Top 50 Cryptocurrency Startup Investors in Australia (August 2026)

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• Mecka AI — Mecka is the data and deployment layer for Physical AI.
• Spearbit — Spearbit connects independent security experts to Web3 projects that need them.The company offers a range of services, including expert-conducted security reviews and ongoing security reviews through retainer agreements. These services provide clients with an operational layer, freeing them from time-consuming administrative tasks and clientsourcing and due diligence.
• TVL Capital — TVL Capital is a financial infrastructure firm specialising in Chain Traded Products (CTPs).

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• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
• Macropod —
• Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI

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• Bloom — Moved to @bloomsocial
• Lemon Cash — Lemon Cash is digital wallet with FIAT and crypto capabilities. End to end digital ecosystem for Latin America.
• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization

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• Tria — Threely is onboarding billions onto Web3 with universal identities. Threely addresses are blockchain-agnostic identities that can be used across Web3 as a profile, chain-agnostic payment endpoints, logins, zkKYCs, and more. Threely is doing the crucial work of helping the top blockchain protocols, wallets, and dApps cast a wider net to onboard abroader part of the internet to Web3.
• Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
• SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.

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• V12 — V12 is your security agent for mission critical code.
• THEA-AI — AI that amplifies human performance
• Inversion — Acquiring durable businesses.

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• MNX — Trade Anthropic, memory stocks, and H100 prices with leverage on the first AI-focused decentralized futures exchange.
• Alien — Alien develops decentralized digital identity infrastructure focused on privacy-preserving proof of humanity and trust online. It builds a blockchain-based human network that uses biometric verification, cryptographic proofs, and decentralized protocols to authenticate unique humans and AI agents. The platform enables human verification, access tohuman-only spaces, and accountable AI systems.
• HYFIX Spatial Intelligence — HYFIX Spatial Intelligence is a Machinery Manufacturing firm developing IoT-friendl software and hardware.

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• Wixpool — Wixpool is a liquidity mining mechanism that is based on the Wixpool Rate Stabiliser (WRS) algorithm. Wixpool, led by WRS, allows anybody to invest in high-yield liquidity pools with a steady interest rate by pooling the assets of private users into an automated ecosystem.
• Elixir — Powering deUSD, a yield bearing and fully collateralized decentralized dollar on the Elixir Network, bringing institutional-grade liquidity to RWAs.
• Frontrunner — Alexistogel atau di kenal sebagai alexistoto adalah salah satu situs slot yang sudah terpercaya dengan banyaknya yang ingin maxwin hari ini

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• Spearbit — Spearbit connects independent security experts to Web3 projects that need them.The company offers a range of services, including expert-conducted security reviews and ongoing security reviews through retainer agreements. These services provide clients with an operational layer, freeing them from time-consuming administrative tasks and clientsourcing and due diligence.
• Noise DAO — A DAO supporting music and technology.
• Fluidity Money — Earn yield for trading, holding, swapping, minting NFTs; everything you already do is now yield bearing. Fluid assets change the way you use your money on-chain.

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• Utexo — Instant, private USDT payments on Bitcoin. Move stablecoins the way you move money.
• Wave — Wave is a US blockchain SUI ecosystem that offers DeFi and GameFi products.
• Domin Network — Pioneering the Future of Multi Chain E-Commerce, backed by @animocabrands https://t.co/16gnnhOcLy

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• Mevvy Network — Where MEV Happens Discover, create, and capture MEV faster Backed by @multicoincap
• Inference — Inference infrastructure for AI-native teams
• Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.

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• Blockspace — Blockspace is an Ethereum infrastructure company operate out-of-protocol transaction pipelines.
• Blockspace — Connecting the world to Ethereum.
• Ethereum Institutional — Accelerating institutional adoption of Ethereum

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• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
• Truemarket — Onchain yield-bearing markets
• Rarimo Foundation — Trustless ZK Registries powering identity & verifiable data. Fully client-side, private, sovereign

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• Bio.xyz — Biotech's new financial layer.
• Recall Labs — Textile is building new digital experiences by focusing on user privacy, transparency, and decentralization.
• Blackbird — We believe the next great hospitality technology platform should connect restaurants and their customers directly, in meaningful and ongoing ways. Blackbird is founded by a team with a passion for restaurants and a track record of using technology to solve problems.

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• 0xbow — 0xbow builds privacy and regulatory compliance tools - @0xprivacypools
• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
• Forum Markets — Born from Ethereum. Built for everyone

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• Meta Pool — Meta Pool is a multi-chain, liquid staking-based ecosystem with Vote-to-Earn DAO governance.
• Amnis Finance — Stake APT on the best liquid staking protocol on Aptos to receive daily rewards with an attractive APR of 2%.
• Velvet Capital — Trade any crypto onchain - spot and perpetuals across 7 chains with AI-powered routing. Non-custodial DeFi trading terminal + AI trading bot. 100K+ traders.

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• Elliptic — Blockchain analytics for crypto businesses, financial institutions, and regulators to manage financial crime risk in crypto, achieve regulatory compliance, and grow with confidence.
• Flutterwave — Sell online, process payments, build financial products, or use business tools designed to grow your business.
• Turnkey — Turnkey is an encryption service provider that offers secure APIs to manage private keys.

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• Range — The financial control layer for companies operating across stablecoins, crypto and fiat rails.
• THEA-AI — AI that amplifies human performance
• Adjacent Markets — Event indexing and @AdjacentNews

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• Alphea — ALPHEA is an AI-native execution OS that awakens intelligence across every surface.
• Dow Protocol — An E-Commerce Financing RWA Platform on @BNBCHAIN, facilitating assets trusted by the world's largest banks. Lead invested by @mhventures @Maple_block
• Fortune Protocol — Fortune Protocol brings the age- old tradition of fortune cookies to the modern prediction market.

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• Giftbee — Giftbee reshapes gifting for businesses and consumers. Send gifts with flexibility to accept, swap, or give forward. Manage gifting programs, reduce waste, and create meaningful impact.
• Indi — Indi supports parents’ mental well-being and helps them advocate for their children’s health.
• Ovum — Meet Ovum, the intelligent health journal mobile app designed for womankind.

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• Cicada — Cicada | Institutional Credit Risk Management On Chain
• Turtle Club — Aggregated, diligenced, personalized onchain yield management.
• Thrive Protocol — Thrive Protocol's vision is to maximize value creation for all people and communities.

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• Veera — Veera is an internet browser that gives you rewards every time you browse.
• Liquid — trade whatever wherever whenever
• INIT Capital — Deposit, Borrow, and Access Yield Strategies with Liquidity Hook

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• Tracer DAO — Trace Digital and Real World Markets. Build and trade with Tracer Perpetuals and gain leveraged exposure to any market in the world.
• Mycelium — Read up on information about Mycelium DAO.
• Talisman — Discover Polkadot and Ethereum with Talisman, a multi-chain wallet for web3 explorers. Safely store your crypto, track your portfolio, connect to apps and more.

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• prePO — Trade the top pre-IPO companies with PreStocks. Get instant access to SpaceX, OpenAI, Anduril, and more. 24/7 trading, no minimums.
• Tracer DAO — Trace Digital and Real World Markets. Build and trade with Tracer Perpetuals and gain leveraged exposure to any market in the world.
• Mycelium — Read up on information about Mycelium DAO.

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• Hylo — Liquidation-resistant leveraged tokens. Highest yielding stablecoin on Solana. Backed by @robotventures @colosseum @solanaventures
• Squads — Collaborative infrastructure for web3 native teams
• Exponent Finance — Outperform market rates with Solana's leading yield exchange. Community: https://t.co/tROuLHqyfC

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• MNX — Trade Anthropic, memory stocks, and H100 prices with leverage on the first AI-focused decentralized futures exchange.
• HackQuest — HackQuest is a Multichain Web3 developer and founder platform, with education, community events, hackathons, and accelerators at its core. HackQuest helps over 20 leading ecosystems such as Mantle, Solana, Arbitrum, and Linea onboard quality developers and supports developers to jumpstart their careers in Web3.
• Gaia — GaiaNet is a pioneer in decentralized AI technology, committed to transforming the IT industry through user privacy, transparency, and control. The cutting-edge open network infrastructure empowers users by ensuring privacy and censorship resistance in daily AI operations through a dynamic network of peer-to-peer edge nodes.

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• HashPower — The Full-Stack RWA Layer for AI Infrastructure
• Inferix Labs — Inferix Labs is ​​a decentralized GPU network that provides GPU visual computing solutions dedicated to 3D/AR/VR rendering and AI inference.
• Masa — Welcome to the Masa Fair AI Universe. Get real-time data, become a miner and earn rewards.

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• Solana — Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications. Fast. Decentralized. Scalable. Energy efficient. Solana can power thousands of transactions per second.
• Bundle — Bundle is the first networked rewards platform in the world, revolutionizing how companies interact with and reward their clients.Bundle provides companies with access to significantly more incentives than they could provide on their own by pooling brand incentive funds into common reward pools. Even though they only contribute a small portion ofthe total incentive value, brands can increase conversions.
• TrueNorth — The first Agentic Brokerage - build your own professional trading desk

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• D3 — D3 - DNS Domains for Web3
• Stablecorp — Stablecorp is igniting a "step-function" improvement in financial services with our suite of products.
• Subzero Labs — Subzero Labs is developing Rialo, a developer-first Layer 1 blockchain built for internet-scale decentralized applications.

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• Soter Insure — Reliable insurance for the digital asset ecosystem.
• Ethereum Institutional — Accelerating institutional adoption of Ethereum
• Digital Prime Technologies — Full-Service Institutional-Grade Prime Brokerage for Digital Asset Management. DLCC offers full-service Prime Brokerage solutions for digital assets. Our all-in-one user interface leverages both API and Saas product offerings to connect clients with a growing network of liquidity providers to transact, borrow, and lend digital assets, and managecollateral. Our product suite also offers traditional Prime Brokerage services, such as consultation and capital introduction.

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• LW3 — LW3 offers sustainable traceability and provenance solutions by utilizing advanced, non-cloneable physical IDs (such as QR codes and NFC tags), integrated with interoperable blockchain technology to support a circular economy
• Arvo — ARVO aims to enable brands in a variety of industries by guaranteeing that their products are traceable, verifiable, and trustworthy, consequently improving customer experiences worldwide.
• Astrix — Astrix wants to revolutionize the ticketing sector by utilizing blockchain technology. Astrix envisions an enhanced event experience, real-time updates, and a system that is impenetrable to fraud. Astrix is an ecosystem that serves as a gateway to a more complex and captivating live event experience.

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• Florida Street — PIXEL GG INC.
• Socket — Socket is a Web3 privacy infrastructure for social interactions for crypto-related purposes.
• CrowdPad — CrowdPad is the world's first mobile social token app built on Solana to enable creators to build tokenized communities

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• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
• Limitless Labs — Trade on future outcomes with Limitless, a prediction market for crypto prices, sports matches, politics, and major world events.
• BIO Protocol — Biotech's new financial layer.

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• Yellow Card — Yellow Card is a licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure provider powering global money movement across USD and 50+ local currencies. Talk to us.
• Cambrian — The financial intelligence layer for agents & institutions. Cambrian's API helps you make the best financial decisions onchain. Testnet waitlist @ https://t.co/eohvz17ALp
• M0 —

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• xBacked — xBacked DAO is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization focused on developing decentralized stable assets for the Algorand blockchain. The primary product is xUSD, a permissionless stablecoin fully backed by decentralized collateral. The organization aims to achieve capital efficiency in the stablecoin market on Algorand and beyond. xBacked DAOoperates with a mission to provide a stable and secure financial ecosystem through its innovative blockchain solutions.
• Vitruveo — A Blockchain For Art & Entertainment. The world's first rebasing Layer 1 Blockchain | Re-imagining the Creator Economy https://t.co/8xJmpByHij
• Fluidity Money — Earn yield for trading, holding, swapping, minting NFTs; everything you already do is now yield bearing. Fluid assets change the way you use your money on-chain.

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• LYNC — The first consumer centric Layer 2 on Move
• Carret — Discover your gateway to crypto wealth with Carret, your trusted Crypto Trading Platform. Invest confidently and earn up to 17% APY on stable-coins. Start earning now with Carret and unlock the potential of your crypto investments.
• Verida — The Verida Wallet is a mobile application that allows you to manage your decentralized identity and personal data. It provides a user-friendly interface for interacting with applications built on the Verida network.

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• Shaga — Shaga is a veteran team of blockchain, gaming, distributed systems, and networking professionals.
• Verida — The Verida Wallet is a mobile application that allows you to manage your decentralized identity and personal data. It provides a user-friendly interface for interacting with applications built on the Verida network.
• Liquorice — We're thrilled to announce our $1.2M pre-seed round, led by @greenfield_cap and with participation from @l2iterative, @polymorphiccap, @HoradrimCapital, and @HASHCIB. Angel investors include founders from @1inch.

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• TrueFi — TrueFi is a decentralized protocol for uncollateralized on-chain lending. The aim is for TrueFi to become the ultimate market-driven, automated credit rating and lending system, freeing money to move wherever it creates the most value instantly.On TrueFi, lenders enjoy competitive rates and full transparency of how their assets are utilized.Meanwhile, borrowers get access to fast, fixed rate loans with no collateral requirements, all while building an on-chain credit history. The process of vetting borrowers for creditworthiness and approving new loans is in the hands of holders of TRU, the TrueFi platform token.TrueFi was developed by TrustToken, the same team that launched and grew TUSD and four other leading stablecoins into asset-backed tokens trusted by many, attested live on-chain and now moving billions of dollars in monthly volume across +100 trading partners and 112 countries.
• vlayer Labs — vlayer enables you to access data from web2 apps, emails, and the blockchain. This data becomes actionable, on-chain claims, to power your web3 applications.
• Superform Labs — THE UNIVERSAL INTERFACE FOR YIELD IS FORMING

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• IMUA — Follow us @imua
• Orb Labs — We make any transaction gasless and bridgeless, restore fungibility and fluidity of stablecoin, and connect onchain accounts with the offchain world.
• Flare Network — Flare is a full-stack layer 1 solution designed for data intensive use cases.

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• AUDC — Australian Digital Dollar. Secure, transparent & blockchain-agnostic A$ #stablecoin by AUDC Pty Ltd. Backed 1:1 by Australia's sovereign currency $AUD.
• Reckon — Australian accounting and payroll software that's made for small business, accountants, & bookkeepers. Reckon is trusted by 100,000+ customers!
• Novatti B Holding Company — Novatti B Holding is an australian proprietary company.

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• Marli Technology Solutions — Marli uses decentralised finance and crypto technologies to enable the cross-border exchange of standardized carbon units. Every Marli token either absorbs or saves 1 tonne of CO2. Using blockchain and smart contracts we ensure that no credit is spent twice and prices are predictable. The annual market for carbon credit is expected to reach $50B by2030.Existing solutions to offset emissions are fragmented marketplaces. Low liquidity, transparency and the lack of automation are major barriers preventing wide-spread adoption. Marli is addressing these challenges.We’re a team of dedicated experts with background ranging across environmental sciences, technology, agriculture, sales, marketing and economics.After securing pre-seed funding from Borderless Capital and the Algorand Foundation for building our MVP, we’re currently raising funds for our seed round to build dedicated sales and development teams.

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• Vangrid — Vangrid operates as a decentralized physical infrastructure network.
• Dow Protocol — An E-Commerce Financing RWA Platform on @BNBCHAIN, facilitating assets trusted by the world's largest banks. Lead invested by @mhventures @Maple_block
• Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.

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• Jarsy — Pre-IPO Reimagined. Access + Research + Community.
• Kontigo — We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app.
• Kite AI — Building Agentic Payment Infrastructure Backed by @PayPal Ventures and @Generalcatalyst Kite Agent Passport: https://t.co/qw13oC6l3z

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• Legitimate — Legitimate enriches the retail customer journey by transforming any physical product into a canvas for digital engagement. It bridges physical and digital touchpoints to create holistic and immersive brand experiences for customers.
• Fjord Foundry — Fjord enables teams the ability to openly and fairly generate liquidity by connecting inspired projects with passionate supporters via Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools.
• Puffer Finance — Earn while decentralizing Ethereum

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• prePO — Trade the top pre-IPO companies with PreStocks. Get instant access to SpaceX, OpenAI, Anduril, and more. 24/7 trading, no minimums.
• Tracer DAO — Trace Digital and Real World Markets. Build and trade with Tracer Perpetuals and gain leveraged exposure to any market in the world.
• Mycelium — Read up on information about Mycelium DAO.

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• Moku — Moku is a web3 gaming platform that enables players connect to gaming guilds, NFT casting pages, game strategy communities, and more.
• RISE Labs — The Based Gigagas EVM Layer 2
• Bitlayer — Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin second-layer network, based on BitVM, offering ultra-scalability and L1 security, aiming to be Bitcoin's computing layer.

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• EthSign — EthSign is an e-signing platform that utilizes blockchain technology to offer a decentralized, customizable and transparent version of traditional signature service. EthSign aims to tackle data security issues caused by an over-reliance on centralized providers and build back trust in electronic signature services. With its Web3 technology(decentralized Identity, smart contract platforms and decentralized storage networks), the platform enables users to comment on, edit and access each version of an electronic agreement seamlessly and securely.
• Tracer DAO — Trace Digital and Real World Markets. Build and trade with Tracer Perpetuals and gain leveraged exposure to any market in the world.
• August — A new standard for on-chain finance.

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• LiveArtX — LiveArtX is a premium NFT platform that connects the art world with web3. Built by art industry leaders, LiveArtX brings creators, collaborators, and collectors into the metaverse.
• PoseiSwap — PoseiSwap is a decentralized exchange service provider.
• Verida — The Verida Wallet is a mobile application that allows you to manage your decentralized identity and personal data. It provides a user-friendly interface for interacting with applications built on the Verida network.

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• zkLink — zkLink is a unified middleware layer connecting L1 chains and L2 networks with zk-SNARKs technology, reshaping the crypto landscape for DeFi, NFT, and RWA trading.
• WOO Network — Trade better on WOO X with low fees and deep liquidity. Buy, sell and earn on your crypto on a secure and trusted platform with live proof of reserves.
• Balthazar NFT Gaming — Balthazar is on a mission to empower the biggest community of gamers to create a self-sustaining,

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• Marhaba Defi — MRHB Defi is a halal, decentralized finance platform built to embody the true spirit of an “Ethical and Inclusive Defi” by following faith-based financial and business principles, where all excluded communities can benefit from the full empowerment potential of Defi.

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• Wisdomise — Wisomise is an intelligence-augmented ecosystem, which offers you all you need in order to gain the most out of your Web3 investments, in terms of both better returns as well as more informed risks.
• Verida — The Verida Wallet is a mobile application that allows you to manage your decentralized identity and personal data. It provides a user-friendly interface for interacting with applications built on the Verida network.
• Mandala Chain — Mandala Chain provides blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions for government and enterprise integration.