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KIP Protocol is a decentralized platform designed to facilitate the deployment, connection, and monetization of artificial intelligence models, applications, and data within the Web3 ecosystem. The company focuses on developing a foundational layer of protocol that provides essential infrastructure for AI, enabling users to build applications, manage data, and create AI models effectively. By safeguarding the digital property rights of AI value creators, KIP Protocol aims to advance the shared objective of decentralized artificial intelligence, ensuring that creators can monetize their innovations while contributing to a collaborative AI landscape.

SatoshiSync is the chain agnostic protocol for inscriptions and BTC L2, simplifying BTCFi liquidity. It pioneers permissionless inscription markets on BRC20, enabling easy customization and one-click bridging to ERC20 or EVMs.

BonusBlock is a platform that facilitates on-chain engagement and user onboarding for various blockchain projects. It aims to attract, onboard, and advance users by collaborating with diverse projects such as Injective, XION by Burnt, Nibiru, EclipseFi, among others.

Hedgehog Protocol develops a modular synthetic blockspace protocol for on-chain trading. Its platform enables minting of derivatives backed by multiple collaterals to hedge and trade gas fees, allowing cryptocurrency traders to interact in the gas derivatives market.

DeXe Network is a decentralized financial services platform specializing in social trading and asset management. It operates under the governance of the DeXe DAO, utilizing the DEXE ERC-20 native utility token for various platform activities. DeXe Network aims to empower users by providing tools for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), social trading, and asset management, emphasizing community-driven decision-making and financial autonomy. The platform includes features like W2W Copying, allowing users to replicate the trades of successful traders for a fee, thereby democratizing access to trading strategies and enhancing user engagement within the ecosystem.

Moove Protocol is a decentralized Web3 initiative aimed at fostering a community of innovators, builders, and creators. The company is focused on developing a protocol that utilizes artificial intelligence for video content generation, enabling participants in the cryptocurrency market to harness the advantages of decentralization. By facilitating collaboration and innovation, Moove Protocol seeks to support the growth of a dynamic ecosystem that empowers its community members.

Chronicle Media is an online design studio and marketplace for collectibles wallets and NFTs.

GameFi.org is a platform dedicated to web3 gaming. It aims to create digital communities and manage virtual economies for mainstream adoption. The platform offers solutions covering the entire lifecycle of games and gamified projects, with a vision of providing one digital platform and one virtual identity requiring no blockchain knowledge.

Roco Finance, established in 2021, serves as an incubator and launchpad platform for blockchain games, offering a suite of services and products designed for game developers and player communities. The company has partnered with Rise Online, which boasts over 100,000 users, and processes approximately one million USD annually in virtual goods sales. Roco Finance develops a crypto asset on the AVAX network, facilitating its own game ecosystems and those of its partners. The key offerings include non-fungible token (NFT) solutions, open-source software development kits (SDKs), application programming interfaces (APIs), game add-ons, and virtual items management applications. Through these services, Roco Finance enables gaming companies to manage virtual goods effectively and create staking pools, allowing players to earn rewards.

Panther Protocol is an interoperable privacy solution designed to enable private transactions of digital assets across various public blockchains. It aims to restore financial privacy for traders and investors in decentralized finance while ensuring compliance-friendly mechanisms.

Polylastic develops a blockchain platform focused on secure, scalable, and instant transactions. Its platform combines blockchain scaling tools with a user-centric approach, aiming to enhance the usability of decentralized transactions and facilitate mainstream blockchain adoption.

FantomStarter facilitates investment rounds for blockchain startups with robust business plans. Its decentralized platform streamlines regulatory compliance and enables approved projects to raise funds across various blockchains.

MeMusic operates a blockchain-based platform for creating, listening to, and sharing music. It introduces cryptocurrencies and traditional business models, allowing users to invest in music as an asset class by purchasing fractions of tracks.

An upcoming action role-playing game built on the Unreal Engine 4, set in a souls-like genre. Players embody a warrior woman tasked by gods to combat underworld monsters that have ravaged the planet.

Itheum is a data infrastructure company that enables the sale and exchange of data for the AI industry through decentralized, blockchain-powered technology. It provides tools for data tokenization, licensing, provenance, creator protection, governance, and data marketplaces, plus decentralized data brokerage across cross-chain environments. The platform offers data collection and analytics tooling, a data exchange, and a data metaverse to bridge valuable personal data from the web, emphasizing consent and provenance to unlock value for data creators and users. By building data infrastructure for an AI-driven data economy, Itheum supports secure, transparent data licensing and governance across data silos.

Deliq Finance operates as a decentralized liquidity provisioning protocol, specializing in outsourcing services for the Avalanche ecosystem. It facilitates liquidity providers and directors, along with tokens, to replace traditional market makers and enhance liquidity mining efficiency.

IQ Protocol develops a decentralized money market for digital asset renting and on-chain subscriptions. It enables digital asset owners to earn passive income by safely lending their NFTs & Fungible Tokens.

Gamium specializes in developing Digital Identity and Metaverse solutions for individuals, enterprises, and developers. Its primary products are Didit and Genesis. Didit enables users to securely explore the internet using their Decentralized Digital Identity, facilitating seamless data transfers and payments with a single click.

QORPO is a prominent metaverse game studio that specializes in web3 gaming and esports, offering a comprehensive ecosystem that integrates gaming with blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and NFTs. The company has developed a play-to-earn (P2E) model that enables gamers to earn token rewards and trade NFTs, enhancing their gaming experience. QORPO's platform features a variety of game genres, including open-world and first-person shooter games, allowing players to monetize their skills and earn tokens through gameplay. This innovative approach positions QORPO as a leader in the evolving landscape of digital gaming and blockchain integration.

Colexion is a premium blockchain-based marketplace specializing in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that allows users to discover, buy, sell, and trade exclusive digital collectibles featuring celebrities from various fields, including sports, entertainment, and art. The platform is curated by leading crypto artists, ensuring a high-quality selection of NFTs that appeal to collectors and enthusiasts alike. By focusing on the intersection of celebrity culture and digital ownership, Colexion provides a unique space for users to engage with and invest in the digital memorabilia of their favorite megastars.

Mecha Morphing is a browser-based, decentralized play-to-earn action role-playing game (ARPG). It offers player vs. environment (PVE), player vs. player loot mode, PVP arena, and bounty systems. Players can earn digital currency by engaging in these modes and invest in weapons, mecha armor pieces, land, and characters to upgrade their character's weaponry and non-fungible tokens.

MyCointainer is a technology-driven company specializing in the cryptocurrency sector, focusing on creating accessible solutions for users. The company operates a digital wallet that simplifies entry into the crypto economy, allowing users to earn rewards through methods such as staking, master nodes, and airdrops. MyCointainer aims to enhance the user experience in the decentralized economy by providing a platform that is both easy to navigate and secure. With a commitment to transparency, the company has obtained the necessary financial licenses to foster a safe environment for its users and partners. By connecting communities globally, MyCointainer plays a pivotal role in promoting the adoption of cryptocurrency and related technologies.

Fantom Maker is a company that specializes in project launch and fundraising software aimed at facilitating investments in innovative projects within the Fantom ecosystem. The platform offers a range of services, including white-label liquidity solutions, compliance support, marketing assistance, and advanced staking programs. By providing these tools, Fantom Maker enables businesses to effectively expand their user base and product offerings while capitalizing on growth opportunities. The company is committed to streamlining the investment process, making it easier for stakeholders to support promising initiatives in the rapidly evolving blockchain landscape.

Zone is a community-driven cross-chain GameFi ecosystem built on the Algorand blockchain, designed for on-chain gaming challenges and fantasy sports. The platform combines on-chain gaming challenges, yield farming, and non-fungible tokens to support a free-to-play and play-to-earn model with real-money prizes, and it is interoperable with other blockchains. A Discord-based GameFi bot enables users to participate in challenges and fantasy sports directly through on-chain interactions. Zone aims to attract players seeking blockchain-enabled gaming experiences by offering accessible entry points and tokenized assets that power challenges and rewards.

Founded in 2020, Umbrella Network is a community-driven decentralized oracle service for Defi and blockchain applications. It leverages advanced technology to provide scalable and secure data access.

BSCStation is a venture capital firm based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It incubates and invests in early-stage companies operating in decentralized finance, GameFi, NFT, and metaverse sectors.

Kudo is building an ecosystem of DeFi and web 3.0 products like Unomi and Bitquity for mainstream crypto adoption.

MADworld is an NFT platform designed to connect real-world and digital collectibles, leveraging near-field communication (NFC) technology to enhance the authenticity and provenance of artistic creations. The company focuses on the protection of artistic integrity by enabling artists to integrate their physical artworks with NFTs, thereby facilitating the validation and authentication of their creations. This approach not only preserves the permanence of artworks but also fosters a deeper connection between artists and their audiences within the evolving landscape of the metaverse.

Ackno API will consist of UCNS and Ackno plagiarism engine that will be used by NFT platforms, NFT Marketplaces, Metaverses, and Digital Universes UCNS will adopt a decentralized approach to provide unique identifier for any content that is validated across Metaverses and NFT platforms AcknoLedger will collaborate with the current NFT and Metaverse Ecosystem Partners to deploy UCNS solutions to their existing Digital Assets

Zombie Worldz is a metaverse that integrates virtual reality technology on the Binance Smart Chain, building upon the established success of Zombie Idle Defense. The platform offers an engaging gaming experience characterized by high-quality graphics and innovative gameplay, allowing players to socialize while participating in various activities. Users can buy and sell weapons and NFT pets within the game, as well as create advanced items, all within a play-to-earn framework. This unique combination of entertainment and economic opportunity appeals to gamers looking to enhance their experience while potentially earning profits.

FanAnywhere is the creator of a blockchain-based platform that aims to provide celebrities with a one-stop shop for connecting with their followers. Their platform has been designed to support tokens, the NFT market, trade exchanges, and third-party integrations. It also has a native token called FAW and permits influential people and brands to create their possess tokens for fan engagement, allowing fans to use these tokens and NFTs in imaginative interactions with their influencers.

Creaton is a Web3 Membership Platform that helps in engaging fans, creating ownership of content - with NFTs and earning real-time income.

PlatoFarm is a multichain blockchain game developed by Second Space that aims to enhance user experience while lowering barriers to entry. The platform integrates several key components, including a decentralized wallet, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), a decentralized exchange, and social features. A distinctive aspect of PlatoFarm is its decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance model, which merges traditional token asset systems with a time-of-play mechanism. This innovative approach allows players to participate in governance based on the time they invest in the game, thereby fostering community engagement and providing a fresh solution for the gaming and blockchain industries.

CryptoVsZombie is a gaming company that develops a crypto-based tower defense game. Players strategically build and defend crypto towers while simultaneously attacking opponents' towers with waves of zombies. The game operates on a play-to-earn model, allowing players to compete for rewards and climb leaderboards within a crypto-enthusiast and gaming community.

Voltage Finance is a decentralized finance platform that provides users with a comprehensive suite of financial tools for exchanging crypto assets. Designed with a user-friendly interface, Voltage allows for seamless trading without incurring fees. The platform operates on a non-custodial basis, ensuring users retain control of their assets while benefiting from automated trading solutions. Accessible on smart devices, Voltage Finance aims to enhance the efficiency of trading compared to traditional exchanges, making advanced financial tools available to a broader audience.

Decimated develops a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer online game where players can fight against or team up with others, scavenge loot, transport cargo, collect resources for trading, hunt legendary creatures, capture territory, and build safe houses.

Harmony Launcher is a pioneering decentralized launchpad and incubator designed to support startups and projects on the Harmony blockchain. It specializes in initial game offerings (IGOs) and initial decentralized offerings (IDOs), providing essential resources for projects to build, raise funds, and launch effectively. The platform facilitates crowdfunding through a secure and compliant environment, allowing token-based projects to establish fixed swap pools at predetermined token purchase rates. Harmony Launcher also offers features such as a vesting schedule for token releases, whitelisting for project participants, and various marketing options to enhance project visibility and success.

KingSpeed operates a play-to-earn gaming platform that enables users to collect virtual items while enjoying various game modes. The platform offers rewards such as cars, drivers, gears, and race tracks.

Victoria VR develops a blockchain-based virtual reality metaverse platform offering multiplayer online role-playing games, entertainment, and other activities. The platform uses Unreal Engine to create realistic graphics and enables users to earn rewards for their actions within the virtual world.

OnGO is a software company that provides blockchain, web3, and crypto-based product design, as well as development services.

Polygen innovates in blockchain launchpads by removing intermediaries and gatekeepers, fostering transparency, automated processes, and providing post-launch support. Its decentralized platform enables anyone to launch projects fee-free.

Colony Lab is a community-driven initiative to power the Avalanche Platform growth by investing in early-stage projects.

A price prediction platform, implemented in a simple gaming format. The platform determines community sentiment about crypto projects.

Strip Finance operates a collateralized NFT borrowing and lending marketplace and develops a decentralized platform to improve liquidity for non-fungible tokens and decentralized finance. It offers NFT collateral and a future yield trading marketplace, enabling token owners to borrow against their assets as collateral at fair interest rates.

Clearpool operates a decentralized capital markets ecosystem that lets institutional borrowers create single-borrower liquidity pools and access uncollateralized liquidity from the DeFi ecosystem. Liquidity providers fund these pools to earn yields, with rewards provided in the platform’s native tokens. The system uses tokenized credit mechanics to support risk management and liquidity hedging. By connecting traditional capital markets with decentralized finance, Clearpool enables flows between the two realms and offers borrowers the ability to compare, select, and exit pools; participants receive tokens in return, redeemable at any time without lock-up. The company focuses on delivering a transparent, programmable framework for institutional-grade liquidity.

Bloktopia is a virtual reality metaverse that serves as a central hub for all things cryptocurrency. It enables users to learn about crypto, earn revenue through various activities, play games, and create content.

Mines of Dalarnia is a blockchain-based adventure mining game and platform that combines single- and multiplayer modes. Players explore levels to mine relics and artifacts, upgrade gear, and progress through challenges. The game supports ownership of in-game land plots with a rental economy where plots can be leased to other players. Governance is enabled for token holders, who can vote on proposals related to land economy, miner policies, and other game development decisions. The platform also features an NFT marketplace for cosmetics and minerals and allows users to send, receive, and exchange digital assets within a single ecosystem.

Waggle operates as a decentralized marketplace that facilitates investment diversification for retail investors while offering project teams essential liquidity to sustain their innovations. By developing a cross-chain protocol, Waggle allows retail investors to engage in primary market investments, thereby enhancing their opportunities to contribute to and benefit from the success of the projects they support. This approach not only empowers investors but also creates value for project teams by ensuring access to liquidity, which is crucial for the ongoing development and continuity of their initiatives.

Continuum World is the native currency in the game. It allows token holders to play, invest and also be part of the game. They offers resources when exploring the world or that can farm their land. They provides purchase game items, staking rewards, play to earn, and governance.

Amasa is a company that specializes in a micro income streaming platform aimed at enhancing individuals' financial positions. The platform allows users to aggregate, track, and invest earnings generated from various digital interactions, such as engaging with cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance. By facilitating peer-to-peer networks, Amasa enables participants to combine, stabilize, and amplify their micro income streams, making it easier for them to manage and grow their financial resources within digital environments.

Paribus is an online platform that specializes in cross-chain borrowing and lending, allowing users to engage with digital assets across multiple blockchains. The platform offers features such as profit sharing through PBX tokens, liquidity provider staking, and metaverse integration. Additionally, Paribus provides NFT collateral-based loans, enabling users to unlock new opportunities for yield generation and effective risk management within the digital asset space. Through these services, Paribus aims to enhance the accessibility and utility of digital assets for its users.

Cyclos is a newly developed Solana-powered Defi project.

Chainflip is a decentralized protocol facilitating trustless asset trades between different blockchain networks with minimal slippage. It enables direct cross-chain exchanges of cryptocurrencies without intermediaries, utilizing its native blockchain and ecosystem components built on Rust and other frameworks. This allows investors to transfer funds seamlessly across various blockchains and ecosystems without additional software, collateral, or wrapped assets.

Highstreet is a commerce-centric metaverse that operates on browsers and native PC VR, aiming to connect the physical and digital worlds. The platform enables users to explore a vast virtual environment, form parties, and own and expand their virtual estates. Highstreet allows users to purchase tokenized products from various brands, facilitating interactive transactions through non-fungible tokens. By combining elements of gaming and e-commerce, Highstreet seeks to redefine how financial products are marketed and consumed, creating a unique and immersive shopping experience.

XP Network enables multichain support for any minted NFT allowing NFTs and funds to flow freely between networks and wallets.

Dtravel is a decentralized platform for the home-sharing economy that supports short- and long-term stays and accepts cryptocurrency alongside traditional payment methods. It operates without intermediaries by returning ownership, control and decision-making to hosts and guests through blockchain technology, promoting transparency and reducing fees in the home rental market. The platform aims to empower guests to shape their travel experiences while maintaining community transparency and trust.

XCarnival is a crypto influencer focused on developing innovative financial services. It specializes in constructing non-standard asset leasing, pawning, and lending platforms.

Impossible Finance is a crypto investment platform that uses decentralized finance protocols to give everyone equal access to financial products that were previously available only to institutions and a select few. By providing DeFi tools and token swap capabilities, the platform enables traders to participate in cryptocurrency markets with fair opportunities and addresses liquidity constraints beyond traditional gatekeepers.

Lossless is a Web3 security architecture focused on mitigating exploits and enhancing security in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The company employs a community-driven approach to identify threats, utilizing a unique stake-based reporting system to effectively monitor suspicious on-chain activities. Its platform allows white hat hackers to develop hack-spotting bots and scan transactions, enabling users to freeze and recover fraudulent transactions based on established identification parameters. By prioritizing the creation of a trusted environment, Lossless aims to minimize losses from hacks, exploits, and social engineering attacks, thus promoting safer interactions within the digital asset landscape.

Tides is a financial services company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2018, Tides specializes in trading cryptocurrency without putting coins at risk, all from within a secure and controllable wallet. The company offers a platform that allows users to conveniently trade crypto assets while maintaining security and control over their investments. By leveraging innovative technology, Tides aims to provide a seamless and efficient trading experience for its customers in the ever-evolving cryptocurrency market.

Lithium Finance is a blockchain protocol focused on pricing illiquid assets through a collective intelligence algorithm. The company aims to enhance traditional finance by applying innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) and cryptocurrency tools. Its platform employs a Determinant-based Mutual Information (DMI) mechanism, where participants respond to subjective multiple-choice questions to determine fair pricing for illiquid assets. This approach enables the prediction of pricing information for pre-IPO stocks, private equity, and other assets that lack established market prices.

Composable Finance develops infrastructure to enable a multi-layer, multi-chain future for Ethereum and other Layer 1 blockchains. It builds cross-layer, cross-chain interoperability technology that connects Ethereum layer-two solutions and allows smart contracts from different Layer 1 networks to run together on a single parachain, enabling liquidity fragmentation and broader financial and creative freedom for developers and traders.

Meme.com is a platform focused on meme markets and trend exploration. It offers a content management system that enables users to engage with meme tokens, allowing them to stake these tokens to promote the creation of specific memes. Users can also mint memetic tokens, which reflect the perceived value of various trends or memes. This innovative approach facilitates a dynamic environment for users to participate in the evolving landscape of meme culture and capitalize on its trends.

Hodooi is a NFT Marketplace providing multiple payment options to buyers and sellers.

Cryptocurrencies.Ai Inc. is a Brooklyn-based company that specializes in providing software solutions for traders and investors in the cryptocurrency market. Founded in 2018 by Hisham Khan and Shann Bernard, the company offers a trading platform that incorporates both centralized and decentralized components. Its services include portfolio rebalancing, risk analysis for diversification, and tools for backtesting and optimizing trading strategies. By focusing on delivering intelligence to users, Cryptocurrencies.Ai aims to enhance decision-making and improve overall trading performance in the evolving landscape of digital currencies.

Moma Protocol is a developer of financial software that addresses the increasing demands for liquidity, scalability, and speculation within decentralized finance (DeFi) lending markets. It utilizes a proprietary smart contract factory to create, manage, accelerate, and aggregate lending markets, fostering an ecosystem that promotes unlimited lending liquidity and market diversity. This innovative approach allows users to customize various parameters, including the types of crypto assets involved, enhancing their lending experiences. Supported by Lichang, a community application with over a million registered users, Moma Protocol has gained recognition within the crypto community for its potential to improve the scalability of the DeFi lending market since its inception.

A community-driven platform facilitating Web3 adoption across multiple chains. It aims to bridge the divide between Web2 and Web3 users.

SingularityDAO develops artificial intelligence technology to enhance operational efficiency and profit optimization. Its platform offers dynamically managed portfolios that adapt to evolving market conditions, enabling clients to manage a portfolio of decentralized finance tokens through a single interface.

X World Games is a decentralized gaming platform building a diversified ecosystem that connects traditional gamers with the blockchain world. It provides a virtual world where players can trade NFTs, create and tokenize in-game items, and participate in social crypto gaming communities. The company has developed Dream Card, an NFT marketplace, and a DeFi pool as part of its gaming innovations, and serves a growing community of gamers globally. Headquartered in Singapore, X World Games operates with a large international team and aims to invite more developers into the crypto space by providing the underlying blockchain framework.

Phuture is a cryptocurrency index platform focused on offering users passive exposure to cryptocurrency assets through innovative financial products. The company develops on-chain index funds and structured products that simplify the investment process, allowing users to engage with the cryptocurrency market without dealing with its inherent complexities. By providing comprehensive sector exposure, Phuture's index products facilitate the generation of yield on the underlying assets. The platform emphasizes transparency and trustlessness, integrating seamlessly within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem to enhance accessibility for investors seeking to optimize their returns.

Developed by an experienced team of blockchain designers, BENQI is a protocol to unlock greater liquidity within the defi market. BENQI enables defi users to make their assets work harder to generate additional yield. Built on Avalanche’s high speed smart contract network, BENQI will evolve into a cross-chain defi hub that’s positioned at the heart of decentralized finance.

Spherium is a multi-chain incubation and grant program. They connect the two through a transparent, non-custodial, and user-friendly one-stop DEFI financial system. They access the decentralized ecosystem, such as decentralized exchanges, protocols, staking, mobile wallets, and cross-chain transfer systems such as Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Avalanche.

Vega is a technology protocol and crypto-asset for an open, blockchain-backed public network for fully automated end-to-end financial product trading and execution. Fully automated processes and incentives for trading margined financial products allow for markets that are open and decentralized, with pseudonymous participants. The platform of the company provides open and fair markets in which fees are shared by market makers, not owners, and governance decisions are made by the community, allowing financial institutions to open access, reduce costs, and enable a new wave of financial market innovation.

Boson Protocol is a decentralized commerce protocol and network that enables metaverse and real-world transactions by selling physical products in the metaverse as non-fungible tokens. It provides a web3 commerce layer that tokenizes future trade commitments into NFT vouchers, governed by a dynamic game, allowing contracts to execute real-world transactions reliably and autonomously. The protocol aims to disrupt centralized e-commerce by removing intermediaries and charges, offering immediate interoperability with the broader NFT ecosystem and low fees. It is designed to be participant-owned, so value created within the system is shared among users, merchants, and buyers. Through its architecture, Boson Protocol supports building commerce applications that are trusted and widely usable, starting in the metaverse and expanding to broader decentralized commerce use cases.

DAOLaunch is a decentralized platform that connects investors and startups on the blockchain, enabling direct fundraising and open, fair financing without traditional intermediaries. The platform allows anyone to create and support startups across borders, and to participate in investment rounds with transparent terms. It introduces a decentralized venture capital model where investment performance is recorded on the blockchain and participants can brand themselves as decentralized venture capitalists, negotiating terms similarly to traditional VC firms. Key features include an autonomous grant system called Initial Buy-Back Offering, where selected startups receive funds via a buy-back mechanism that burns tokens; a platform for minting and trading decentralized venture capital NFTs (DVC-NFTs) that can index portfolios; and the ability to create, trade, or lend VC portfolios as NFTs, enabling liquidity without withdrawal of ownership. The company aims to expand access to startup funding and reshape the venture landscape through blockchain-based governance and finance.

Idavoll is a cross-chain DAO platform that provides the best toolbox to create, manage, democratize, and monetize your decentralized community.

Saito is an innovative blockchain designed to efficiently process terabytes of data daily, supporting a wide range of applications from micro-payments to large-scale platforms such as email and social networks. The company employs a unique consensus mechanism that enhances the strengths of open-source blockchain networks, aiming to reduce operational costs for legitimate nodes while increasing expenses for those attempting to attack the network. This approach seeks to establish a secure, cost-effective, and reliable environment for blockchain transactions. In the future, Saito plans to provide a decentralized alternative to existing solutions for off-chain Bitcoin payments, further expanding its utility and influence in the blockchain space.

Cover Compared is a user-centric insurance aggregator that facilitates the purchase of insurance products, leveraging blockchain technology to enhance the insurance experience. The company employs a crypto-insurance protocol to determine pricing, assess risks, evaluate claims, and manage rewards for its offerings. By integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning, Cover Compared offers autonomous claims processes, streamlining operations for users. Its platform aligns insurance purchases with decentralized technology principles, ensuring global accessibility and censorship resistance. Additionally, the company is committed to developing open-source technology controlled by software, which reflects its dedication to innovation within the cryptocurrency and decentralized finance ecosystem.

Persistence develops a decentralized liquidity platform that aggregates liquidity and facilitates cross-chain trading. It offers a Bitcoin decentralized exchange for low-slippage swaps and asset bridging across various blockchains.

Massa is a decentralized blockchain ecosystem aimed at mass adoption. It enables cryptocurrency payments and smart contract functionality, with planned coin distribution designed to give the community full control and safeguard the database. The platform seeks to address the scalability, decentralization, and security trade-offs with multithreaded technology to support fast, secure transactions while maintaining data integrity.

Polkastarter is a DEX built for cross-chain token pools and auctions, enabling projects to raise capital on a decentralized, permissionless and interoperable environment based on Polkadot.

Linear Finance is a company that operates a decentralized delta-one asset protocol designed for cross-chain compatibility, facilitating the creation, management, and trading of synthetic assets with unlimited liquidity. The company serves various sectors, including cryptocurrency, commodities like crude oil and coffee, market indices, e-sports, and sustainability. Headquartered in New Territories, Hong Kong, Linear Finance leverages a blend of technical expertise from the cryptocurrency space and financial acumen from traditional asset management, enabling users to engage with assets efficiently and at fair market value.

DIA is a decentralized data and oracle platform designed for Web3, focusing on the aggregation and validation of transparent and verified data feeds. It enables crowd-sourcing of data related to asset prices, metaverse information, and more. By sourcing data at a trade level from a variety of on-chain and off-chain sources, DIA provides developers with reliable access to comprehensive data sets across multiple layer 1 and layer 2 networks. The platform serves as a crucial bridge between off-chain data and on-chain smart contracts, facilitating the development of diverse financial applications. DIA aims to create a fair and symmetric financial ecosystem by granting clients open-source access to crowd-verified financial data.

NEAR is a blockchain platform that enables developers to build, deploy, and run decentralized applications. It offers NEAR Protocol, a scalable smart contract platform with decentralized storage and compute capabilities, along with developer tools such as documentation, wallet, studio, and explorer. The platform supports a broad ecosystem of components and aims to bridge the adoption gap for mainstream software by refining the development experience and enabling agents and clients to own assets, make decisions, and transact across networks. NEAR was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in California.

Kattana is a cross-chain trading platform and desktop trading terminal that enables users to trade cryptocurrencies across multiple exchanges from a single account, covering the needs of professional traders. The platform supports trading on both decentralized and centralized exchanges and includes technical analysis tools, portfolio management, and automation of trading strategies. It facilitates secure operations with encrypted channels for exchange deposits during trading sessions, helping users manage risk and workflows within one interface.

Ultra is a company founded in 2017 and based in Tallinn, Estonia, focused on transforming the gaming industry through blockchain technology. By developing a game publishing platform, Ultra aims to create a fair ecosystem that empowers both developers and players. The company's innovative approach seeks to disrupt traditional game distribution models, enabling a more equitable environment for all stakeholders in the gaming community.

CERE Network is a blockchain-based company that specializes in developing a customer relationship management (CRM) ecosystem designed for data integration and collaboration. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, CERE Network offers a platform that extracts customer data from various monolithic and disparate CRM and customer data platform systems. This platform provides an open micro-services environment that facilitates data collaboration and integration between businesses and vendors. Additionally, CERE Network utilizes blockchain technology to capture the entire customer journey, securely storing key user data such as purchases and achievements in user wallets. The company also introduces its own tokens, which are used for payment within its ecosystem.

Band Protocol is a cross-chain data oracle platform that securely connects real-world data and APIs to smart contracts. It enables blockchain developers to create reliable price feeds, event reports, and other data oracles for decentralized applications without relying on centralized sources.

Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind the Across and UMA Protocols.

bZx is a financial software developer focused on creating innovative solutions for margin trading, borrowing, and lending within the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. The company specializes in the development of tokenized margin loans and positions, which enhance the flexibility and efficiency of financial transactions. By replacing traditional middlemen with software, bZx aims to offer sustainable and efficient financial applications that are accessible without intermediary costs. Founded by Tom Bean, who has extensive experience in engineering and team leadership, bZx operates with a globally distributed and fully remote team, allowing it to attract top talent from around the world. The company's products can be seamlessly integrated into existing exchanges, enabling a more streamlined experience for lenders, borrowers, and traders in the evolving financial landscape.

Aragon is a blockchain-based platform that enables the creation and governance of organizations, including decentralized autonomous organizations, by providing modular tools for governance, contract upgrades, and a decentralized court. The platform aims to disintermediate bureaucratic overhead and empower individuals to manage entities such as companies, projects, NGOs and foundations in a borderless, permissionless environment, enhancing transparency and efficiency through blockchain-backed governance and dispute resolution.