Gate.io, established in 2013, is one of the first global cryptocurrency exchanges. It is headquartered in the Cayman Islands, serves over 23 million users, and is widely renowned for its extensive selection of digital assets listing over 3,800 cryptocurrencies and tokens.
It offers a comprehensive trading experience which includes spot, margin, and futures trading alongside leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Beyond active trading, the platform provides numerous ways to earn through "Gate Earn," which features staking, lending, structured products, and auto-investment plans. It also features an initial exchange offering (IEO) launchpad for new projects called "Gate.io Startup."
A key component of its ecosystem is GateToken (GT), its native utility token, which offers users trading fee discounts, VIP tier benefits, and participation in governance and exclusive events. Gate.io has also developed “GateChain,” its own public blockchain focused on asset security and decentralized trading, which is EVM-compatible.
The Gate platform also features a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, advanced trading bots, copy trading, and a payments service called “Gate Pay.”
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Diamond Standard creates a novel, investable, and tradeable asset class through the tokenization of real, investment-grade IGI (International Gemological Institute) and GIA (Gemological Institute of America) certified diamonds.
These commodities are investment products combining real diamonds with digital blockchain technology. They offer investors a standardized unit of diamonds in the form of “Coins” and “Bars.” These can be traded for liquidity or held as investments secured by both the physical commodity and the immutable Hedera blockchain.
Each Coin and Bar contain an equivalent, optimized set of natural diamonds that add up to the same geological scarcity of carat weight, color, and clarity. Every sample and every commodity are public, and are designed to trade in lockstep market price.
Inside each asset is a military-grade wireless (NFC) encryption chip, enabling authentication, instant transactions, and remote audit.
Diamond Standard seeks to provide investors with a secure and accessible way to invest in diamonds at convenient, lower entry point via digital tokens called “Carats” issued from physical commodities.
Twigital is a decentralized application (dApp) that enables users to create tokenized digital twins of physical objects. These digital twins are represented as 3D objects, which can be minted as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Hedera network. The platform allows users to memorialize objects in the Web3 space.
The Twigital mobile application is available on iOS where it uses photogrammetry to capture real-world objects. Users can generate 3D models of objects from photographs. The app guides users through this process with detailed instructions and, once created, these 3D models can be minted as NFTs.
A key feature of Twigital is its integration with the Hedera network. Users connect their Hedera wallets to manage digital assets. This enables easy valuation, trading, and viewing of NFT details. The assets created are content-addressed using interplanetary file system(IPFS), providing unique identification for each digital twin. These unique twins can then be linked to minted NFTs. Twigital covers the transaction fees for creating these NFTs, which are factored into the cost of using the service.
MANTRA is a vertically-integrated and regulatory-compliant blockchain ecosystem founded in 2020. Its mission is to bridge the gap between traditional finance and the world of digital assets by providing institutional-grade infrastructure that adheres to global regulatory standards.
The MANTRA ecosystem, also known as the OMniverse, includes several key products. MANTRA Nodes provides blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service, including validator operations and staking services. The MANTRA Chain is a protocol built for regulated assets within the Cosmos ecosystem, and MANTRA Finance is a DeFi platform that will offer a variety of services to both retail and institutional investors.
Through a partnership with hashport, a public utility that facilitates the movement of digital assets between networks, the OM token is now integrated with the Hedera network. This allows for faster, more secure, and lower-cost transactions for OM holders. This integration also opened the door for HeliSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Hedera, to offer trading pairs with the OM token, further expanding the DeFi possibilities within the Hed-era ecosystem.
Porini Foundation Nature Collectibles is an initiative by the Swiss-based Porini Foundation that leverages blockchain technology to create a sustainable funding model for nature conservation. The project aims to connect a global community of collectors with real-world conservation efforts, providing a transparent and direct way to support the protection of endangered species and their habitats.
At the core of the initiative are Nature Collectibles, which are unique digital representations of a species, also known as NFTs for Conservation (NFTCs). Each collectible is a "digital twin" of a real animal and is linked to a specific, on-the-ground conservation project in a protected area. These digital assets can be purchased, collected, and traded through a dedicated mobile app. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the initial sale of a Nature Collectible go directly to the conservation actors in the field, with the Porini Foundation covering all transaction fees.
The entire Nature Collectibles ecosystem is built on the Hedera network. The Hedera Token Service (HTS) is used to mint the NFTs, ensuring their uniqueness and providing a secure and transparent record of ownership. All transactions are recorded on the Hedera public ledger, allowing donors to see their contributions in real-time.