RubyScore is a decentralized onchain ranking protocol that evaluates wallet reputation based on various blockchain metrics. It encourages user engagement by motivating users to improve their onchain reputation through daily tasks. While RubyScore currently has no governance process or token, it generates revenue through a fee-based API for wallet identification, transaction fees for NFT rewards and minting profiles, and services like deferred transactions, the RubyScore ranking passport, and Verax Proof of Humanity attestation. It has received funding from Gitcoin Grant 20 and Optimism Retroactive Public Goods Funding 4.
Stargate Finance focuses on cross-chain liquidity and real-time asset transfers across different blockchains. Its tokenomics involve governance participation and incentivizing positive behaviors like liquidity provision. Governed by its token holders through a voting escrow model, Stargate Finance emphasizes community-driven decision-making. Layer Zero Labs, the developer behind Stargate, has raised a significant $135 million in funding, reflecting strong investor confidence and market interest.
Backed Finance is a financial platform that bridges traditional assets like stocks and bonds to the blockchain by issuing tokenized representations of these assets as ERC-20 tokens. Each token is fully backed 1:1 by the corresponding real-world security, held by licensed custodians. The platform operates under a regulatory-compliant framework, ensuring legal enforceability and transparency.
Blockscout is an open-source blockchain explorer designed for Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-based networks. It provides users with a comprehensive interface to search transactions, view account balances, verify and interact with smart contracts, and engage with decentralized applications across various Ethereum networks, including mainnets, testnets, sidechains, and Layer 2 solutions. Unlike centralized, closed-source explorers, Blockscout offers transparency and flexibility, supporting hundreds of chains and rollups within the broader blockchain ecosystem, such as Ethereum, Cosmos, Polkadot, Avalanche, and Near.
