Choice is a financial technology company founded in 2020 that offers a platform for investing in both digital and traditional assets within a tax-advantaged retirement account. The company's mission is to provide investors with greater freedom and choice over their retirement savings, breaking away from the limitations of conventional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).
The primary service offered by Choice is a single, unified retirement account that allows users to hold a diverse range of assets, including Bitcoin, various other cryptocurrencies, stocks, and ETFs. This eliminates the need for multiple accounts to manage different asset classes. A unique feature of the platform is "Blinko," a game that allows users to win free Bitcoin daily, encouraging engagement and consistent saving. The app is designed to be accessible to all types of investors, from beginners to experienced traders, and supports various IRA types, including Traditional, Roth, and SEP, as well as Solo 401(k)s.
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Union Finance is a non-KYC peer-to-peer permissionless protection marketplace that allows users to mitigate risks associated with decentralized finance (DeFi) through the purchase of downside protection services. It also offers users the option to provide liquidity to the platform for the purpose of earning premiums from those seeking protection. Union’s state-of-the-art protocol has integrated capabilities built to secure multi-layer risks across smart contracts and protocols in a single-stop scalable system.
Union Finance’s platform offers distinct products to address different risk scenarios. These include C-OP (collateral optimization and volatility protection), a service aimed at mitigating the risks associated with holding cryptocurrencies over extended periods, and U-CDS (Union crypto default swaps), which provide protection against specific adverse events such as smart contract exploits and oracle attacks.
The firm’s services are targeted towards individuals and entities involved in the DeFi space who require tools to safeguard their investments and strategies over both short and long-term programs.
Union Finance has established a range of partnerships across the blockchain and DeFi ecosystem, including UniLend, Waves, Avalanche, BlockScience, Kleros, and Router, as well as the Hedera blockchain network.
Standard Bank Group, located in South Africa, is Africa's largest bank by assets and among the longest operating financial institutions on the continent having been founded more than 150 years ago. The Group offers a comprehensive suite of financial products and services via the Hedera blockchain including a wide array of payment processing solutions for both individuals and businesses.
The firm’s primary functions include facilitating transactional banking, lending, asset finance, merchant solutions, trade finance, and international payment services for its business and enterprise clients. Standard Bank also provides insurance and asset management services.
As a member of the Hedera Governing Council, Standard Bank provides enterprise-grade, secure transactions and digitized cross-border trade processes on the immutable Hedera distributed blockchain ledger.
Standard Bank is one of the leading Hedera-based service providers utilizing Hedera's Token Service (HTS) and Consensus Service (HCS). The primary focus of this collaboration is to improve transaction efficiency and reduce costs associated with international cross-border payments.
docStribute is a UK-based technology company that provides a secure and auditable solution for the distribution of sensitive documents. Founded with the goal of revolutionizing business communication, docStribute leverages distributed ledger technology to offer a more secure and efficient alternative to traditional methods such as email.
The company's core service is a document distribution platform that allows businesses to send documents of any sise with an immutable, auditable trail. When a document is sent through docStribute, a unique digital fingerprint of the document is created and recorded on a public ledger. This provides a verifiable record of when the document was sent and by whom, without storing the document itself on the blockchain. It’s designed to be user-friendly and to integrate with existing business workflows, offering features such as real-time tracking, delivery confirmation, and tamper-proof security.
docStribute's platform is built on the Hedera network. It uses the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) to create a secure and transparent log of all document transactions.
OneSpan is a Web3 platform that offers a dedicated eClosing solution designed to digitize and secure the entire lifecycle of high-value digital agreements, particularly in the mortgage and lending industries. The platform streamlines the closing process by enabling remote online notarization (RON), electronic signatures, and identity verification, all within a secure and compliant digital environment. A central component of this solution is the OneSpan eVault, a specialized repository for managing the authoritative copy of critical digital documents, such as promissory notes (eNotes).
To provide an unparalleled level of trust and auditability, OneSpan has integrated its platform with ProvenDB, a data integrity service built on the Hedera network. When a document is signed or a key milestone is reached in the eClosing process, a cryptographic fingerprint (hash) of the agreement is anchored to the Hedera public ledger. This action, facilitated by ProvenDB, creates a permanent and immutable timestamped record on the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS).