C14 is a financial technology company that provides a seamless fiat-to-crypto on-ramp solution for developers building on the Hedera blockchain network. Its core product is an easily embeddable widget that decentralized applications (dApps), wallets, and marketplaces can integrate directly into their platforms.
With C14's widget, users can purchase digital assets directly within the dApp they are using, employing familiar payment methods like credit or debit cards. The platform handles the entire transaction flow, including regulatory compliance aspects like Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, and delivers the purchased assets directly to the user's connected wallet. This creates a simple, "one-click" experience that significantly lowers the barrier to entry for mainstream adoption.
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Jewel Bank is a Bermuda-based financial institution focused on bridging fiat banking with digital asset infrastructure through its proprietary stablecoin and banking service solutions. It has full TradFi banking and digital asset business licenses from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) and is the first dedicated digital asset bank in the area to receive both licenses.
Its primary clients are non-US digital asset firms including exchanges, institutional investors, and OTC trading firms. Jewel Bank offers a full suite of banking services including business checking and deposit accounts, wire transfers, fiat on and off ramps, and digital asset custody.
Jewel Bank also issues its own US dollar-backed stablecoin, Jewel USD ($JUSD). This is a fully-reserved stablecoin offering transparency through regular reserve updates and banking-as-a-service offerings via API as well as cryptocurrency-collateralized lending.
The firm is currently developing stablecoins-as-a-service solutions alongside its real-time settlement network, "Jewel Settle," which offers instant settlements for cross-bank transactions conducted by Jewel Bank customers.
WISeID is a digital identity platform designed to secure online interactions and communications for both individuals and businesses developed by WISeKey. The platform leverages public key infrastructure (PKI) technology, utilizing standard digital certificates issued by WISeKey's trusted certification authorities.
Central to the WISeID platform is its "WISeID Account," which serves as a gateway to various WISeKey services. Users are provided with a Digital Certificate that enables strong authentication for accessing online services and supports the creation of legally binding digital signatures for documents. Additionally, WISeID includes a “Personal Encrypted Vault,” offering a secure environment for users to store sensitive information such as passwords, financial data, and other personal documents, protected by strong encryption.
For businesses, WISeID offers solutions to secure interactions with employees and customers, including the implementation of single-sign-on (SSO) capabilities to streamline access to corporate resources. The platform provides web services and mobile applications, aiming to provide a comprehensive solution for managing digital identities and ensuring secure digital transactions and communications.
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.
Ledger is a Paris-based digital assets security firm. Its core products are its hardware wallets, most notably the Ledger Nano series. These devices are designed to store private keys in a secure, offline environment, protecting them from online threats.
Ledger also provides the Ledger Live application, an all-in-one platform that allows users to manage digital assets, buy, sell, and swap cryptocurrencies, and access a wide range of DeFi and Web3 services. For institutional clients, Ledger Enterprise provides a comprehensive, customizable infrastructure for safeguarding digital assets at scale.
The Ledger Nano S Plus and Nano X hardware wallets support Hedera’s HBAR token, allowing users to securely store their assets. Through the Ledger Live app, users can create a Hedera account, manage their HBAR, and interact with the Hedera ecosystem. This integration also extends to staking, as users can connect their Ledger device to third-party wallets such as HashPack to participate in HBAR staking.