Genesis | Retail With Dealflow
Welcome to Coinfeeds Genesis — your weekly guide to trending early-stage startups from the blockchain world. In this newsletter, we seek to provide clarity and valuable data for navigating the public and private markets in the evolving space.
Here is the complete database featuring all of the Genesis companies scouted since the newsletter’s launch, including the associated data for a comprehensive overview of our latest findings:
This week we’re featuring 13 projects, ranging from smaller projects to more established startups.
A key trend across many of these companies is the democratization of access to early-stage investing in both startups and token projects. Platforms like VANTA and Echo facilitate community-driven investment, enabling individuals to invest alongside professional investors in curated deals with the help of tokenization.
Additionally, from cross-chain solutions and decentralized staking to non-custodial inheritance management and decentralized finance protocols, the focus is on creating efficient, user-centric ecosystems.
Here is a breakdown by sector:
Below is the selection of companies. To see some of our past issues, please go to:
Investing
VANTA - a curated NFT-gated DAO consisting of web3 leaders and investors, focusing on early-stage investments and advisory. The collective provides access to deal flow, exclusive events, and research-driven opportunities through partnerships with leading venture capital firms.
Echo - a platform for early-stage investing in startups and token projects, allowing community members to invest alongside professional investors. It facilitates group investments by letting lead investors form groups where members can choose to follow the lead on a deal-by-deal basis.
Infrastructure
Validator.com - a community validator on the Solana blockchain, offering users the opportunity to earn daily rewards by staking their SOL tokens. It allows users to securely stake their Solana tokens directly from their wallets, earning between 7-9% APY.
SOON - a rollup stack using a Decoupled Solana VM to improve performance. It can run on L1 blockchains enabling scalable L2 solutions with fast transactions and low fees.
Data
Tonscan - a blockchain explorer designed for the TON ecosystem. It allows users to investigate and search for addresses, domains, transactions, and other blockchain data on the TON network.
Player 2 - a gamified directory built on Solana, designed to make the process of discovering new projects more engaging and fun. It transforms the traditional directory format by representing businesses, protocols, and NFT projects.
DeFi
Spiko - a provider of on-chain money market funds that bring access to short-term government bonds, both in USD and EUR. These funds invest in Treasury Bills from the U.S. Treasury and Eurozone Member States, with competitive risk-free yields.
TOKI - a cross-chain token transfer platform that utilizes the IBC protocol to provide secure, native transfers between blockchains without the need for wrapped tokens or trusted third parties.
Digital Identity
Heir/Es - a decentralized, non-custodial inheritance and succession management protocol. It allows users to securely manage and pass on their crypto wealth, real-world assets, collectibles, tokenized documents, and even AI-powered memories on the blockchain.
Bluwhale - a decentralized AI personalization protocol that allows users to transform their data into valuable, shared knowledge while receiving financial rewards. The protocol aggregates data from various blockchain networks into a vector-graph-based layer.
Gambling
Solcasino.io - a licensed, multichain casino built on the Solana blockchain, offering users the ability to gamble using over 25 cryptocurrencies, including BTC, ETH, and SOL. Launched in December 2021, it provides a variety of games.
Wallets
Callisto - a fast and simple Solana wallet integrated into Discord. It allows users to trade any token on the Solana blockchain through a user-friendly interface, leveraging Jupiter's routing for token swaps.
Stablecoins
Resolv USR - a delta-neutral stablecoin backed by ETH and derivatives. It's designed to avoid exposure to crypto market movements through a strategy that balances risk. There's a protection layer that absorbs risks, while USR offers competitive yield.