UTU Protocol is a decentralized trust infrastructure designed to enhance online interactions by providing personalized and contextually relevant trust signals. By leveraging artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, UTU aims to replace traditional anonymous ratings and reviews with more reliable trust mechanisms.
Balancer is a decentralized automated market maker (AMM) protocol for programmable liquidity, supporting various swap curves and pool types. Governance begins with a Request for Comment on the Balancer forum, progresses to a formal proposal, and is voted on via Snapshot. Voting power comes from holding BAL tokens or delegated voting power, with a quorum of 2 million veBAL needed. BAL tokenomics include a 100 million token cap and the vote-escrowed BAL system, encouraging long-term holding. Balancer has raised $32.3 million across three funding rounds, with the latest on May 27, 2021.
Acctual is an accounts payable automation solution that aims to bring sophistication and efficiency to the crypto accounts payable process. It aims to provide visibility and control over the crypto AP process, reduce risk, and streamline the crypto accounting workflow with an e-automatic solution.
Sturdy Finance introduces a new approach to creating liquid money markets for any token through a unique two-tier architecture. This design isolates risk between assets while preventing liquidity fragmentation, featuring risk-isolated pools at its base and an aggregation layer that enables lenders to choose suitable collateral assets for their deposits. The governance token of the platform, $STRDY plays a pivotal role in overseeing the Sturdy protocol's operations. Governance is primarily driven by $STRDY holders.