69 Best Cryptocurrency Startups to Watch in 2024

ComplyAdvantage is a company developing machine learning and big data based financial crime fighting software.

Tesseract is a diversified financial services and investment management innovator in digital assets, powered by world-class technology.

Platform providing institutional investors and market participants with high-quality data infrastructure.

Revolut is a London-based Fintech startup and bank offering mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange services.

Cryptio is a Back-Office Infrastructure for crypto native organizations founded in 2018 by Antoine Scalia.

Platform that simplifies investing in the best DeFi opportunities.

Block is a technology company that has developed solutions to develop an integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services for sellers. It was founded as Square in 2009 and is located in San Francisco, California.

Platform for building modern reactive apps with realtime collaboration and offline capabilities.

Platform for managing bank accounts and personal finances.

Aave is an open-source, non-custodial protocol to earn interest on deposits and borrow assets.

Knabu Distributed Systems is a London-based developer of a blockchain-based clearing infrastructure designed to address the denial of banking services.

Coin Metrics provides network and market data and analysis for cryptocurrencies.

Luno is a cryptocurrency company founded in 2013 by Marcus Swanepoel.

Bitbond is an online loan platform backed by cryptocurrencies founded in 2013 by Radoslav Albrecht, Jürgen Walter and Robert Nasiadek.

Solana is a decentralized blockchain built to enable scalable, user-friendly apps for the world.

1inch is the developer of a decentralized finance platform and includes the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, the 1inch Liquidity Protocol, the 1inch Limit Order Protocol and the 1inch Wallet.

Bella Protocol is a platform that provides a suite of DeFi products designed to make crypto banking simpler and more accessible. The protocol aims to create a better user experience by eliminating the high fee and slow transaction issues that can affect some blockchain platforms — while simultaneously improving the user experience through its simpl

Payment platform integrating crypto and fiat for modern financial services.

Multis is a company that has created a cryptocurrency bank for companies. It was founded in 2018 and is located in San Francisco, California.

Technology solutions provider addressing unique international security challenges.

Autograph is an NFT platform that brings together the iconic brands in sports and culture to create unique digital collections.

Abra offers a cryptocurrency trading application created to streamline online cryptocurrency transfers and investments.

CoinBundle is a company founded in 2018.

Evie Labs is a Palo Alto, California-based company founded in 2013 by David Zhao, Russ d'Sa, Jin Hian Lee and David Schwartz.

Nomics is a software company creating data products and APIs for institutional cryptocurrency investors.

Cosmos is an ecosystem of interoperable blockchain apps and services.

Polkadot is a blockchain network built to enable Web3 and decentralized internet.

A software company with a focus on developing financial solutions.

Ramp Network is a blockchain company founded in 2018 by Szymon Sypniewicz.

Web3 platform for monitoring and maintaining blockchain networks and nodes developed by Scale3 Labs, founded by former Coinbase engineers.

MSAfe is an Aptos-based multi-sig wallet protocol.

Alchemy is a San Francisco-based blockchain development company offering enterprise clients the capability of building scalable decentralized applications without needing to manage the blockchain infrastructure.

Rarible is an NFT marketplace and issuance platform that allows users to create and sell digital collectibles secured with blockchain.

Ramp is a multi-chain DeFi lending platform.

VeeFriends is an NFT project developed by Gary Vaynerchuk.

Delphia is a Toronto-based artificial intelligence company that was founded in 2017.

Casa is a blockchain and cryptocurrency computer software company that offers a multi-signature cryptocurrency wallet for protecting users cryptographic keys.

Unikrn is a Seattle-based eSports betting site. The company was acquired by Entain in 2021.

BitGo is a financial services company in  California that focuses on financial services, providing clients with security, custody, and liquidity solutions.

Olymp Capital is the first European Asset Management Fund dedicated to Blockchain and Digital Asset.

Mauve is a decentralized exchange that provides the compliance of traditional finance. The platform offers its users TradFi-level compliance guarantees to drastically reduce counterparty risk. Mauve relies on Violet's on-chain compliance infrastructure, which issues privacy-preserving compliance credentials, in addition to leveraging multi-facto...

The communication protocol and network for web3 and crypto

Chainalysis is a company that provides tools for cryptocurrency analysis, compliance, and investigation.

Mysten Labs creates foundational infrastructure to accelerate the adoption of Web3.

OpenSea is an online marketplace for buying and selling cryptocollectibles. The company is located in New York City and was founded in 2017.

Polygon is a protocol and a framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks.

Meta Ruffy is a company creating an interactive Metaverse entertainment community.

Braintrust is a decentralized talent network. Braintrust is a blockchain-powered freelancer marketplace that connects skilled tech experts with clients.

Bitso is a cryptocurrency exchange for buying and selling Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, TrueUSD, Decentraland, Golem, and Basic Attention Token.

Decentralized data exchange protocol to unlock data for AI

Compound is an algorithmic, autonomous interest rate protocol built for developers to unlock a universe of open financial applications.

Livepeer is a decentralized live streaming platform founded in 2017 by Eric Tang, Chris Hobcroft, and Doug Petkanics.

A blockchain company offering a utility cryptocurrency token running on the Ethereum blockchain that is stabilized by the U.S. dollar.

API3 is a DAO-driven project to build dAPIs - fully decentralized, native blockchain APIs - that will be configured, managed, insured and monetized at scale with API3 DAO.

Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses and banks in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

Etherscan is a block explorer for Ethereum.

Zero Hash is a financial services company specializing in digital assets-as-a-service technology.

Bitcoin Suisse AG is a Swiss-regulated financial intermediary specializing in crypto-financial services, based in Zug, Switzerland.

Polygon.io is a company founded in 2016 by Quinton Pike.

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STEPN is a Web3 lifestyle app with Social-Fi and Game-Fi elements.

Iron Fish is a Layer 1 blockchain.

Bitclout is a social cryptocurrency exchange where people can buy or sell tokens based on people's reputations.

Caldera makes it easy to launch performant, customizable blockchain rollups. No code required.

TaxBit is a Draper, Utah-based company developing software that automates the calculations required for crypto tax reporting.

Quidd is a platform for buying, selling, and trading cryptocollectables founded in 2016 by Michael Bramlage.

Strips Finance is the FIRST revolutionary interest rate derivatives exchange on Arbitrum

Company providing multiple high-performance, flexible blockchain frameworks and a distributed trust collaboration platform

Filecoin is a blockchain-based storage and cryptocurrency created by Protocol Labs backed by an application token.