MoonPay is a financial technology company that serves as a bridge between the traditional financial system and the Web3 economy. Its core business is providing a seamless and user-friendly payment infrastructure for buying and selling cryptocurrencies and NFTs. MoonPay offers both on-ramp services, allowing users to purchase digital assets with fiat currencies, and off-ramp services, enabling them to convert crypto back into traditional money. This is facilitated through a wide range of familiar payment methods, including credit/debit cards, bank transfers, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
For businesses, MoonPay’s primary product is an embeddable widget that can be integrated directly into decentralized applications, wallets, and NFT marketplaces. This allows end-users to acquire digital assets at the point of use without having to leave the application, significantly simplifying the onboarding process and improving conversion rates for developers. The company handles all the complex backend processes, including payment processing and regulatory compliance such as know-your-customer and anti money laundering checks.
As a multi-chain platform, MoonPay supports a vast array of blockchain networks, including an official integration with Hedera. This partnership allows users to directly purchase HBAR, Hedera’s native cryptocurrency, making the ecosystem more accessible to a global audience.
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WiCoin is a stablecoin launched by WiPay, a financial technology company with offices in Africa, the Caribbean, Columbia, and the US. It was launched to address the challenges of cross-border remittance and financial exclusion in its operational regions. It was built on the Hedera network utilizing the Hedera Token Service (HTS) and Hedera Smart Contract Service (HSCS) and is pegged to the US dollar.
It forms the backbone of the WiCoin Settlement Network, designed to create a unified system for transactions across numerous Caribbean islands, each with its own currency. It also extends into African markets and currencies.
The primary goal of WiCoin is to "bank the bankless" by providing an accessible and efficient means for cross-border payments and settlements by leveraging Hedera's fast transaction speeds, low and predictable fees, and robust security through its asynchronous byzantine fault tolerance (ABFT).
WiPay is supported by the Hedera HBAR foundation and seeks to enhance financial inclusion and streamline economic activity in underserved regions by providing a locally-accessible bridge between traditional banking services and low-cost, speedy digital transactions.
Clout.art is a creator economy platform, founded in 2021. Its mission is to bridge the gap between Web2 social media and the Web3 world through the creation of a sustainable and transparent ecosystem that empowers content creators to monetise their most valuable social media content as unique digital assets.
The platform's core service is an NFT minting and marketplace solution. It allows creators to take their most successful social media posts, such as those from Instagram, and transform them into non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This provides a direct way for creators to capitalize on their existing digital footprint and for fans to own a piece of their favorite creator's content. The Clout.art ecosystem also includes a social token, $SWAY, which enables fans to stake with their favorite creators in "creator pools." When a creator sells an NFT, a portion of the proceeds is distributed to those who have staked in their pool, creating a mutually beneficial relationship.
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.
IDEMIA is a multinational technology company specializing in identity and security solutions. Headquartered in France, the company provides a broad range of products and services to clients in over 180 countries, including governments, enterprises, and financial institutions. Its core mission is to enable citizens and consumers to interact, pay, connect, travel, and access public or private spaces securely in both the physical and digital realms.
Leveraging deep expertise in biometrics including fingerprint, facial recognition, iris recognition, cryptography, and artificial intelligence, IDEMIA develops solutions across three primary divisions: secure transactions, public security, and smart identity. Related offerings include secure payment technologies and card issuance, connectivity solutions for mobile operators and IoT devices, and the creation of physical and digital identity credentials such as passports, ID cards, and mobile IDs. Furthermore, IDEMIA provides systems for border control, public safety, and access control.
The company's solutions are integral to numerous critical activities, from facilitating secure financial transactions and ensuring trusted communication networks to managing citizen identities and securing travel and public spaces.