Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network connecting smart contracts on various blockchains with real-world data, events, and off-chain computation. Its fundamental purpose is to enable hybrid smart contracts by providing them with secure and reliable access to external resources, thereby bridging the gap between on-chain and off-chain environments. Chainlink is recognized as an industry standard for building, accessing, and selling oracle services.
The platform offers a comprehensive suite of services to developers and enterprises. These include “Chainlink Price Feeds,” which deliver accurate and tamper-proof financial market data to DeFi applications, “Chainlink VRF” (verifiable random function) for generating provably fair randomness essential for NFTs and blockchain gaming, and “Chainlink Automation,” which provides decentralized and reliable smart contract automation. Furthermore, “Chainlink Functions” allow smart contracts to connect to any external API and run custom computations, while the cross-chain interoperability protocol (CCIP) facilitates secure data and token transfers across different blockchain networks. Chainlink Proof of Reserve offers automated verification of on-chain and off-chain reserves.
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Unibright is a German software development company founded in 2017 specializing in enterprise blockchain solutions. Its mission is to simplify distributed ledger technology (DLT) integration for businesses.
The core of Unibright's offering is the Unibright Framework, a "no-code" platform that enables the visual design and automated generation of smart contracts and other blockchain-based business logic. The firm also offers Unibright ONE, a service platform that synchronizes data across various blockchains and legacy IT systems. Another key component of Unibright’s operations is Baseledger, a public, council-governed blockchain that is designed for enterprise-grade performance and data privacy.
In 2021, Unibright integrated the Hedera Token Service (HTS) into its Freequity platform, a 360-degree solution for tokenization that includes issuance, regulatory compliance, and liquidity services. This integration allows Unibright's enterprise clients to issue and manage tokens on the Hedera network, taking advantage of its high throughput, low and predictable fees, robust security, and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
Siki is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2021 that is building a multimedia and social platform centered around music and NFTs. The company's mission is to create a more sustainable entertainment ecosystem where artists and curators can directly monetize their work and engage with their communities in new ways.
The Siki platform combines several key services into a single social ecosystem. It functions as an NFT music streaming service, allowing artists to mint their songs as NFTs and earn higher royalties compared to traditional streaming platforms. It is also an NFT marketplace, where users can buy, sell, and auction these music NFTs. The platform is designed to be a social hub where users can connect with each other and their favorite artists, with features like tipping and live streaming integrated directly into the NFT experience.
The Hedera Token Service (HTS) is used by artists on the Siki platform to mint their music as NFTs. This allows for efficient and low-cost creation and transfer of these digital assets. By building on Hedera, Siki can provide a secure, scalable, and environmentally friendly platform for its users to stream, trade, and engage with music in a novel way.
KrypC is a global technology company providing enterprise blockchain and Web3 solutions. Its Krypcore Web3 platform enables developers to build and scale decentralized applications with low-code tools. In the sustainability sector, KrypC’s CarbonCore uses Hedera Hashgraph to tokenize carbon credits, creating transparent, verifiable carbon offset workflows. The company also offers Verification-as-a-Service on Hedera to authenticate digital documents securely. Its solutions leverage Hedera to deliver scalable, efficient, and secure blockchain applications across industries.
The eftpos solution by Australian Payments Plus provides a cost effective, secure and flexible payment infrastructure for Australian businesses. It supports real time debit transactions, tap to pay on mobile devices, eftpos QR payments and least cost routing, which allows merchants to automatically direct debit transactions through the lowest cost network to help reduce the cost of acceptance.
Australian Payments Plus has worked with Google to enable least cost routing in Google Wallet, with ANZ and Suncorp the first issuers to offer this capability. It is also partnering with Giesecke and Devrient to develop eftpos Click to Pay with integrated least cost routing, an online checkout service that uses tokenisation to protect card credentials and is scheduled for rollout from early 2026 following pilot trials.
These developments enhance payment efficiency, improve security, support domestic data sovereignty and align with Reserve Bank of Australia findings that least cost routing can materially reduce merchant debit acceptance costs.