Liithos is a AAA gaming and entertainment studio founded by high-profile industry veterans, including former PlayStation executive Michael Mumbauer and John Garvin, the creative director and writer known for blockbuster titles including Days Gone and Syphon Filter. The studio develops narrative-driven, transmedia intellectual properties that merge compelling storytelling with the capabilities of Web3 technology.
The studio’s debut project is Ashfall, a post-apocalyptic open-world game set in the Pacific Northwest. It is designed to begin as a single-player, story-focused experience that will later evolve to include multiplayer PvP and PvE elements. Liithos has chosen the Hedera network as the foundational public ledger for Ashfall and its future projects. This integration will power the game's economy, allowing players to truly own their in-game assets—such as weapons, gear, and cosmetics—as digital collectibles.
Supported by The HBAR Foundation, Liithos emphasizes that its approach is not "play-to-earn" but "play-and-own," focusing on enhancing the core AAA gaming experience rather than financial speculation.
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The IBM Blockchain Platform was a short-term funding and technology project involving the Hedera blockchain network. While this specific project has evolved into an ongoing enterprise blockchain strategy, IBM remains intrinsically involved with the Hedera network as a member of the Hedera Governing Council.
This position provides IBM with a direct voice and vote in the governance of the Hedera public network, influencing its technical roadmap, policies, and overall strategic direction. As a council member, IBM also contributes to the network's operational integrity by running a consensus node.
This engagement with Hedera allows IBM to participate, offer insights and contribute to advancements which align with its broader interests in advancing enterprise-grade distributed ledger solutions (DLT). This involvement complements IBM's extensive work with permissioned blockchains and strengthens the partnership between Hedera and the broader technology industry while providing a holistic perspective on the evolving blockchain landscape for IBM’s global enterprise clients.
Tradegames is a play-to-earn (P2E) trading simulation game built on the Hedera network, designed to offer a competitive and risk-free environment for users to test their trading skills. The platform allows players to build fantasy portfolios using real-world stock market data and compete against others to see who can achieve the highest portfolio growth over a set period.
To participate in the competitions, users are required to own a "Vault" NFT. These non-fungible tokens (NFTs), minted on Hedera, serve as a player's entry ticket into the game's reward-based tournaments. Winners of these competitions are rewarded with $TG, the platform's native utility token. The $TG token can then be used within the ecosystem to enter exclusive games or for other platform-related activities, creating a self-sustaining game economy.
Developed with support from LimeChain, the platform leverages the Hedera network for its core functions. Both the Vault NFTs and the $TG utility token are Hedera-based. By simulating crypto and stock trading without requiring players to risk actual capital, Tradegames provides an accessible and educational entry point into the world of financial trading, all within a Web3 gaming framework.
Kabila is a Web3 platform designed to empower digital creators by providing a comprehensive suite of tools for building and managing their own tokenized communities. Its mission is to simplify the process of launching a creator economy, making it accessible to a wide range of individuals and brands.
The core of Kabila's service is its no-code platform, which allows users to create and manage their own DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations), NFTs, and social tokens. The platform provides a full suite of tools for community engagement, including features for creating token-gated content, launching NFT collections, and managing governance proposals. This allows creators to build and monetize their communities without needing any technical expertise. The platform also includes a social feed and other tools to foster direct engagement between creators and their fans.
Kabila is built exclusively on the Hedera network. This integration is central to the platform's ability to offer a scalable, secure, and low-cost solution for its users. Kabila utilizes the Hedera Token Service (HTS) for the creation and management of all NFTs and social tokens, and the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) to provide a transparent and auditable record of all DAO voting and governance activities.
Bonzo Finance is an open-source, non-custodial lending and borrowing protocol built on the Hedera network. It is a fork of the popular Aave v2 protocol and is designed to serve as "The Liquidity Layer" for the Hedera DeFi ecosystem.
The core of Bonzo Finance's service is its decentralized platform that allows users to lend and borrow a variety of cryptocurrencies, with a focus on HBAR, native USDC, and other Hedera ecosystem assets. Users supply crypto to the protocol to earn interest, provide liquidity, and as collateral for loans.
Bonzo Finance also offers "flash loans," which are uncollateralized loans that must be repaid within a single transaction. It has its own governance token, $BONZO.
Bonzo Finance is built on the Hedera Smart Contract Service, and it is designed to be fully compatible with the Hedera Token Service (HTS). It also utilizes the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) for its verifiable points and rewards program.