Curios is a creator-focused platform designed to overhaul digital content distribution by enabling creators to sell their work directly to fans while retaining 100% of their sales revenue. The platform supports a wide array of digital content, including music, audiobooks, ebooks, videos, comedy works, digital artwork, and event sales and ticketing.
It offers a direct purchasing model for fans allowing them to buy and permanently own content without recurring subscription fees. Fans can consume owned content via the Curios website or mobile apps, both of which support offline access. Curios emphasizes a transparent connection where creators own their fan data and intellectual property while maintaining compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The Curios platform provides tools for NFT creation and sales, cross-platform smart contract deployment, and white-label marketplace solutions. This allows creators to offer verifiably unique items and engage fans with unlockable content and secure airdrops. It also provides increased accessibility by enabling NFT purchases with fiat currency and traditional credit cards.
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Abra is a global digital asset financial services firm that provides a suite of products for individuals and institutions to invest in and manage cryptocurrencies. Abra operates several distinct business lines to cater to a diverse clientele, from retail investors to high-net-worth individuals and large financial institutions.
For individual investors, the Abra app offers a user-friendly mobile platform to buy, sell, trade, and earn yield on a wide variety of digital assets. For more sophisticated clients, Abra Private delivers a concierge-style wealth management service, providing tailored strategies for managing large digital asset portfolios. For institutions, Abra Prime offers prime brokerage services, including secure trading, borrowing, and lending solutions.
A key aspect of Abra’s identity within the Web3 ecosystem is its role as a founding member of the Hedera Governing Council. In this capacity, Abra helps oversee the governance and strategic direction of the Hedera network, contributing to its stability and long-term vision.
The InterWork Alliance (IWA) is an organization focused on simplifying and standardizing the use of token-powered services for businesses. As an initiative of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the IWA works to create a common language and framework for tokenized assets, which allows different blockchain networks and applications to work together seamlessly.
The alliance's primary mission is to empower organizations to adopt and use token-based distributed services in their day-to-day operations. To achieve this, the IWA has developed several key frameworks, including the Token Taxonomy Framework (TTF), which provides a common set of definitions and standards for tokens of all types. The IWA also has a strong focus on sustainability, with task forces dedicated to creating standards for Voluntary Ecological Markets and Carbon Emission Tokens.
The Hedera network and its ecosystem partners are active members and contributors to the InterWork Alliance. Hedera has collaborated with the IWA on its Sustainability Working Group, and several applications built on Hedera are designed to be compliant with the IWA's standards.
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.
NOWPayments is a non-custodial cryptocurrency payment gateway that was founded in 2019. Its mission is to make it easy for businesses to accept a wide variety of cryptocurrencies, with a focus on providing a seamless and secure payment experience.
The core of NOWPayments' service is a platform that allows merchants to accept over 300 different cryptocurrencies, including stablecoins, and to receive payments in their preferred fiat currency. The platform offers a range of integration options, including APIs, e-commerce plugins, and donation widgets. A key feature of the platform gives users the ability to offer automatic coin conversion, which allows merchants to accept a variety of cryptocurrencies without having to manage multiple wallets. The platform also offers a mass payments solution, which enables businesses to send payments to multiple recipients in various cryptocurrencies.
NOWPayments has a direct integration with the Hedera network, providing full support for HBAR and other Hedera-based tokens. This allows merchants using the NOWPayments platform to accept HBAR as a form of payment.