BitGo is a leading provider of secure and regulated digital asset financial services within the Hedera ecosystem. Founded in 2013, BitGo pioneered the multi-signature wallet, setting an industry standard for digital asset security. They offer a comprehensive suite of services, including qualified custody, staking, trading, and core infrastructure for institutional clients across 50 countries.
It is a member of the Hedera Governing Council and an active contributor to the network's direction and development. BitGo also serves as a backbone technology provider for the network where it runs several Hedera mirror nodes and supports innovation across the entire ecosystem.
BitGo provides institutional-grade security for Hedera Token Service (HTS) tokens leveraging its multi-signature technology and cold storage solutions to protect client assets. It is regulatory compliant with a verified MiCA license in the EU and operational licenses in New York, Germany, Singapore, and more. Its services include real-world tokenization, settlement, and payment verticals among numerous others.
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Xeni is a travel technology company that provides a white-label platform for online resellers. Its mission is to simplify the process of buying and selling travel by unifying booking, inventory, payments, and customer management on a single platform. Xeni powers travel platforms for a range of enterprises, including “super apps,” payment gateways, event organizers, travel clubs, host agencies, and travel professionals.
The platform's infrastructure is built on the Hedera blockchain network enabling features including a predictable fee structure, bank-grade security, high throughput, and scalability. Bookings made on the Xeni platform are tracked, stored, and settled on the immutable Hedera ledger. This on-chain recording of financial dealings includes commission payments and related user fees.
Xeni's B2B solution allows subscribers to instantly launch online travel businesses with a booking engine, access to bookable inventory at wholesale rates, custom markup tools, and a built-in CRM system. Travelers using Xeni-powered sites can pay in fiat or cryptocurrency.
Starling Lab for Data Integrity is an academic research center that operates at the intersection of cryptography, decentralized web protocols, and the humanities. A joint initiative between the USC Shoah Foundation and Stanford University's Department of Electrical Engineering, the lab's mission is to develop and prototype tools and principles to establish trust in digital records. In an era of rampant misinformation and AI-generated content, Starling Lab is pioneering new methods to securely capture, store, and verify digital media.
The core of their work is the Starling Framework for Data Integrity, a comprehensive, open-source methodology for authenticating digital content. This framework is built on three pillars: Capture, which involves creating a chain of custody from the moment a photo or video is taken, Store, which uses decentralized networks like IPFS and Filecoin to securely distribute and preserve content, and Verify, which leverages immutable ledgers to register and audit the provenance of digital assets. This end-to-end approach has been applied in various real-world scenarios, from documenting the 78 days of the 2020 U.S. presidential transition with Reuters to preserving the USC Shoah Foundation's archive of 55,000 holocaust testimonies.
HaitiPay is a Haiti-based fintech company focused on digitalizing the country's economy and increasing financial inclusion for underserved communities. Its core services are delivered through an API-enabled digital banking platform. This includes a mobile wallet that is designed to be universal and telecom-agnostic, capable of turning even basic feature phones into electronic payment devices.
The platform facilitates a range of financial transactions, including local and cross-border e-payments and remittances. By enabling electronic payments, HaitiPay supports merchants in expanding their sales and provides a secure and traceable way for all users, from rural farmers to urban merchants, to access digital financial services.
In collaboration with EMTECH, a CBDC infrastructure provider, HaitiPay has developed a proof-of-concept for a potential Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Haiti. This solution is built on the Hedera public distributed ledger, chosen for its high throughput, low fees, and security. This integration is designed to lower the cost of payments and provide seamless access to digital cash.
Headstarter is a decentralized fundraising platform and launchpad built exclusively for the Hedera network. Its primary purpose is to accelerate the growth of the Hedera ecosystem by providing a secure and streamlined environment for new projects to raise capital and build an initial community.
The platform operates on a tier-based system centered around its native token, $HST. To gain access to token sales, prospective investors are required to stake a certain amount of $HST, which places them into different tiers. These tiers determine the size of the allocation a user is guaranteed in an upcoming IDO, with higher amounts of staked tokens granting access to larger investment opportunities. This model creates utility and sustained demand for the $HST token while ensuring a fair and organized capital-raising process.
For projects, Headstarter provides an end-to-end solution for launching a token, handling the technical complexities of the sale and providing access to an engaged community from day one. For investors, it offers a vetted and secure venue to discover and support promising, early-stage Hedera-native projects.