The A to Z of the Web 3.0 Industry

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NFTs, tokenomics and DAOs seem to be all over the financial news nowadays but how will these technologies shape our future and the Web 3.0 landscape? With Web 3.0 expected to reach a market value of US$23.3 billion, let's check out the companies that are going to make this a reality…

"The global Web 3.0 blockchain market revenue is expected to reach US$23.3 Billion by 2028."

­— Vantage Market Research 2022 Web 3.0 Blockchain Market Report

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Animoca Brands specializes in game software development and venture capital investments. The Hong Kong-based company has a portfolio of more than 340 investments.

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Animoca Brands is a Hong-Kong based company that specializes in game software development, and venture capital investments, founded by Yat Siu & David Kim. Animoca Brands has a portfolio of more than 340 investments and is the developer of leading blockchain projects such as The Sandbox and Phantom Galaxies.

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BlockFi allows users to buy, sell and trade crypto with little to no fees. Services include low-cost trading and crypto-backed loans. The cryptocurrency lending platform was founded in 2017 by Zac Prince and Flori Marquez. In 2021, BlockFi achieved a US$3 billion valuation.

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Coinbase was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong through a US$150,000 investment from the Y Combinator Startup Accelerator program. Coinbase now supports over 100 cryptocurrencies and is currently known as one of the largest U.S regulated crypto exchanges.

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DTTD is the world’s first mobile-based NFT social wallet designed for both crypto natives and the curious. Founded in 2021 by Bosco Lin and Chris Cheung, DTTD aims to make Web 3.0 accessible to everyone and drive mass adoption.

Founded to make Web 3.0 accessible to everyone, DTTD has built the world’s first mobile-based NFT social wallet.

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Enjin operates multiple blockchain products, including a wallet, marketplace and platform that revolves around Enjin Coin. Enjin Coin is a cryptocurrency launched in 2017 which is used for gaming as a currency to buy, sell and trade NFTs.

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Fantom uses a network called Lachesis which offers the ability to secure the network, and provide a faster transaction speed which gives it a unique edge against other blockchains. Through Fantoms network, transactions are completed and confirmed in seconds compared to proof-of-work networks which take longer and have more complexities.

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Gusto Collective was founded in 2020 by Aaron Lau and currently operates with over 200 employees in Hong Kong, Shanghai and London. Gusto Collective is Asia’s first BrandTech holding company which uses the latest technologies to help brands create content and experiences for both the physical and digital world.

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Huddle01 is a peer-to-peer video conference platform that aims to be decentralized by not relying on centralized servers. And the benefits? Lower latency and higher performance.

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Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC) is a token-only venture capitalist that invests in early startups based around the blockchain and Web 3.0 industry. Having started in 2015, IVC now has over 50 investments within the space.

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JUST is a TRON-based DeFi protocol. The company provides three essential services – a stablecoin, crypto-based loans and a bridge to connect cryptocurrencies from the TRON network and other public chains to the JUST ecosystem.

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Kenetic is a blockchain venture capitalist that invests in companies through Series A and Series B rounds.

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Ledger provides users with a smart way to secure, buy, exchange and grow crypto assets.

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Ledger is most famous for their secure hardware wallets which allows users to buy, exchange and grow crypto assets, supporting over 1,800 coins.

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MoonPay is a crypto payment service which allows users to purchase and sell cryptocurrencies, as well as NFTs using multiple payment methods. Ever since its launch in 2019, MoonPay has been profitable with over 10 million customers in over 160 countries, as well as reaching a US$3.4 billion valuation.

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Near Protocol is a Layer 1 blockchain that competes against chains such as Ethereum through its “Nightshade” technology. Near Protocol can process over 100,000 transactions a second, compared to Ethereum’s 30 transactions per second, proving a new type of innovation in the space.

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OpenSea is one of the largest NFT marketplaces, supporting the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. Founded in 2017 by Devin Finzer and Alex Atallah, OpenSea raised US$2.1 million in funds through venture capitalists from 2018 to 2019 and now has over 1 million users.

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Pintu has now grown to become a leading crypto trading and investment platform in Southeast Asia. With more than 4 million users and over US$113 million raised in its Series B funding round, Pintu is looking to expand its services in Indonesia with new products and services, such as digital assets and decentralized finance platforms.

"Asia Pacific is projected to dominate the worldwide Web 3.0 blockchain market."

­— Vantage Market Research 2022 Web 3.0 Blockchain Market Report

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QuickNode consists of a multinational team that focuses on making it easy to build and power blockchain applications through an easy-to-read control panel. This comes in the form of building, testing and scaling blockchain applications with access to multiple blockchains.

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Rollbit is a revolutionary Crypto and NFT casino. The main attraction of Rollbit began with their one-of-a-kind X-Roulette game in 2020 and has since released their own NFTs to reward users with profit-sharing and passive income.

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Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol is a verification process that relies on miners to use clean energy sources to mine Bitcoin and is then approved for certification. Once certified that the Bitcoin was mined through clean energy sources, Sustainable Bitcoin Contracts will be provided to the miners and is considered a separate financial instrument.

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Tether is the most widely adopted stable coin within the cryptocurrency space, with a 1-to-1 peg with the fiat currency, USD. Since its launch in 2014, Tether is the main bridge between the exchange of traditional currencies to digital currency without any complexities.

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Uniswap Labs is a decentralized network protocol that works as a cryptocurrency exchange built on the Ethereum platform. Uniswap is known to be the largest decentralized exchange in 2020 and achieved fourth place for the most amount of daily trading volume.

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Verasity aims to provide monetization options for content creators on video platforms. Launched in 2018 and led by Mark R.J, Versasity aims to get rid of ad fraud and produce a fair way for developers to earn and offer unique opportunities to advertisers.

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Web3Auth is a pluggable auth infrastructure which allows Web 3.0 apps and wallets to connect. In other words, rather than having Web 2.0 login mechanisms, Web3Auth allows users to simply connect their wallets as part of their identity.

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XCAD is a revolutionary platform that allows viewers of content creators to earn and trade their specific creator tokens through a “watch-to-earn” mechanism. Currently, XCAD has developed a plugin that operates on YouTube and is supported by several popular YouTubers.

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Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a “play-to-earngaming guild. Formed as a “Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)”, the community decides on what games to play, and what digital assets to invest in. YGG allows players in the same NFT game to work together to earn tokens, and to rent and use community owned NFTs.

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Zebec is a continuous settlement protocol built on Solana. Founded in 2021 by Sam Thapaliya, Zebec empowers real-time, frictionless and continuous streams of payments, bringing change to the Web 3.0 digital economy.