stakblecoin backed by restaked dollar tokens.

Biton is a full-chain ecology trading platform that offers services to simplify the trading process and mitigate cross-chain risks.

Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.

Oshi is a platform that connects anime creators and fans worldwide, leveraging blockchain technology to facilitate collaborative creation and licensing transparency. It enables intellectual property owners to maintain control over their works while supporting anime production through a decentralized ecosystem.

Superform is a non-custodial yield marketplace. The protocol enables access to Erc-4626 vaults using any Evmchain.

Talus Network is a pioneering blockchain-based platform that seeks to democratize artificial intelligence. It develops a decentralized system that merges blockchain technology with autonomous AI agents, fostering consumer-friendly on-chain AI applications, notably smart agents. These agents seamlessly integrate into everyday on-chain content, empowering developers to create more secure, transparent, and efficient decentralized, autonomous systems.

Monkey Tilt is a technology company that operates a crypto fantasy sports platform, offering users a unique blend of traditional casino games, sports betting, poker, and cryptocurrency-based gambling experiences. It aims to provide an engaging, social, and lifestyle-integrated entertainment experience for its users.

StakeStone is a technology company that develops an omnichannel liquidity protocol for optimizing crypto staking and asset management. Its protocol integrates dynamic staking networks, deep liquidity pools, and adaptive consensus mechanisms to maximize staking yields and ensure secure, transparent transactions. This enables cryptocurrency investors and developers to achieve efficient, scalable, and high-return staking operations across multiple blockchain networks.

Yellow Card operates a cryptocurrency platform that enables individuals and businesses to buy, sell, and manage digital assets using local currencies and mobile money across Africa. The platform functions as a crypto exchange and payments solution, offering over-the-counter trading, merchant services, currency exchange, and crypto gift cards. It provides an on/off ramp for stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, and PYUSD through a payments API, supporting secure, cost-effective transfers and borderless transactions. The company serves customers in numerous African countries and has facilitated billions of dollars in transactions, reflecting its role in promoting financial inclusion and access to digital finance. Founded in 2016 and active in the market, Yellow Card aims to simplify crypto access for individuals and businesses through a scalable, local-currency-first approach.

Yala is a technology company that develops infrastructure to connect Bitcoin liquidity with a meta-yield stablecoin, enabling users to securely and transparently earn yield on their Bitcoin holdings within a DeFi ecosystem. Its modular, on-chain, and permissionless infrastructure aims to be capital-efficient, fostering a thriving and interconnected DeFi ecosystem on Bitcoin.

Bitlayer is a pioneering developer of a second-layer network for Bitcoin, built on BitVM technology. It focuses on delivering ultra-scalability while maintaining the security equivalent to the Bitcoin mainnet (L1). The company aims to serve as Bitcoin's computing layer.

APRO Oracle specializes in providing comprehensive data support for the Bitcoin ecosystem. It is renowned for being the most widely integrated oracle within this environment. The company's core service involves accurately calculating prices by aggregating data from leading institutional-grade suppliers and exchanges, utilizing the Time-Weighted Average Price (TVWAP) method. APRO Oracle ensures data security through a decentralized network of submitter nodes and partnerships with top-tier security audit firms, allowing clients to verify multiple data points off-chain, minimizing on-chain transactions, and reducing gas costs.

Level is a fintech company that develops stakblecoin backed by restaked dollar tokens.

Story Protocol is a technology company focused on revolutionizing the creation of narrative universes in the web3 space. Its platform enables creators to develop, own, govern, and license intellectual property on-chain, fostering an ecosystem where story elements can be remixed and composed.

Cysic specializes in blockchain technology, focusing on zero-knowledge proof hardware acceleration. Its platform offers real-time ZK proof generation, enhancing efficiency and usability while maintaining decentralization.

Intensity Labs pioneers Shogun, a breakthrough DeFi protocol based on purpose. Shogun enables users to traverse decentralized finance with purpose-driven interactions, resulting in a dynamic financial ecosystem.

Polymarket is a prediction market platform that enables users to wager real money on the outcomes of debated current events. The service operates on blockchain technology, primarily Ethereum, with additional use of the Polygon network to improve scalability and reduce transaction costs. Participants connect through an Ethereum-compatible wallet and place bets using the USDC stablecoin on topics such as politics, healthcare, economics, and other areas where public discussion centers on likely outcomes. The platform transforms speculative activity into market-based insights by allowing users to express expectations about future events and realize gains or losses based on actual results.

Botanix Labs is a technology company that develops decentralized applications (dApps) for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. It combines the strengths of Bitcoin and Ethereum to create a platform that offers secure, decentralized, and fair distribution of cryptocurrencies. This platform enables users to explore decentralized lending, earn interest on their assets, and manage their wealth with ease.

Movement Labs is a modular framework platform that builds and deploys move-based blockchains and applications in distributed settings. Its platform offers a composable and horizontally scalable network that provides unparalleled smart contract security and asset portability to help users solve the cold start problem with unprecedented interoperability.

Berachain develops an Ethereum-compatible blockchain tailored for financial applications. Its core technology allows staked assets like Ether (ETH) to be utilized in decentralized finance protocols, enhancing on-chain liquidity and capital efficiency while ensuring network security.

Tomo is an all-in-one Web3 social wallet that transforms users' online presence into a universal hub, fostering genuine, spam-free interactions and financial incentives. Tomo lets users connect directly with creators, participate in private discussions, and explore the new generation of digital art with Tomoji. Active participation earns users Tomo Points, enhancing your social capital.

Stream Trading offers capital-efficient and low-latency software for optimal performance in DeFi.

Ritual is a reaction to the aforementioned issues. Fundamentally, it is envisioned as an open, modular, and autonomous AI execution layer. Ritual connects a distributed network of nodes with access to compute and model developers.

Sofamon is a software developer specializing in social platforms for blockchain projects. It offers a user-friendly interface with features such as personal chat stickers, private group chats, and friend invitations.

DappOS is an innovative company focused on enhancing the usability and accessibility of decentralized applications (dApps) within the blockchain ecosystem. By developing a unified operating protocol, DappOS creates a user-friendly layer that simplifies interactions between users and various blockchain infrastructures, including public blockchains and cross-chain bridges. This approach allows for intuitive user interfaces and streamlined experiences, making dApps as easy to use as mobile applications. DappOS aims to lower the technical barriers associated with blockchain technology, facilitating greater mass adoption of decentralized applications and contributing to a more interconnected and user-centric blockchain environment.

Clique coordinates diverse compute resources, allocating them dynamically for general applications and smart contracts. This includes co-processors for verifiable computing on-chain data, oracles for external data sources, and specialized hardware for privacy, AI, and secure computation.

Polyhedra Network develops a Web3 infrastructure platform that facilitates secure, interoperable cross-chain communication among layer-1 and layer-2 blockchains using advanced zero-knowledge proof protocols.

Eclipse is building Ethereum's first Solana Virtual Machine Layer 2. While other L2 networks on Ethereum focus on providing Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility, Eclipse leans into performance improvements developed by the Solana Layer 1 and adds additional verification features to deploy the blockchain as a rollup. The Eclipse team includes veterans from dYdX, Uniswap, Citadel, and Airbnb. Eclipse Labs is backed by top investors including Polychain, Placeholder, and DBA.

Talus Network is a pioneering blockchain-based platform that seeks to democratize artificial intelligence. It develops a decentralized system that merges blockchain technology with autonomous AI agents, fostering consumer-friendly on-chain AI applications, notably smart agents. These agents seamlessly integrate into everyday on-chain content, empowering developers to create more secure, transparent, and efficient decentralized, autonomous systems.

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.

Monkey Tilt is a technology company that operates a crypto fantasy sports platform, offering users a unique blend of traditional casino games, sports betting, poker, and cryptocurrency-based gambling experiences. It aims to provide an engaging, social, and lifestyle-integrated entertainment experience for its users.

AltLayer offers a rollups-as-a-service platform that enables developers to deploy on-demand rollups for Web3 projects. The system provides highly scalable, application-dedicated execution layers whose security derives from an underlying base layer, delivering elastic and customizable scaling to transform blockchain infrastructure, speed up time-to-market, and support innovative deployment models for decentralized applications.

Superform is a non-custodial yield marketplace. The protocol enables access to Erc-4626 vaults using any Evmchain.

Squid is a developer of financial software that facilitates seamless connectivity between users and developers in the cryptocurrency market. The company's platform enables the swapping of any token across different blockchains, providing a streamlined approach to accessing decentralized applications with a single click. Squid's solution includes an application programming interface and software development kit that allows for native token swaps and messaging between users and applications across various chains. This functionality empowers investors with composable, cross-chain financial logic, enhancing their ability to navigate the complex landscape of cryptocurrency liquidity and applications.

Canza Finance is developing a decentralized finance system aimed at providing accessible financial services to the underserved populations in Africa. Its platform leverages web3 and blockchain technology, partnering with local money market players to distribute transaction-based services and create an open financial portal for emerging markets.

Particle is a permissionless decentralized leverage trading technology that may be used with any digital asset, including tokens and NFTs. The Particle protocol allows traders to borrow directly from liquidity pools at automated market makers (AMMs) with concentrated liquidity

Bitfinity Network is a creator of a blockchain platform that allows users to generate, stake, and swap tokens on their internet-connected computers. The company focuses on developing new decentralized finance (DeFi) cross-chain primitives. Its main services include research and development into cross-chain wallets that support Bitcoin and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-based chains and exchanges and automated market-making activities.

Sona is a new web3 streaming protocol that employs DeFi primitives (decentralized finance fundamental building blocks) to give artists more financial power through a rewards scheme, auctions, and ad-free streaming. Sona came out of the woodwork today, announcing the open beta launch of its first product, Sona Stream, a free music streaming service with no subscriptions or ads combined with a marketplace where artists share music and auction off SONAs, or "digital twins" or digital assets of songs that can only be owned by one person at a time.

Drift Protocol is a developer of a decentralized derivatives exchange that focuses on providing on-chain, cross-margined perpetual futures trading on the Solana blockchain. The platform aims to enhance the efficiency of trading futures through an upgraded decentralized system that features a new pegging mechanism. This innovation allows users to adjust liquidity based on market demand and open interest, thereby improving the overall trading experience. Drift Protocol's approach positions its exchange as a competitive option for margin trading within the decentralized finance space.

GoldLink operates a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that facilitates on-chain, leveraged lending to borrowers. It offers risk management tools, real-time data visualization, and access to advanced investment strategies, aiming to enhance profits and transparency in the DeFi market.

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 through the use of Zero-Knowledge technology. The company operates a decentralized exchange platform designed to protect user privacy and prevent tracking of activities. By utilizing a protocol based on substrate frameworks, Manta Network offers end-to-end anonymity, high throughput, and robust cross-chain interoperability. This enables users to exchange data in a secure environment, prioritizing privacy and security in their transactions.

Connext, Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017 by Arjun Bhuptani, Layne Haber, and Rahul Sethuram. The company specializes in creating an interoperability protocol that facilitates fast and fully-trustless communication between different blockchains. Its innovative technology aims to foster the formation of an interconnected network of blockchains, commonly referred to as the internet of blockchains. Additionally, Connext provides users with tools to purchase and manage blockchain applications, offering features such as direct card purchases for token acquisition, access to current vaults, decentralized compliance, and walletless signature capabilities.

Webb Protocol is a multi-chain privacy technology that allows assets to be transferred across blockchain protocols while ensuring financial anonymity. We incentivize privacy creation through innovative economic design and aim to become the most decentralized privacy system imaginable.

Thetanuts Finance operates a DeFi platform that offers crypto derivatives, structured products and customizable vaults to generate yield. The platform serves treasury management needs for DAOs and enables retail traders to earn yield on their tokens. Its vaults simplify options trading, making complex instruments accessible and allowing users to monetize volatility in a risk-adjusted manner. The company enables access to cross-chain crypto derivatives and structured products across multiple networks, expanding options markets for native tokens and providing competitive, risk-adjusted yield opportunities.

Berachain develops an Ethereum-compatible blockchain tailored for financial applications. Its core technology allows staked assets like Ether (ETH) to be utilized in decentralized finance protocols, enhancing on-chain liquidity and capital efficiency while ensuring network security.

Polyhedra Network develops a Web3 infrastructure platform that facilitates secure, interoperable cross-chain communication among layer-1 and layer-2 blockchains using advanced zero-knowledge proof protocols.

Cubist offers a web3 key management platform and modular toolkit that enables developers to safely design, test, and deploy multi-chain and cross-chain decentralized applications in automated pipelines. By handling keys and sequencing, the solution supports secure cross-chain deployments from a single program.

Polyhedra Network develops a Web3 infrastructure platform that facilitates secure, interoperable cross-chain communication among layer-1 and layer-2 blockchains using advanced zero-knowledge proof protocols.

Nil Foundation facilitates and supports research in database management systems and applied cryptography.

Quasar Labs operates a digital asset management platform that simplifies investing within the multi-chain universe. The platform allows users to create and join independent asset containers, known as Vaults, which utilize inter-blockchain communication (IBC) technology to facilitate value capture across different blockchains, particularly in the Cosmos ecosystem. This innovative approach addresses the fragmentation within decentralized finance (DeFi) by providing a streamlined and secure method for investors to manage their digital assets. Quasar Labs empowers investors to efficiently design Vaults and aggregate liquidity, making it easier for them to put their digital assets to work with minimal effort.

Vana is a decentralized platform empowering users to control their data, monetize it, and contribute to AI development. It facilitates user-owned data management and offers tools for developing, managing, and profiting from AI models. Vana's ecosystem includes DAOs that enable users to share data like social media and LinkedIn information in exchange for benefits.

Finterest is a financial platform that operates within the web3 and decentralized finance ecosystem. It specializes in facilitating the lending and borrowing of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, ICP, and stablecoins. The platform allows users to engage in cryptocurrency trading while also enabling token holders to participate in governance decisions, such as voting on future tokens to be integrated into the protocol. Finterest aims to enhance user engagement by incentivizing the utilization of its services, and it plans to incorporate Ethereum into its offerings, broadening its appeal within the digital asset market.

Evertas is a crypto insurance company that specializes in providing regulated insurance and risk mitigation solutions for crypto assets. The company targets institutional holders, including exchanges, custodians, traditional financial institutions, funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. Evertas offers a comprehensive underwriting framework along with a tailored policy form and claims handling services. Additionally, the company provides compliance and audit services, risk assessments, incident management, and asset recovery to help businesses secure their crypto assets and minimize transaction risks.

Fleek is an open web platform that installs anything on a computer or deals with the command line. The platform is helping to build the tools necessary to make the Open Web available to anyone, and easy to build on. It makes it easy to build websites and apps on the new open web: permissionless, trustless, censorship-resistant, and free of centralized gatekeepers. Using Open Web protocols that make a decentralized, trustless, and permissionless infrastructure native to the web. This stack is ever-shifting and open-source.

Founded in 2020 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, t3rn specializes in secure, efficient cross-chain executions. It leverages its modular stack for storage, validation, settlement, and consensus.

Evmos facilitates the transfer of Ethereum-based applications and assets onto the interconnected networks within the Cosmos ecosystem.

Developer of an online trading platform intended to facilitate buying and selling of cryptocurrencies. The company's platform helps to open and close positions directly from digital wallets, enabling crypto traders to improve return on investment.

Light Protocol develops a privacy-focused protocol built on Solana. It enables secure scaling of state using zero-knowledge compression, allowing developers to integrate private transactions at scale while preserving security and performance.

Celestia is a modular blockchain network provider that enables decentralized applications to operate on a scalable data availability layer and trust-minimized sidechains without the overhead of bootstrapping a new consensus network. The platform provides a general-purpose data availability layer to support efficient data storage and collective storage of block data, helping developers deploy blockchains with minimal overhead. Founded in 2019, Celestia is based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

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.

Founded in 2018 by Hayden Adams, Uniswap Labs develops decentralized finance (DeFi) products. It specializes in creating user-friendly platforms for secure, peer-to-peer digital asset swapping, with a focus on accessibility and empowerment of liquidity providers and traders.

Eclipse is building Ethereum's first Solana Virtual Machine Layer 2. While other L2 networks on Ethereum focus on providing Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility, Eclipse leans into performance improvements developed by the Solana Layer 1 and adds additional verification features to deploy the blockchain as a rollup. The Eclipse team includes veterans from dYdX, Uniswap, Citadel, and Airbnb. Eclipse Labs is backed by top investors including Polychain, Placeholder, and DBA.

Aspen Creek Digital is a developer of renewable Bitcoin mining infrastructure that aims to decarbonize power generation. The company combines data center technology with renewable energy projects to support on-site and grid-connected mining, using a mix of behind-the-meter and wholesale resources to lower the overall cost of electricity and facilitate storage adoption. It emphasizes carbon transparency and seeks to reduce power price volatility, enabling the cryptocurrency sector to operate more sustainably while contributing to grid stability and the expansion of renewable resources. Founded in 2021 and based in El Segundo, California.

Yellow Card operates a cryptocurrency platform that enables individuals and businesses to buy, sell, and manage digital assets using local currencies and mobile money across Africa. The platform functions as a crypto exchange and payments solution, offering over-the-counter trading, merchant services, currency exchange, and crypto gift cards. It provides an on/off ramp for stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, and PYUSD through a payments API, supporting secure, cost-effective transfers and borderless transactions. The company serves customers in numerous African countries and has facilitated billions of dollars in transactions, reflecting its role in promoting financial inclusion and access to digital finance. Founded in 2016 and active in the market, Yellow Card aims to simplify crypto access for individuals and businesses through a scalable, local-currency-first approach.

Rio Network operates a public proof-of-stake blockchain platform designed for the issuance, investment, and life-cycle management of digital securities and crypto assets. The platform facilitates the creation of liquid restacking tokens, where the influence of validators is based on the collateralized staking tokens. This structure allows users to achieve a risk-managed total return while maintaining liquidity. Through its innovative approach, Rio Network aims to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of digital asset management.

Vespene Energy is focused on transforming wasted energy from landfills into renewable energy solutions. The company specializes in converting landfill methane into fuel for bitcoin mining, establishing onsite data centers that facilitate this process. By mitigating and monetizing landfill methane, Vespene Energy helps reduce methane emissions while also lowering routine flaring and maintenance costs. This innovative approach allows landowners to generate profits through bitcoin mining, contributing to an environmentally sustainable energy future. Through its services, Vespene Energy aims to address both energy waste and environmental concerns effectively.

Aurigami operates as a decentralized, non-custodial money market protocol that enables users to lend, borrow, and earn interest on digital assets. It functions as a liquidity protocol where lenders supply capital and borrowers access over-collateralized loans, with a focus on reducing smart contract risk and liquidations, and emphasizes secure, trust-minimized custody in a DeFi environment.

Quasar Labs operates a digital asset management platform that simplifies investing within the multi-chain universe. The platform allows users to create and join independent asset containers, known as Vaults, which utilize inter-blockchain communication (IBC) technology to facilitate value capture across different blockchains, particularly in the Cosmos ecosystem. This innovative approach addresses the fragmentation within decentralized finance (DeFi) by providing a streamlined and secure method for investors to manage their digital assets. Quasar Labs empowers investors to efficiently design Vaults and aggregate liquidity, making it easier for them to put their digital assets to work with minimal effort.

Nomad is a novel approach to blockchain interoperability that leverages an optimistic mechanism to increase the security of cross-chain communication.

DSCVR is an innovative Web3 social network designed to reward users for their content contributions while seamlessly integrating cryptocurrency features. The platform addresses usability challenges associated with crypto products, aiming to facilitate broader adoption of Web3 technologies. It has garnered significant traction among crypto and NFT communities, positioning itself as a launchpad for tokenized communities. Users can establish governance rules, define roles, and distribute rewards through airdrops, all within the social network. Additionally, DSCVR enables peer-to-peer transactions of NFTs and airdrops directly to user accounts, eliminating the need for external wallets and addresses. Built entirely on the Internet Computer, DSCVR serves as a decentralized protocol that enhances user engagement and monetization opportunities through its open application programming interface.

Sunscreen develops advanced privacy technology, specializing in fully homomorphic encryption. Its platform enables engineers to perform complex computations directly on encrypted data without decryption, ensuring the protection of sensitive information while allowing operations on that data.

AltLayer offers a rollups-as-a-service platform that enables developers to deploy on-demand rollups for Web3 projects. The system provides highly scalable, application-dedicated execution layers whose security derives from an underlying base layer, delivering elastic and customizable scaling to transform blockchain infrastructure, speed up time-to-market, and support innovative deployment models for decentralized applications.

Veridise is a comprehensive blockchain security company founded by a team of renowned researchers. Specializing in auditing Zero-Knowledge Circuits and MetaMask Snaps, the firm possesses extensive expertise in smart contracts, blockchains, Layer 2 solutions, DeFi protocols, cryptocurrency wallets, tokens, and NFTs. Veridise has established a reputation for uncovering critical vulnerabilities that other auditing firms often overlook, identifying over 100 high-severity bugs in the first half of 2023 alone. The company's approach combines traditional auditing methods with advanced automated Web3 security tools, allowing them to tackle complex blockchain security challenges effectively. Through this innovative hybrid methodology, Veridise provides clients with detailed and actionable audit reports, enhancing the overall security of blockchain applications.

Satori is a decentralized financial derivatives exchange tailored for both retail and institutional investors within the Polkadot ecosystem. The platform is designed to accommodate experienced traders, allowing them to leverage the potential of DOT through access to a dedicated derivatives environment. Satori collaborates with parachains, market makers, and retail users, facilitating a comprehensive trading experience that meets the demands of diverse market participants.

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.

Founded in 2018, CoinDCX specializes in crypto-enabled financial services. It focuses on developing borderless financial services for simplified capital flow, offering powerful wallets and robust security. The company empowers traders with industry-first products tailored to individual trading experiences, risk tolerances, and frequencies. Its mission is to democratize finance and make investments accessible to everyone.

Nomad is a novel approach to blockchain interoperability that leverages an optimistic mechanism to increase the security of cross-chain communication.

Quai Network develops merge-mined blockchains with the goal of creating efficient blockchains.

Allora Labs is a blockchain-based protocol focused on providing reliable appraisals for digital assets, particularly in the realm of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company offers a platform that incentivizes experts to deliver honest insights, facilitating an efficient price-discovery mechanism for NFTs. By compensating these experts for their evaluations, Allora Labs captures the value of truthful information and creates new opportunities within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Its technology employs machine learning to analyze data, enabling crypto builders to optimize strategies, quantify risks, and make informed decisions based on real-time NFT appraisals. Through its innovative approach, Allora Labs aims to enhance the credibility and reliability of information in the digital asset market.

Gauntlet is a financial modeling and simulation company focused on enhancing the safety and efficiency of blockchain protocols and smart contracts. Through its advanced platform, Gauntlet employs agent-based simulation techniques to analyze and optimize key parameters of various protocols. This approach allows the company to model market risks and economic incentives effectively, helping clients improve their capital efficiency and maximize returns for stakeholders while minimizing associated risks. By driving sustainable growth for leading crypto protocols, chains, and on-chain treasuries, Gauntlet plays a crucial role in enhancing the financial performance of businesses in the blockchain space.

KurateDAO provides an infrastructure for content curation, with the process being divided up into three roles: curators, scouts and viewers.

Axelar develops interoperability software connecting blockchain ecosystems, applications, and users. Founded in 2020 by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos, Axelar enables developers to build cross-chain decentralized applications using its protocol suite.

Vana is a decentralized platform empowering users to control their data, monetize it, and contribute to AI development. It facilitates user-owned data management and offers tools for developing, managing, and profiting from AI models. Vana's ecosystem includes DAOs that enable users to share data like social media and LinkedIn information in exchange for benefits.

BBS Network is a SocialFi project that allows sharing content to reward creators, curators, and other stakeholders with their own native testimony. The revenue generated by the platform is shared among all participants in the BBS ecosystem in a fully automated, transparent, and market-driven way.

Structure operates a global trading platform designed for mobile users to facilitate crypto-based investing and lending. Its platform enables investors of all experience levels to trade assets securely, with around-the-clock access and hands-on support.

Anoma is a Zug-based Swiss company established in 2021. It develops an intent-centric, privacy-preserving protocol for decentralized counterparty discovery, solving, and multi-chain atomic settlement.

Saddle Finance is a financial technology company that operates an automated market maker (AMM) platform specifically designed for trading pegged value crypto assets. The platform facilitates trading by utilizing a tokenized bitcoin pool, which provides deep on-chain liquidity. This configuration allows traders to execute transactions with minimal slippage and low transaction fees, enhancing the efficiency of trading pegged assets. Through its innovative approach, Saddle Finance aims to optimize the trading experience for users engaged in the cryptocurrency market.

Spectral, established in 2020 and headquartered in New Rochelle, New York, specializes in developing an AI-driven platform for creating and deploying sophisticated smart contracts. This platform facilitates the generation of complex smart contracts using natural language, expediting development time and minimizing errors.

AscendEX operates digital asset exchanges globally, catering to diverse clients ranging from retail investors to institutions. Its platform offers spot and futures trading, copy trading functionalities, decentralized exchange, margin trading, various deposit methods, market news, educational resources, cryptocurrency trading, leveraged tokens, earning programs, and access to new crypto offerings.

Sommelier is a decentralized finance platform built on the Cosmos Stargate SDK with a Tendermint-based consensus layer and a bi-directional Ethereum bridge, operated by a global network of validators. It enables liquidity providers to author and execute automated, complex financial transactions such as portfolio rebalancing and limit orders, offering features traditionally associated with centralized finance but within DeFi. The platform uses a modular protocol and decentralized governance to manage automated signature processes and cross-chain interactions, supporting secure, programmable trading and liquidity management.

Solend is a decentralized finance platform for borrowing and lending crypto assets on the Solana blockchain. It enables users to lend funds or borrow against collateral, expanding opportunities for Solana holders to participate in the market. The platform aims to streamline the lending process by letting users choose to lend or borrow, primarily dealing with stablecoins and Solana's native token.

Yellow Card operates a cryptocurrency platform that enables individuals and businesses to buy, sell, and manage digital assets using local currencies and mobile money across Africa. The platform functions as a crypto exchange and payments solution, offering over-the-counter trading, merchant services, currency exchange, and crypto gift cards. It provides an on/off ramp for stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, and PYUSD through a payments API, supporting secure, cost-effective transfers and borderless transactions. The company serves customers in numerous African countries and has facilitated billions of dollars in transactions, reflecting its role in promoting financial inclusion and access to digital finance. Founded in 2016 and active in the market, Yellow Card aims to simplify crypto access for individuals and businesses through a scalable, local-currency-first approach.

Orca is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange built on the Solana blockchain, facilitating instant token swaps with minimal transaction fees. The platform is designed to handle thousands of transactions per second, ensuring low latency and capital-efficient trading. Users can exchange tokens while receiving fair pricing and have the option to provide liquidity to trading pools, allowing them to earn a share of the trading fees generated on the platform.

Ava Labs simplifies finance application development using blockchain technology. It offers highly scalable networks, customizable public/private blockchains, and digital asset creation capabilities.

Nirvana is an AI-native financial infrastructure shaping the future of Agentic DeFi. - Redefining DeFi with AI Agents – Nirvana builds AI frameworks for DEFAI agents to maximize capital efficiency - AI-Native On-Chain Protocols – Empowering DEFAI agents with AI-native protocols to autonomously launch innovative financial instruments and optimize strategies

Kresko develops an online capital platform for synthetic stocks, commodities, and crypto, with the goal of making wealth accessible on mobile. The company provides an asset protocol featuring a per-account data model that enables developers to integrate digital assets into applications and wallets, while improving capital efficiency, user experience, asset listing, and risk management. Its platform offers a unified DeFi experience that supports minting, swapping, pooling, and farming of assets, and includes portfolio health indicators to monitor risk. By building on its protocol, developers can deliver asset-backed functionality within their apps and wallets, expanding access to diverse digital assets and simplifying how users interact with them.

Founded in 2018, CoinDCX specializes in crypto-enabled financial services. It focuses on developing borderless financial services for simplified capital flow, offering powerful wallets and robust security. The company empowers traders with industry-first products tailored to individual trading experiences, risk tolerances, and frequencies. Its mission is to democratize finance and make investments accessible to everyone.

Thesis is a cryptocurrency venture studio that funds and builds decentralized products and protocols designed to empower individuals. It develops and supports privacy-focused, open-source financial infrastructure, including tools for crypto payments, earning opportunities, and user-controlled wallets. The company emphasizes community governance and collaboration to create interoperable, user-centric solutions that give people greater control over their digital assets and financial data. Through its portfolio, Thesis aims to advance personal empowerment in the digital economy by fostering transparent, decentralized technologies and open collaboration.

Valora is a mobile crypto wallet that aims to simplify the use of cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance for individuals around the world. Its platform is designed for accessibility, allowing users, even those with basic smartphones, to send, save, and spend crypto with the same ease as sending a text message. Valora's application emphasizes user-friendly navigation while ensuring robust cryptographic security and privacy features, enabling secure money transfers across borders with a simple tap. By leveraging blockchain technology, Valora seeks to empower the estimated 6 billion smartphone users globally, making digital currencies practical and usable in everyday transactions.