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Fluent Labs is a blockchain development company. It aims to simplify blockchain development and enhance compatibility across different virtual machines.

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

Corn is a new Ethereum Layer 2 network that aims to be the best platform for utilizing Bitcoin.

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

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

Solayer Labs operates a re-staking network that builds upon the Solana blockchain, extending its capabilities to secure additional systems and enable horizontal scaling. By leveraging the economic security of SOL tokens and sharing Solana's validator network, Solayer allows application developers to achieve a higher degree of consensus and customize block space, enhancing the efficiency and versatility of decentralized cloud infrastructure.

Corn is a new Ethereum Layer 2 network that aims to be the best platform for utilizing Bitcoin.

ORA is a blockchain protocol designed to facilitate trustless AI and decentralized computing on the Ethereum network. It aims to enable developers to deploy AI models and utilize computing resources directly on the blockchain, leveraging its decentralized nature for security and scalability.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Scroll, founded in 2021 and based in Victoria, Seychelles, is focused on developing an EVM-equivalent zk-rollup, which utilizes a robust proving network. The company operates within the technology sector, with an emphasis on enhancing blockchain scalability and efficiency. By leveraging zero-knowledge proof technology, Scroll aims to facilitate faster and more secure transactions on decentralized applications. The firm's innovative approach positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of blockchain infrastructure.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

EigenLabs is a blockchain infrastructure startup that enables the restaking of ETH across various decentralized applications. They also provide developers with access to the Ethereum staked capital base and decentralized validator set. Traditionally, staking requires validators to lock up ETH as a security deposit to engage in the network's consensus mechanism, earning rewards for contributing to network security and validating transactions. However, once ETH is staked, it is generally immobilized until withdrawn, restricting validators from utilizing these assets elsewhere. EigenLayer aims to tackle this challenge by allowing staked ETH to be restaked across diverse decentralized applications and services without removing it from the original consensus mechanism.

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.

Scroll, founded in 2021 and based in Victoria, Seychelles, is focused on developing an EVM-equivalent zk-rollup, which utilizes a robust proving network. The company operates within the technology sector, with an emphasis on enhancing blockchain scalability and efficiency. By leveraging zero-knowledge proof technology, Scroll aims to facilitate faster and more secure transactions on decentralized applications. The firm's innovative approach positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of blockchain infrastructure.

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.

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.

Founded in 2018, Offchain Labs specializes in developing solutions for scaling Ethereum smart contracts. Its platform enables the creation of private smart contracts on the Ethereum ecosystem, facilitating custom chain launches, layer-two migrations, node running, and virtual machine contract deployments.

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.

Founded in 2017 by an ex-Coinbase engineer, dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, and Spot trading on Ethereum. It combines the security of a decentralized exchange with the speed and usability of a centralized one.

The world's first intent engine powering the intent-centric future. A layer-1 tendermint-based blockchain, storing state from EVM, SVM, and MVM chains to enable execution on all blockchain frameworks.

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.

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.

DFX Finance is a decentralized finance exchange protocol on the Ethereum blockchain that enables the trading of fiat-backed stablecoins. It uses a tuned bonding curve and real-world price feeds to provide a structured, decentralized trading experience for stablecoins such as USDC, CADC, EURS, and XSGD, supporting a broad range of blockchain-powered DeFi applications.

Founded in 2017 by an ex-Coinbase engineer, dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, and Spot trading on Ethereum. It combines the security of a decentralized exchange with the speed and usability of a centralized one.

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.

Espresso Systems specializes in providing scaling and privacy solutions for Web 3 applications, focusing on the innovative area of shared sequencing within blockchain technology. This involves the use of sequencers that verify and batch transactions on layer-2 blockchains before sending them to a layer-1 chain, such as Ethereum, for settlement. Additionally, Espresso Systems develops online transaction technology aimed at enhancing the online payment industry, offering infrastructure that facilitates secure and efficient online interactions. Their solutions cater to the needs of clients in the online transaction sector, contributing to the advancement of the third generation of the World Wide Web.

Notional is a decentralized protocol for fixed rate, fixed term lending and borrowing of crypto assets on Ethereum. Users can lend or borrow stablecoins at fixed rates of interest for terms of up to six months using a variety of assets as collateral. Notional achieves fixed rate lending via a primitive called fCash, which is redeemable for an underlying currency like DAI upon the fCash token’s maturity date. Notional operates specialized liquidity pools that allow users to efficiently trade cash for fCash and vice versa. The exchange rate that a user receives on their trade implies a fixed rate of interest from the time of trade until the fCash token’s maturity. Notional is flexible and configurable. The protocol can add additional assets for lending and borrowing, additional collateral types, and additional maturities beyond six months. The community intends to broaden Notional’s scope over time to include a wider array of supported assets and extended available maturities. Notional prioritizes security. The protocol team works with industry leaders to ensure that the smart contracts are technically secure and that the economic assumptions applied in the protocol’s design are sound.

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.

Liquity is a decentralized borrowing platform operating on the Ethereum blockchain. It facilitates interest-free loans by using Ether as collateral.

KeeperDAO is a decentralized finance protocol that facilitates large-scale arbitrage and liquidation trades across various DeFi platforms on the Ethereum blockchain. The company develops an on-chain liquidity underwriter engine that enables participants to engage in communal liquidity pools, allowing them to collaborate on margin trading and lending strategies. By pooling capital into Ethereum smart contracts, users can collectively seize on-chain opportunities, such as liquidating positions or taking advantage of price discrepancies between different platforms. KeeperDAO promotes a collaborative environment where both Keepers and liquidity providers benefit from economies of scale, sharing profits and reducing competition through incentivized participation.

DerivaDEX is a community-governed derivatives exchange designed to combine performance and autonomy with the security of a decentralized platform. It operates on the Ethereum blockchain, utilizing an innovative liquidity-mining token model that empowers users to engage in the exchange's governance and operations. By incorporating an open order book and on-chain settlements, DerivaDEX facilitates efficient trading while ensuring transparency and security. The exchange aims to establish itself as a next-generation trading platform by leveraging trusted hardware and enhancing decentralization at its foundational level.

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.

Nuo is a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2018 and based in Mumbai, India, designed to cater to the needs of users in emerging markets. It serves as a decentralized financial control center for digital assets, enabling users to store, spend, and grow various cryptocurrencies. The platform facilitates peer-to-peer lending and borrowing through a decentralized debt marketplace, allowing users to supply capital to a reserve pool and earn interest daily without requiring the platform to take custody of their tokens. Additionally, the Nuo app provides features such as instant peer-to-peer transfers and the ability to make purchases with a Nuo Card. By offering access to global financial products and services, Nuo aims to empower users to manage their investments in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

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.

Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a game studio and blockchain infrastructure company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. The company specializes in developing video games that leverage blockchain technology, providing users with secure access to web3, enabling digital asset ownership. Among its notable offerings are Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. Horizon Blockchain Games also offers tools and resources for developers to create innovative Internet economies and experiences, positioning itself at the intersection of gaming and blockchain technology.

DeSo is a layer-1 blockchain, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, that recently listed on Coinbase, has accumulated over 1.5 million accounts, and just crossed over $1B in volume transacted on-chain. DeSo is backed by Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Social Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and many others. Our mission is to decentralize social media the same way Bitcoin and Ethereum are decentralizing the financial system. As a layer-1 blockchain, DeSo can be compared to other blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, etc... However, DeSo has several major advantages over these platforms, the largest being that it is designed to power storage-heavy applications (like social applications and marketplaces). To put it in perspective, storing just a 200-character "Tweet" on Ethereum costs ~$80, and costs ~$0.25-$1.00+ on Solana, Avalanche, Polygon, and virtually all other smart contract chains. In contrast, it costs 1/1,000th of a penny on DeSo, which is why breakthrough apps like Diamond, DAODAO, Pearl, OpenProsper, NFTz, and Entre, now possible exclusively on DeSo. Today, social media is even more centralized than the financial industry was prior to the creation of Bitcoin. A handful of private entities effectively control public discourse, and earn monopoly profits off of content that they don't even create. Society’s answer to financial centralization was not to put Warren Buffett in charge of money, it was to use technology, namely Bitcoin, so we could have nobody in charge. We believe the same type of technology will cause this conclusion to ultimately play out in social. DeSo’s advantages make it capable of breaking this status quo for the first time, and bringing competition and innovation back to social in much the same way Bitcoin and Ethereum have done for our financial system. Moreover, if DeSo succeeds, we will no longer need individual "dictators" to set a homogenous moderation policy for hundreds of millions of people.

Compound is an open-source protocol operating a decentralized finance lending platform. It facilitates real-time money markets by algorithmically adjusting interest rates based on asset-specific supply and demand. Compound enables users to deposit crypto assets as collateral, borrow base assets, and earn interest on their deposits within the DeFi ecosystem.

CoinList facilitates the launch and growth of innovative digital assets, connecting early adopters with promising projects like Filecoin and Solana. It offers a full-service trading platform for popular cryptocurrencies and provides access to new tokens before they list on other exchanges.

Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a game studio and blockchain infrastructure company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. The company specializes in developing video games that leverage blockchain technology, providing users with secure access to web3, enabling digital asset ownership. Among its notable offerings are Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. Horizon Blockchain Games also offers tools and resources for developers to create innovative Internet economies and experiences, positioning itself at the intersection of gaming and blockchain technology.

Founded in 2012, Coinbase operates a platform enabling merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. It offers products such as Coinbase Wallet, USD Coin, Coinbase Pro, and custody services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco.

Founded in 2017 by an ex-Coinbase engineer, dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, and Spot trading on Ethereum. It combines the security of a decentralized exchange with the speed and usability of a centralized one.

LoanScan provides analytics for loans and other financial instruments issued via open finance protocols on permissionless blockchains (Ethereum). We serve fixed-income investors, borrowers, analysts, crypto funds, financial institutions, and financial application developers. Our team of capital markers analysts and software engineers analyze blockchains and provide accurate real-time information on loan issuances, interest rates, collateral ratios, repayments, loan portfolio composition, etc. for recent and historical transactions.

Linen Wallet is a signature Wallet for defi and web3. They support ethereum and polygon networks.

Agoric is a framework facilitating secure smart contract development in JavaScript. It aims to enable widespread global cooperation and new digital asset businesses by providing safer tools for smart contract creation. Agoric's team comprises experienced technologists, economists, and business leaders, collaborating with notable projects like Cosmos.

Compound is an open-source protocol operating a decentralized finance lending platform. It facilitates real-time money markets by algorithmically adjusting interest rates based on asset-specific supply and demand. Compound enables users to deposit crypto assets as collateral, borrow base assets, and earn interest on their deposits within the DeFi ecosystem.

CoinList facilitates the launch and growth of innovative digital assets, connecting early adopters with promising projects like Filecoin and Solana. It offers a full-service trading platform for popular cryptocurrencies and provides access to new tokens before they list on other exchanges.

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.

Founded in 2017 by an ex-Coinbase engineer, dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, and Spot trading on Ethereum. It combines the security of a decentralized exchange with the speed and usability of a centralized one.

MakerDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that operates a smart contract platform on the Ethereum blockchain to back and stabilize the value of its Dai stablecoin through collateralized debt positions and autonomous governance mechanisms. It issues Dai, a collateral-backed cryptocurrency designed to maintain low volatility, and MKR, a token used for governance and recapitalization of the system. Founded in 2015, MakerDAO is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Raiden offers Raiden Network, an off-chain scaling solution for performing ERC20-compliant token transfers on the Ethereum blockchain. Its Raiden Network uses bidirectional token payment channels to connect participants directly with each other, providing a protocol to relay token transfers through routes of channels for efficient use of network topology.

Agoric is a framework facilitating secure smart contract development in JavaScript. It aims to enable widespread global cooperation and new digital asset businesses by providing safer tools for smart contract creation. Agoric's team comprises experienced technologists, economists, and business leaders, collaborating with notable projects like Cosmos.

DogeOS is a software company that develops a blockchain-based application layer for the Dogecoin ecosystem. Its platform supports multiple programming languages and virtual machines, enabling developers to create various applications. It also includes a wallet for social interaction features and infrastructure for decentralized zones with support for both fiat and crypto currencies, facilitating Web3 development and user interaction.