0x provides battle‑tested APIs that aggregate liquidity from over 130 exchanges, giving developers access to 45 million tokens across 16+ EVM chains. Its Swap and Gasless APIs deliver sub‑250 ms trade execution with built‑in slippage, MEV, and tax‑token protection, while the analytics suite offers real‑time revenue and usage dashboards. The platform enables Web3 dApps, wallets, and DAO tools to embed fast, low‑friction swaps and monitor performance with minimal integration effort.

Aave is a decentralized, non-custodial liquidity protocol on Ethereum that enables users to supply assets to liquidity pools and borrow against collateral across multiple networks. By facilitating overcollateralized lending and borrowing, Aave addresses the need for transparent and secure access to decentralized finance (DeFi) services.

Augur is an open-source, decentralized prediction market platform that enables users to create and participate in markets for forecasting events using blockchain technology. This platform addresses the lack of transparency and trust in traditional prediction markets by allowing users to trade on outcomes in a secure and verifiable manner.

Bancor provides a decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol that enables on-chain trading and liquidity through features like concentrated liquidity and adjustable positions. The platform addresses the challenges of slippage and front-running by offering zero trading fees for makers and immunity to MEV sandwich attacks, enhancing the trading experience for users.

Blur is a high-speed NFT marketplace that enables users to execute trades 10 times faster and sweep across multiple platforms without incurring marketplace fees. It addresses the inefficiencies in NFT transactions, providing advanced analytics for portfolio management and facilitating rapid bidding and listing to enhance user profitability.

Box Box is a mobile application that provides real-time updates, customizable alerts, and detailed analytics for motorsports fans, specifically focusing on Formula One racing. It addresses the need for timely information and community engagement among racing enthusiasts by offering features like lock screen widgets, race schedules, and driver standings across multiple languages and regions.

Celestia offers a modular data availability network that enables users to launch their own blockchains without the need for a new consensus mechanism. By utilizing data availability sampling, Celestia provides scalable throughput while ensuring verifiability, allowing anyone to run a light node and participate in the network.

This startup is developing a decentralized exchange using the Cosmos SDK and IBC protocol, enabling businesses to build scalable blockchain applications with low transaction fees and high security. By providing a customizable appchain architecture, it addresses the need for efficient and cost-effective solutions in the fragmented blockchain ecosystem.

Decent provides an enterprise‑grade API that connects to over 200 blockchains, enabling developers to execute cross‑chain asset swaps with a single integration. The platform aggregates liquidity to deliver competitive rates and achieves a 99.5% execution success rate, handling all on‑chain interactions without requiring user registration or KYC. It is designed for crypto exchanges, DeFi platforms, and fintech applications that need fast, reliable, and scalable cross‑chain functionality.

Decentral Games is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that develops NFT-based games, allowing players to own and influence the game's future through blockchain technology. By shifting the focus from traditional crypto trading to engaging gameplay, the company addresses the lack of player agency in the gaming industry.

Inference Network provides accountability for autonomous systems through cryptographic verifiability, anchoring identity and traceability to AI outputs. The platform utilizes advanced cryptography, including zero-knowledge proofs, to secure computations and verify AI model performance in real-time. This infrastructure supports auditable autonomy across applications like AI agents, robotics, and decentralized finance.

Intu develops cryptographic solutions to enhance security and user trust in Web3 environments, addressing vulnerabilities that hinder user adoption and engagement. By implementing advanced cryptographic techniques, the company aims to create a more resilient infrastructure for decentralized applications and transactions.

IPOR provides a modular, institutional‑grade vault infrastructure that lets asset managers create and operate on‑chain yield vaults without writing Solidity code. Its platform separates execution (via composable “fuses” that integrate with protocols like Aave, Morpho, and Euler) from custody, offering automated rebalancing, transparent on‑chain reporting, and white‑label capabilities through a Python SDK and one‑click deployment.

Keep provides tBTC, a decentralized, permission‑less bridge that tokenizes Bitcoin as a fully collateralized ERC‑20 asset on Ethereum. Using off‑chain “Keeps” and threshold cryptography, the protocol mints a 1:1 Bitcoin‑backed token without exposing private keys, enabling Bitcoin holders to access Ethereum DeFi safely and composably.

Layer3 provides a cryptocurrency infrastructure platform that enables decentralized autonomous organizations to utilize interoperable identity and incentive systems across multiple blockchains. This platform facilitates user engagement by offering access to diverse communities, rewards for participation, and liquidity across 34 blockchains, enhancing the overall ecosystem experience.

The startup has developed a high-performance rollup network that enhances scalability for financial applications on Ethereum by providing shared communication layers and instant bridging between rollups. This technology enables developers to efficiently build and deploy robust financial solutions while addressing the limitations of transaction throughput and latency on the Ethereum blockchain.

Onchain FX provides a stablecoin payments infrastructure that enables businesses to conduct real-time foreign exchange transactions and manage liquidity across multiple currencies. Their platform simplifies cross-border payments by integrating local payment methods and offering high-yield opportunities for local currencies, addressing the complexities of international financial operations.

Loopring is a zkRollup Layer 2 protocol that enables high-throughput, low-cost trading and payments on Ethereum by batch-processing transactions off-chain while ensuring asset security through zero-knowledge proofs. This technology significantly reduces gas fees and transaction costs, making decentralized exchanges more accessible and efficient for users.

MakerDAO runs the Maker Protocol on Ethereum, issuing Dai, a decentralized stablecoin that maintains a US‑dollar peg through over‑collateralized, permission‑less Vaults. Users lock approved crypto assets to generate Dai, while automated collateral monitoring, liquidation, and a feedback mechanism adjust stability fees and savings rates. The system is governed by MKR token holders and integrates via open APIs and the Dai.js SDK for wallets, DeFi apps, and payment processors.

Provides a decentralized insurance platform on Ethereum, enabling users to purchase coverage for crypto-related risks such as protocol failures, ETH slashing, and centralized exchange losses. By pooling capital and leveraging member-driven staking pools, it offers transparent risk assessment and management, with over $5.1 billion in cover underwritten and $18 million in claims paid.

Provides a cross-chain messaging protocol that enables secure and gas-efficient transfer of tokens and data between blockchains. By using an optimistic mechanism with fraud proofs, it reduces gas costs by up to 90% compared to traditional header relay systems while maintaining decentralization and extensibility for developers.

Bittensor is an open-source protocol that creates a decentralized machine-learning network on the blockchain, enabling users to share and monetize AI models. This system allows contributors to earn rewards for their computational resources and data, improving collaboration and efficiency in AI development.

The startup develops a web3 platform that utilizes oracles and protocols to bring commodity markets on-chain, providing real-time price feeds and rapid execution for event-driven traders. This technology enables users to gain liquid fractional exposure to off-chain assets at market prices, addressing the inefficiencies of traditional commodity trading.

Akash Network is a decentralized marketplace that enables users to buy and sell computing resources, utilizing a peer-to-peer architecture built on the Cosmos SDK and Kubernetes. By offering access to cloud compute at prices up to 85% lower than traditional providers, Akash addresses the high costs and inefficiencies associated with centralized cloud services.