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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.

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.

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.

Canza is building the world's largest non-institutional-based financial system.

GoldLink is a high yield borrowing modular risk management protocol that enables advanced investment strategies, provides access to industry-leading Arbitrum protocols, and boosts profits through leveraged borrowing.

Kollider develops tools and services designed to enhance access to financial markets through the use of Bitcoin's Lightning Network. The company offers an online trading platform that simplifies the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies, allowing users to open and close positions directly from their digital wallets. This streamlined approach aims to empower crypto traders by improving their return on investment and making trading more accessible across borders.

Light Protocol focuses on enhancing privacy in cryptocurrency transactions, allowing users to send crypto securely and privately. The company has developed a platform that enables developers to integrate private transactions into applications built on the Solana blockchain. By facilitating the deposit of cryptocurrencies into dedicated Light Cash pools and allowing withdrawals through new addresses, Light Protocol ensures that sensitive user data remains protected. This approach aims to support the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency by addressing privacy concerns and providing a scalable solution for developers to incorporate private transactions into decentralized applications.

Juno is a cross-border banking platform that aims to give users across the world a high-yield account to grow their savings. Going live in the US, 2Juno is taking a radical approach towards creating an open and global banking system for everyone, regardless of their location or income. Juno was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Fully automated micro-markets, odds origination, and risk management.

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 issuance of liquid restaking tokens, where the weight of validators is based on the amount of staking tokens bonded as collateral. This structure allows users to achieve a risk-managed total return while maintaining liquidity. By providing these services, Rio Network aims to enhance the efficiency and accessibility of digital asset management for its users.

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.

Anoma is a blockchain protocol established in 2021 in Zug, Switzerland, focused on facilitating private and asset-agnostic transactions. It offers an intent-centric and privacy-preserving solution for decentralized counterparty discovery, multi-chain atomic settlement, and secure bartering among multiple parties. By employing advanced cryptography and zero-knowledge proof schemes, Anoma empowers users to engage in cryptocurrency exchanges automatically at market rates, ensuring a user-controlled and secure trading environment. The protocol aims to enhance privacy in transactions, making it easier for users to conduct business without sacrificing security.

AscendEX is a global operator of digital asset exchanges catering to a wide range of clients, including retail and institutional investors. The company has developed a trading platform that facilitates the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies, offering features such as financial derivatives, cash, margin, and leveraged trading on various tokens. This platform enhances liquidity provision and creates growth opportunities within the cryptocurrency ecosystem, making it a versatile tool for investors looking to navigate the digital asset market.

Sommelier consists of the Cosmos Stargate SDK, its Tendermint-based consensus layer and a decentralized, bi-directional Ethereum bridge, managed by a global network of validators. Liquidity Providers (LPs) will be able to use Sommelier to author and execute complex, automated financial transactions, such as portfolio rebalancing, limit orders, as well as a host of other features that token holders have come to expect from centralized finance (CeFi), but that are not currently available in DeFi.

Yellow Card operates as a leading digital currency exchange platform in Africa, specializing in the buying and selling of stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, and PYUSD. It serves individuals and businesses across 20 countries, offering secure and cost-effective methods for transactions using local currencies. The platform has facilitated over $3 billion in transactions, contributing to the growth of cryptocurrency adoption on the continent. Yellow Card collaborates with local merchants and vendors to provide vouchers that can be redeemed for Bitcoin, allowing customers to transfer money and engage in e-commerce. This integration enables individuals to participate in the digital economy, simplifying access to cryptocurrency for a broader audience.

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AVA Labs makes it simple to launch finance applications using blockchain technology–with highly scalable and efficient networks, customizable public and private blockchains, the capability to create any digital asset, and more. We are empowering people to build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance.

Kresko is focused on enhancing access to wealth through its innovative online platform for synthetic stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. This platform allows users to manage their assets in a single application, facilitating activities such as minting, swapping, pooling, and farming. Kresko’s synthetic asset protocol emphasizes capital efficiency and an improved user experience, while also providing a clear overview of portfolio health and associated risks. By offering a frictionless listing of assets, Kresko enables developers to seamlessly incorporate crypto assets into their applications and wallets, making it easier for individuals to engage with digital finance.

dYdX is a decentralized exchange that provides traders with a secure and efficient platform for various financial activities. Established in 2017 by Antonio Juliano, a former engineer at Coinbase and Uber, dYdX operates on audited smart contracts on Ethereum, ensuring transparency and security without relying on a central authority. The platform offers a range of trading options, including perpetual, margin, and spot trading, along with borrowing and lending pools. Users can earn interest on deposits or take loans at nominal fees, enabling them to trade on margin with customized leverage. dYdX aims to create an open financial system, granting users access to vital financial tools while facilitating fully collateralized loans for short-selling.

Maple Finance is a capital-efficient corporate debt marketplace allowing institutions to borrow from Liquidity Pools funded by the Defi ecosystem and managed by experienced investors.

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.

Anoma is a blockchain protocol established in 2021 in Zug, Switzerland, focused on facilitating private and asset-agnostic transactions. It offers an intent-centric and privacy-preserving solution for decentralized counterparty discovery, multi-chain atomic settlement, and secure bartering among multiple parties. By employing advanced cryptography and zero-knowledge proof schemes, Anoma empowers users to engage in cryptocurrency exchanges automatically at market rates, ensuring a user-controlled and secure trading environment. The protocol aims to enhance privacy in transactions, making it easier for users to conduct business without sacrificing security.

dYdX is a decentralized exchange that provides traders with a secure and efficient platform for various financial activities. Established in 2017 by Antonio Juliano, a former engineer at Coinbase and Uber, dYdX operates on audited smart contracts on Ethereum, ensuring transparency and security without relying on a central authority. The platform offers a range of trading options, including perpetual, margin, and spot trading, along with borrowing and lending pools. Users can earn interest on deposits or take loans at nominal fees, enabling them to trade on margin with customized leverage. dYdX aims to create an open financial system, granting users access to vital financial tools while facilitating fully collateralized loans for short-selling.

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.

Acala Network is a decentralized finance hub and stablecoin platform that facilitates cross-blockchain transactions within the Polkadot network. Based in the United States, it enables users to send and receive USD across various connected blockchains. The platform provides a range of financial tools, including a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by diverse assets such as Bitcoin, a trustless staking derivative, and a decentralized exchange. These features are designed to enhance liquidity and promote innovation in financial applications, making transactions more convenient and secure for users.

DerivaDEX is a community-governed derivatives exchange designed to enhance performance and autonomy while ensuring the security of a decentralized platform. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, it employs a liquidity-mining token model that empowers users to engage actively in the governance and operations of the exchange. Utilizing an open order book and on-chain settlement for trades, DerivaDEX aims to create a next-generation trading environment. Its native token facilitates user participation and supports the exchange's decentralized structure, combining advanced technology with community oversight.

Nuo Bank, founded in 2018 and based in Mumbai, India, operates as a cryptocurrency platform that focuses on managing digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. It offers a decentralized debt marketplace where users can supply capital to a reserve pool, enabling them to earn daily interest through peer-to-peer lending and borrowing without the platform taking custody of their tokens. Nuo serves as a financial control center, allowing users to store, spend, and grow their cryptocurrencies, as well as access global financial products and services. The Nuo app facilitates various transactions, including instant peer-to-peer transfers and payments using a Nuo Card, catering to the needs of users in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

Acala Network is a decentralized finance hub and stablecoin platform that facilitates cross-blockchain transactions within the Polkadot network. Based in the United States, it enables users to send and receive USD across various connected blockchains. The platform provides a range of financial tools, including a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by diverse assets such as Bitcoin, a trustless staking derivative, and a decentralized exchange. These features are designed to enhance liquidity and promote innovation in financial applications, making transactions more convenient and secure for users.

Amber Group is a cryptocurrency financial services provider based in Hong Kong, established in 2017 by finance professionals from leading institutions. The company offers a range of services including liquidity provision, trading, asset management, yield enhancement, collateralized lending, decentralized finance, and electronic market making. Operating globally, Amber Group serves over 200 institutional clients and has facilitated cumulative trading exceeding $200 billion across numerous electronic exchanges, with an average daily trading volume of $100-200 million. The company is dedicated to enhancing client experiences by leveraging advanced technology and quantitative research, aiming to optimize investment flexibility and maximize returns. Amber Group has also raised significant capital to support its growth and innovation in the cryptocurrency space.

CoinList is a leading platform in the digital finance sector, focused on facilitating the launch and growth of innovative digital assets. The company provides a comprehensive token distribution service that connects blockchain projects with potential investors prior to their asset listings on other exchanges. CoinList supports various stages of crypto investment, including token sales, distribution, trading, lending, staking, and access to decentralized finance opportunities. Users can trade and store a wide range of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, through its mobile app and website, CoinList.co. The platform caters to a diverse clientele, including validators, miners, founders, CEOs, and crypto enthusiasts, ensuring they have access to new tokens and crypto-specific services. CoinList's mission is to be the most trusted brand in digital finance while expanding access for early adopters and fostering innovation within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Juno is a cross-border banking platform that aims to give users across the world a high-yield account to grow their savings. Going live in the US, 2Juno is taking a radical approach towards creating an open and global banking system for everyone, regardless of their location or income. Juno was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Altonomy Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based firm specializing in cryptocurrency and digital asset services, including over-the-counter (OTC) trading, advisory, and asset management. Established in 2018, the company provides a platform that facilitates the management and operation of digital assets, enabling the movement of funds between exchanges, wallets, and counterparties. Altonomy offers comprehensive OTC trading services for both crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto transactions, utilizing a proprietary methodology that ensures effective execution and optimal market conditions. Additionally, the firm provides liquidity management and advisory to token issuers and exchanges, supporting their public listings and market-making needs. Altonomy also features an institutional cloud mining service, AltMiner, designed for accredited investors seeking long-term exposure to Bitcoin without the burdens of direct ownership of mining equipment. With a strong network of partnerships across the crypto space, Altonomy aims to enhance the legitimacy and accessibility of digital assets for institutional investors.

Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Its mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all. The Celo ecosystem includes a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (Celo Platform), a native asset (CELO), a stablecoin (cUSD) and the Celo Alliance for Prosperity, with over 100 organizations around the world, including Andreesen Horowitz, Anchorage, Coinbase, GSMA, Mercy Corps, Grameen Foundation, Prosegur, Abra, and cLabs, a service organization dedicated to growing and developing the Celo ecosystem.

AVA Labs makes it simple to launch finance applications using blockchain technology–with highly scalable and efficient networks, customizable public and private blockchains, the capability to create any digital asset, and more. We are empowering people to build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance.

dYdX is a decentralized exchange that provides traders with a secure and efficient platform for various financial activities. Established in 2017 by Antonio Juliano, a former engineer at Coinbase and Uber, dYdX operates on audited smart contracts on Ethereum, ensuring transparency and security without relying on a central authority. The platform offers a range of trading options, including perpetual, margin, and spot trading, along with borrowing and lending pools. Users can earn interest on deposits or take loans at nominal fees, enabling them to trade on margin with customized leverage. dYdX aims to create an open financial system, granting users access to vital financial tools while facilitating fully collateralized loans for short-selling.

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

Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption. It builds financial infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized applications. Terra is backed by Luna, a decentralized asset that derives its value from transaction fees collected on the Terra network. Much like the moon stabilizes the earth’s rotation, Luna is Terra's eternal guardian of stability.

DFINITY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization based in Zurich, Switzerland, with additional offices in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2016, it focuses on developing the Internet Computer, a decentralized cloud platform designed to facilitate the creation and hosting of web applications. The foundation is a key contributor to the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), which enables independent data centers to collaborate and provide secure, serverless cloud functionality. DFINITY also offers the Canister software development kit (SDK) to assist users in building applications on this platform. By leveraging blockchain technology, DFINITY aims to simplify the development of sophisticated web applications, allowing non-technical users to create and manage these tools through natural language interactions. This vision seeks to transform the internet into a decentralized "World Computer," enhancing security and promoting the adoption of Web3 technologies. The foundation operates research centers in multiple locations, including Palo Alto and Shanghai, driving innovation within its ecosystem.

Agoric is a developer of a framework designed to enhance the programming of smart contracts for the blockchain ecosystem. The platform facilitates the creation and deployment of smart contracts using JavaScript, making it accessible to millions of programmers. By emphasizing composability, Agoric enables rapid development and offers a competitive advantage in creating decentralized applications. Its framework allows for secure execution of transactions, the establishment of new markets, and the creation of innovative exchange patterns without centralized control. The Agoric team comprises experienced technologists, economists, and business leaders who have collaborated on smart contracts technology for over three decades. They aim to revolutionize how smart contracts are developed and utilized, fostering unprecedented global cooperation and enabling entrepreneurs to explore new business opportunities with digital assets. Agoric has partnered with notable projects within the blockchain space and received support from various investors, further solidifying its mission to advance smart contract technology.

CoinList is a leading platform in the digital finance sector, focused on facilitating the launch and growth of innovative digital assets. The company provides a comprehensive token distribution service that connects blockchain projects with potential investors prior to their asset listings on other exchanges. CoinList supports various stages of crypto investment, including token sales, distribution, trading, lending, staking, and access to decentralized finance opportunities. Users can trade and store a wide range of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, through its mobile app and website, CoinList.co. The platform caters to a diverse clientele, including validators, miners, founders, CEOs, and crypto enthusiasts, ensuring they have access to new tokens and crypto-specific services. CoinList's mission is to be the most trusted brand in digital finance while expanding access for early adopters and fostering innovation within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

DFINITY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization based in Zurich, Switzerland, with additional offices in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2016, it focuses on developing the Internet Computer, a decentralized cloud platform designed to facilitate the creation and hosting of web applications. The foundation is a key contributor to the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), which enables independent data centers to collaborate and provide secure, serverless cloud functionality. DFINITY also offers the Canister software development kit (SDK) to assist users in building applications on this platform. By leveraging blockchain technology, DFINITY aims to simplify the development of sophisticated web applications, allowing non-technical users to create and manage these tools through natural language interactions. This vision seeks to transform the internet into a decentralized "World Computer," enhancing security and promoting the adoption of Web3 technologies. The foundation operates research centers in multiple locations, including Palo Alto and Shanghai, driving innovation within its ecosystem.

dYdX is a decentralized exchange that provides traders with a secure and efficient platform for various financial activities. Established in 2017 by Antonio Juliano, a former engineer at Coinbase and Uber, dYdX operates on audited smart contracts on Ethereum, ensuring transparency and security without relying on a central authority. The platform offers a range of trading options, including perpetual, margin, and spot trading, along with borrowing and lending pools. Users can earn interest on deposits or take loans at nominal fees, enabling them to trade on margin with customized leverage. dYdX aims to create an open financial system, granting users access to vital financial tools while facilitating fully collateralized loans for short-selling.

Maker is a decentralized autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain seeking to minimize the price volatility of its own stable token — the Dai — against the IMF’s international currency basket SDR. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.

Agoric is a developer of a framework designed to enhance the programming of smart contracts for the blockchain ecosystem. The platform facilitates the creation and deployment of smart contracts using JavaScript, making it accessible to millions of programmers. By emphasizing composability, Agoric enables rapid development and offers a competitive advantage in creating decentralized applications. Its framework allows for secure execution of transactions, the establishment of new markets, and the creation of innovative exchange patterns without centralized control. The Agoric team comprises experienced technologists, economists, and business leaders who have collaborated on smart contracts technology for over three decades. They aim to revolutionize how smart contracts are developed and utilized, fostering unprecedented global cooperation and enabling entrepreneurs to explore new business opportunities with digital assets. Agoric has partnered with notable projects within the blockchain space and received support from various investors, further solidifying its mission to advance smart contract technology.