Obligate is a blockchain-based platform that enables companies to issue on-chain bonds and commercial papers, providing a decentralized and regulated environment for corporate debt financing. Built on the Polygon blockchain, it combines the efficiency of smart contracts with traditional financial regulations to streamline the bond issuance process.
Gitcoin incentivizes open-source development through rewards and grants, using a quadratic funding mechanism for fair fund allocation. Governance is driven by the Gitcoin Token (GTC), allowing holders to participate in voting and governance decisions. With a total token supply of 100 million, GTC holders can stake tokens to gain increased voting power through vGTC. Gitcoin has raised $11.8M across two funding rounds to support its initiatives.
Self Protocol is an identity verification system that leverages zero-knowledge proofs to enable Sybil-resistant token distributions and user authentication without compromising personal data. By validating user attributes such as age or location through passport verification, Self Protocol ensures that decentralized applications can authenticate real users while maintaining privacy.
Fractal Visions is utilizing the public goods ethos of Optimism with a retroactive rewards mechanism generated by the marketplace fee from sales to attract authentic artists, musicians, and developers to build on the OP stack. Fractal Visions currently doesn't have a formal governance system.