Startups

Valha is the DeFi abstraction layer for developers. We are building a DeFi abstraction layer to facilitate interaction with protocols and pools. Our goal is to help distribute the yield to the masses.

Valha

Uniswap is a protocol for automated token exchange on Ethereum.

A simple smart contract interface for swapping ERC20 tokens. A formalized model for pooling liquidity reserves. An open source frontend interface for traders and liquidity providers. A commitment to free and decentralized asset exchange.

Uniswap

DAOSTACK POWERS DECENTRALIZED COMPANIES, FUNDS AND MARKETS TO MAKE FAST AND INNOVATIVE DECISIONS AT SCALE.

DAOstack runs on GEN. GEN is the native token of the DAOstack platform. Basic operations across the DAOstack ecosystem – such as promoting proposals – will require the spending or holding of GEN. GEN will be distributed to contributors of value through the DAOstack framework itself, incentivizing development, promotion and adoption

DAOstack

Serverless Hosting Incentivised Peer-To-Peer Storage And Content Distribution.

Swarm is a distributed storage platform and content distribution service, a native base layer service of the ethereum web3 stack. The primary objective of Swarm is to provide a decentralized and redundant store for dapp code and data as well as block chain and state data. Swarm is also set out to provide various base layer services for web3, including node-to-node messaging, media streaming, decentralised database services and scalable state-channel infrastructure for decentralised service economies.

Swarm

Stacks is a new decentralized internet where users own their data and apps run locally.                     Take back control over your digital life. A browser is all you need to get started.

Stacks makes Bitcoin programmable, enabling decentralized apps and smart contracts that inherit all of Bitcoin’s powers.

Stacks

We are building a fully decentralized communications and storage utility that is open-source and maintains state by utilizing proof of stake (Casper).

RChain is pioneering transparent and secure transactions with an ultra-fast, global scale technology platform. Cooperative governance and a sustainable economic model make RChain a public utility that can be applied to climate change, data security, digital identity, and many other challenges we are collectively facing.

Intelligent concurrency throughout the network and right-sized validation of every transaction prevents wasted resources. Transactions now happen with low execution costs and greater efficiency.

RChain's decentralized architecture design does not compromise security to achieve scale. Rholang, RChain's contract programming language, lets developers write for concurrency and formally verify all processes.

An inspirational and radically transparent open-source cooperative. RChain's member-driven contributions enrich every part of the system, resulting in unlimited organic growth.

RCHAIN

User-Friendly decentralized exchange for ERC20 tokens. DDEX is the first decentralized exchange built on Hydro Protocol technology, offering instant, real-time order matching with secure on-chain settlement.

DDEX

FourthState Labs is a research company spun out from Blockchain at Berkeley. FourthState has received grants from both the Ethereum Foundation and Ethereum Community Fund to research and implement Minimum Viable Plasma.

Fourth State Labs

yEarn is a liquidity aggregator providing automated yield farming strategy through a number of lending pools. The protocol’s most well-known pool, yearn.finance, shifts capital between top DeFi lending protocols like Compound, Aave and dYdX – ultimately geared at providing lenders the best return on liquidity.

yEarn also created Curve’s Y pool, a lending pool consisting of top stablecoins like USDC, DAI, TUSD and USDT, and is used for the BUSD Curve pool thanks to yEarn’s interest-earning yToken standard.

yEarn recently released a native governance token, YFI, which is earned through liquidity money on a number of different pools. YFI is earned by staking proof of liquidity and is one of the only DeFi tokens which was launched with no premine and no initial DEX offering.

yEarn

Dai is an Ethereum ERC20 token that is pegged to $1 USD — every Dai is worth $1.

Dai is created by users borrowing against locked collateral and destroyed when loans are repaid. Anyone can create new dai by depositing ether as collateral and drawing an appropriate amount of dai. Locked collateral can be recovered at any time by paying back the borrowed dai (plus a stability fee). Thus, all dai in circulation is at all times backed by at least as much collateral. You can also exchange for Dai at both traditional exchanges and decentralized exchanges. 
 
Hedging: During periods of high market instability, Dai offers a safe harbour to store value without having to exit the crypto space.

Lending: High volatility creates an uncertain lending environment as borrowers and lenders cannot comfortably plan for the future. Dai’s low volatility makes them a perfect medium for a stable, predictable loan.

Decentralized Leverage: In creating CDPs, users can get more capital without spending collateral they are bullish on.

Payments / Online Purchases: Users can spend Dai at merchants that accept crypto at point of sale.

Decentralized exchanges: Decentralized exchanges are frequently unable to provide fiat-offramps. Dai allows their users to trade their assets for a low volatility currency that is stable relative to other widely accepted currencies like the US Dollar.

Exchange pairs: Crypto-to-crypto trading can be a complicated proposition. It is difficult to track earnings when the base trading pair is rising and falling in value as users are making trades. Creating low-volatility pairings with Dai allows for greater price predictability.

Supply Chain: As goods and assets exchange hands, middlemen take large fees for ensuring safe transactions, lending stable capital, and brokering cross-border initiatives. Dai and blockchain can reduce the costs of supply chain and international trade.

Prediction Markets: Long term betting becomes infeasible if users also have to gamble on the future price of the asset they are wagering. A cryptocurrency with price stability like Dai can be the natural choice for prediction markets and gambling applications.
 
Important features of Dai  - Each Dai is worth $1.
- All Dai are backed by real assets, a surplus of collateral that has been escrowed into audited, ownerless, and publicly viewable Ethereum smart contracts.
- It’s solvency doesn’t rely on trusted counterparties.
- It’s a currency that lives entirely on the blockchain.
- It’s stability is unmediated by locality.