Bitget is a secure and efficient crypto exchange offering innovative features like copy trading and support for numerous cryptocurrencies, catering to traders of all levels. Its native token, $BGB, provides utility through trading fee discounts, staking opportunities, enhanced rewards, and exclusive promotions, driving user engagement within the platform. Operating under a private governance structure, Bitget has raised $20 million across three funding rounds, including a $10 million Series B led by Dragonfly Capital Partners in April 2023.
Talent Protocol leverages onchain technology to create visible, verifiable professional reputations, simplifying talent discovery and candidate assessment. Through aggregating data across platforms, it reduces hiring friction and opens avenues for innovative applications like under-collateralized lending. The $TALENT token supports the ecosystem by incentivizing users to maintain verified data, usable for visibility boosts, onchain services, and earning rewards. With 600 million tokens, Talent Protocol is backed by $3.5 million from investors like Protocol Labs and GSR.
Dragon Academy offers educational and reputational bounties, compensating users in stablecoins for their contributions. It uses NFTs for access, funded by $200,000 in angel investment, with low operating costs and a focus on blockchain-based community engagement.
Gauntlet combines quantitative finance and onchain economic intelligence to optimize decentralized finance protocols. They offer a risk management and simulation platform that models market behaviors, tailors economic incentives, and helps protocols grow sustainably. Their products include automated vault strategies like Gauntlet USD Alpha and Aera for onchain treasury optimization, supported by proprietary research and powerful dashboards
