Top Blockchain & Crypto companies nominated to the Cryptonite 300 competition for 2024
Over 2,500 emerging Blockchain companies received VC funding over the last five years—Our editors present the top 112 nominated companies we have vetted for the 2024 competition thus far.
Introducing the best private companies in blockchain and crypto
The highly exaggerated $3 trillion cryptocurrency market cap in November 2021 has appropriately been chopped back to $1 trillion, and our previously predicted widespread consolidation of coins is in full swing. Our view is less than 500 of the current 9,000 currently listed in CoinMarketCap will find meaningful sustainability.
This post presents the top blockchain and crypto companies nominated and vetted by our team thus far. You can view the top 150 AI companies nominated thus far here:
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The real blockchain boom is happening on Wall Street and with the leading consumer brands looking to operate faster, cheaper, and with more security. The global blockchain tech market size valued at $11B in 2022 is projected to grow from $17.5B in 2023 to $1.2T by 2030—a compound AGR of 82% Forbes’s top 50 blockchain corporations list the following US companies were listed: Apollo, BlackRock, Block, BNY Mellon, Estée Lauder Companies, Exxon Mobile, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Genentech, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, KKR, Mastercard, National Basketball Association, Nike, PayPal, Ticketmaster, Visa, Walmart, Warner Music Group.
Since 2019, almost 2,500 blockchain companies have received $50 billion of risk capital equity investment. Venture capital investment in blockchain companies has been slowing since mid-2022 but has stabilized in the first half of 2023 and is expected to grow again as the economy recovers.
Introducing the C300 blockchain/crypto-nominated companies
Following is the current list of the 105 vetted private blockchain companies nominated thus far. There will also be links to the master C300 list with close to 1,000 blockchain companies we are tracking, with additional data and analytics.
Blockchains & Infrastucture
Algorand
Token: ALGO — Founded: 2017, Singapore — Total VC: $69M
Ava Labs (Avalanche)
Token: AVA —Founded: 2018, USA—Total VC: $356M + Unicorn
Bitcoin
Token: BTC, Founded: 2009, USA
CARDANO
Token: ADA Founded: 2016, Switzerland
Ethereum Foundation
Token: ETH Founded: 2014, Switzerland—Total VC: $15M + Unicorn
Gnosis Chain
Token: GNO Founded: 2015, Gibraltar
Polkadot
Token: DOT Founded: 2016, USA—Total VC: $255M
Polygon
Token: MATIC Founded: 2017, Cayman Islands—Total VC: $475M
Ripple
Token: XRP Founded: 2012, USA—Total VC: $325M + Unicorn
Solana
Token: SOL Founded: 2017, USA—Total VC: $60M
Stellar Lumens
Token: XLM Founded: 214 United States —Total VC: $90M
Tezos
Token: XTZ Founded: 2018, Switzerland—Total VC: $10M
Aptos Labs
Token: APT Founded: 2021 United States—Total VC: $400M
Injective
Token: INJ Founded: 2018 United States—Total VC: $53M
Lightning Labs
Founded: 2016, USA—Total VC: $86M
Blockchain & Smart Contract Development
Consensys
Founded: 2014, USA—Total VC: $733M + Unicorn
fetch.ai
Token: FET Founded: UK—Total VC: $75M
Alchemy Insights
Founded: 2017 United States—Total VC: $414M
NEAR Protocol
Token:NEARFounded:2017United States—Total VC:$377
Optimism
Token: OP Founded: 2019, USA—Total VC: $179M + Unicorn
Blockstream
Founded: 2014 Canada—Total VC: $265M + Unicorn
Sei
Token: SEI Founded: 2021 United States—Total VC:$35M
Aztec
Founded: 2017 United Kingdom—Total VC: $125M
Chain Reaction
Founded: 2019 Israel—Total VC: $114M
Celestia
Founded: 2019 Liechtenstein—Total VC: $58M + Unicorn
LayerZero Labs
Founded: 2021 Canada—Total VC: $263M + Unicorn
Offchain Labs (Arbitrum)
Token: ARB Founded: 2018 United States—Total VC: $144M
Crypto Exchanges
Binance
Token: BUSD Founded: 2017, Malta—Total VC: $89M + Unicorn
Coinbase
Public Company + Founded: 2012, USA
Kraken
Founded: 2011, USA—Total VC: $126M + Unicorn
Dunamu (Upbit)
Founded: 2012, South Korea—Total VC: $574M + Unicorn
Gemini
Token: GUSD Founded: 2014 United States—Total VC: $400M
Bitso
Founded: 2014 Gibraltar—Total VC: $332M
Bitpanda
Founded: 2014 Austria—Total VC: $589
Balancer Labs
Token: BAL Founded: 2007, Estonia—Total VC: $15M
Curve
Token: CRV Founded: 2020, Switzerland
KuCoin
Token: KCS Founded: 2012, USA—Total VC: $180M + Unicorn
Uniswap
Token: UNI Founded: 2018, USA—Total VC: $178M
Crypto.com
Token: CRO Founded: 2016 Singapore—Total VC: $38M
CoinSwitch
Founded: 2017 India—Total VC: $302M + Unicorn
Custody & Wallet Services
BitGo
Founded: 2013, USA—Total VC: $172M + Unicorn
Blockchain.com
Founded: 2011. UK—Total VC: $490M + Unicorn
Coinbase
Public Company + Founded: 2012, USA
Fireblocks
Founded: 2018, USA—Total VC: $1B + Unicorn
Ledger
Founded: 2011 France—Total VC: $577M + Unicorn
Consensys (MetaMask)
Founded: 2014, USA—Total VC: $733M + Unicorn
Copper.co
Founded: 2018 Switzerland—Total VC: $329M
Matrixport
Founded: 2019 Singapore—Total VC: $217M
Paxos
Token: PAXF Founded: 2012 United States—Total VC: $538M
Anchorage Digital
Founded: 2017 United States—Total VC: $487M
ZenGo
Founded: 2017 Israel—Total VC: $34M
Data Platforms
Amberdata.io
Founded: 2017, USA—Total VC: $47M
Dune Analytics
Founded: 2018, Norway—Total VC: $79M + Unicorn
Ocean Protocol
Token: OCEAN Founded: 2017, Singapore—Total VC: $5M
Nansen
Founded: Singapore—Total VC: $88M
The Graph
Token: GRT Founded: 2018 Cayman Islands—Total VC: $58M
Capital Markets
Axoni
Founded: 2013 United States—Total VC: $110M
Securitize
Founded: 2017 United States—Total VC: $102M
Decentralized Lending
Aave
Token: AAVE Founded: 2017, Cayman Islands—Total VC: $45M
Compound
Token: COMP Founded: 2017, USA
Liquity
Token: LQTY Founded: 2020, USA
MapleFinance
Token: MPL Founded: 2020, Australia
Credora
Founded: 2019 United States—Total VC: $16M
Decentralized Storage
Protocol Labs (Filecoin)
Token: FIL Founded: 2014, USA—Total VC: $4M
Storj
Token: Storj Founded: 2014, USA
Digital Currencies
Bitcoin
Token: BTC
Bitcoin Cash
Token: BCH
Dogecoin
Token: DOGE
Litecoin
Token: LTC Founded: 2011, Singapore
SHIBA INU
Token: SHIB Founded: 2020 United States
StableCoins
Circle
Founded: 2013, USA—Total VC: $1B + Unicorn
MakerDAO
Token: DAI Founded: 2014, USA—Total VC: $15M
Tether
Token: USDT Founded: 2014, Hong Kong
USD Coin
Token: USDC
Institutional Crypto Services
Amber Group
Founded: 2015, Singapore—Total VC: $628M + Unicorn
FalconX
Founded: 2018, USA—Total VC: $474M + Unicorn
SEBA Bank
Founded: 2018 Switzerland—Total VC: $153M
Consumer Crypto Services
Babel Finance
Founded: 2018 Hong Kong—Total VC: $122M + Unicorn
21Shares
Founded: 2018 Switzerland—Total VC: $35M + Unicorn
Institutional Staking Providers
Blockdaemon
Founded: 2017, USA—Total VC: $431M + Unicorn
Figment
Founded: 2018, USA—Total VC: $164M + Unicorn
Know Your Customer/Transaction
Chainalysis
Founded: 2014, USA—Total VC: $537M + Unicorn
Civic
Token: CVC Founded: 2015, USA
Liquidity Providers
Ankr
Token: ANKR Founded: 2009, USA—Total VC: $15M
StarkWare
Founded: 2018 Israel—Total VC: $261M + Unicorn
Synthetix Network
Token: SNX Founded: 2016 Australia—Total VC: $4M
NFTs & Gaming
Axie Infinity
Token: AXS Founded: 2018, Vietnam—Total VC: $9M
Immutable (Gods Unchained)
Token: GODS Founded: 2018, Australia—Total VC: $365M + Unicorn
OpenSea
Founded: 2018, USA—Total VC: $427M + Unicorn
The Sand Box
Token: SAND Founded: 2018, Malta—Total VC: $95M + Unicorn
Sky Mavis
Founded: 2019, Singapore—Total VC: $311M + Unicorn
Autograph
Founded: 2021 United States—Total VC: $205M + Unicorn
Sorare
Founded: 2018, France—Total VC: $739M + Unicorn
Dapper Labs
Founded: 2017Canada—Total VC: $643M + Unicorn
Forte Labs
Founded: 2018 United States—Total VC: $955M
Payments
Celo
Token: CGLD Founded: 2017, USA—Total VC: $648M + Unicorn
MoonPay
Founded: 2018, USA—Total VC: $648M + Unicorn
Wirex
Founded: 2114 Croatia—Total VC: $25M
Lunar
Founded: 2015 Denmark—Total VC: $452M + Unicorn
RegTech & Security
CertiK
Founded: 2017, USA—Total VC: $300M + Unicorn
TaxBit
Founded: 2018, USA—Total VC: $253M + Unicorn
Elliptic
Founded: 2013 United Kingdom—Total VC: $97M
Yield Aggregators
Abra
Founded: 2014 United States—Total VC: $107M
BadgerDAO
Token: BADGER Founded: 2020, USA
Yearn.Finance
Token: YFI Founded: 2020
Bitcoin Mining
BitFury
Founded: 2011 Netherlands—Total VC: $140M + Unicorn
Healthcare dApps
Humanscape
Founded: 2013 South Korea—Total VC: $219M + Unicorn
Other
Unstoppable Domains
Founded: 2018 United States—Total VC: $170M + Unicorn
CoinList
Founded: 2017 United States—Total VC: $120M + Unicorn
Top AI & ML private companies nominated to the Cryptonite 300 competition for 2024
Introducing the best private companies in AI Welcome to the kick-off of the 2024 Cryptonite 300 (C300) competition. Eligible companies are generally venture capital-backed enterprises driven by Web3 innovation, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), blockchain and crypto, and the metaverse and virtual reality (VR).
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