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.
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SEALSQ is a Swiss-based semiconductor company that specialises in developing secure microcontrollers and implementing post-quantum cryptography. A subsidiary of WISeKey, SEALSQ provides the hardware foundation for securing connected devices in a wide array of industries, including smart energy, automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics.
SEALSQ’s product portfolio is centred on providing end-to-end digital security. This includes the VaultIC family of secure elements, which are tamper-resistant microcontrollers offering cryptographic services for authentication and data integrity. They also develop secure ARM platforms and are pioneering post-quantum RISC-V chips to protect against future threats from quantum computing. Beyond the chips themselves, SEALSQ provides Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and provisioning services, allowing for the secure management of a device’s digital identity throughout its lifecycle.
SEALSQ is partnered with Hedera to integrate its quantum-resistant semiconductors directly into the Hedera network's infrastructure. This partnership aims to protect the Hedera ecosystem from the emerging threat of quantum computing by "future-proofing" digital signatures and communication channels. Specifically, SEALSQ's hardware will be used in the SEALCOIN project, a tokenised platform for machine-to-machine (M2M) transactions on Hedera, which is a core component of the DePIN (Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Network) being developed by WISeKey and its subsidiaries.
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.
Dragon Glass is a real-time data streaming and analytics platform specifically designed for the Hedera network. It provides developers, businesses, and users with live, granular access to the vast amounts of data generated on the Hedera public ledger. This includes comprehensive details about transactions, Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) messages, Hedera Token Service (HTS) token transfers, and interactions with Hedera Smart Contracts.
Key features of Dragon Glass include robust real-time data feeds, which are delivered via APIs using protocols such as WebSockets or gRPC, enabling responsive application development. It also offers capabilities for querying historical ledger data, allowing for in-depth analysis and reporting. Users can filter data streams or subscribe to specific events, accounts, or topics relevant to their needs.
Dragon Glass supports a numerous use cases ranging from powering dApp front-ends and analytics dashboards to enabling exchanges and wallet providers with up-to-the-second information. It empowers the Hedera ecosystem by making its on-ledger data more accessible, actionable, and easier to integrate into diverse applications.
Mintbar is an open-source, trustless platform designed to simplify the creation of NFTs on the Hedera network. Its core service is a user-friendly, no-code interface for minting individual NFTs or entire collections.
The platform ensures that creators retain full control over their assets by allowing them to define all keys and permissions during the minting process. It adheres to the HIP-412 metadata standard, which guarantees that all NFTs created on mintbar are compatible with major Hedera wallets and marketplaces. The platform also integrates with IPFS via the nft.storage service, ensuring that all media and metadata files are stored in a decentralized and redundant manner at no cost to the user.
mintbar is built exclusively on and for the Hedera network. It utilizes the Hedera Token Service (HTS) for all NFT minting, taking advantage of Hedera's high speed, low, predictable fees, and protocol-enforced royalties. This direct integration with Hedera's native services provides a highly efficient and cost-effective solution for creators.