Company profiles A–ZFacts checked October 2026
Crypto companies and protocols, explained
Plain-language profiles of the companies behind crypto exchanges, wallets and DeFi protocols: who runs them, how their products work, what they charge, how to reach them and where the risks are. Every fact is sourced.
- Profiles
- 30
- Sectors
- 6
- Sources cited
- 262
- Founded
- 2011–2023
1inch
DEX aggregator (non-custodial) with associated token
1inch is a non-custodial decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- 2019
- Token
- 1INCH
- Sources
- 11 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Aave Labs
Lending protocol developer + company with associated token
Aave is a non-custodial lending protocol on public blockchains, originally developed by the private company Aave Labs, that lets users supply crypto assets to earn variable interest and borrow against collateral worth more than the loan.
- Sector
- Yield & lending
- Founded
- 2017
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 12 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Across Protocol
Bridge / cross-chain infrastructure (intent-based) with associated token
Across Protocol is an intent-based cross-chain bridge, developed by Risk Labs, that moves tokens between Ethereum, its layer-2 networks and other chains.
- Sector
- DeFi & infrastructure
- Founded
- 2019
- Token
- ACX
- Sources
- 11 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Allnodes
Staking / node infrastructure provider (service firm)
Allnodes is a non-custodial blockchain infrastructure service that runs validators, masternodes and full nodes on behalf of its customers across more than 90 proof-of-stake and other networks.
- Sector
- Yield & lending
- Founded
- not stated
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 11 · checked 19 Oct 2026
BitBox
Hardware wallet manufacturer
BitBox is a Swiss hardware wallet brand owned by Shift Crypto AG, a privately held company in the canton of Zurich that designs the BitBox02 and BitBox02 Nova.
- Sector
- Custody & wallets
- Founded
- 2015
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 8 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Chorus One
Staking infrastructure provider (validator operator)
Chorus One is a Swiss staking infrastructure company that has operated validators on proof-of-stake blockchains since 2018 and, since a February 2026 acquisition, belongs to the asset manager Bitwise.
- Sector
- Yield & lending
- Founded
- 2018
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 7 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Circle
Stablecoin issuer (publicly listed parent company)
Circle Internet Group, Inc. is a New York–headquartered financial technology company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as CRCL, that issues the USDC and EURC stablecoins through regulated subsidiaries.
- Sector
- DeFi & infrastructure
- Founded
- 2013
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 10 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Coinbase
Centralized exchange / broker (multi-product public company)
Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage operated by Coinbase Global, Inc., a company listed on Nasdaq under the ticker COIN whose original operating company was incorporated in 2012.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- 2012
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 11 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Convex Finance
Yield aggregator / DeFi protocol with associated token (CVX)
Convex Finance is a decentralized protocol on Ethereum that pools Curve Finance governance power so that Curve liquidity providers can earn boosted CRV rewards without locking any CRV themselves.
- Sector
- Yield & lending
- Founded
- 2021
- Token
- CVX
- Sources
- 4 · checked 19 Oct 2026
CryptoSlam
NFT analytics / data aggregator
CryptoSlam is an NFT data aggregator that ranks collections, marketplaces and blockchains by sales volume, transactions and buyer counts.
- Sector
- NFT & consumer
- Founded
- 2018
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 8 · checked 19 Oct 2026
DefiLlama
Analytics / data tool (DeFi TVL aggregator, API provider)
DefiLlama is a free, open-source analytics website that aggregates total value locked (TVL), fees, trading volumes, yields and stablecoin supply across thousands of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and hundreds of blockchains.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- not stated
- Token
- None
- Sources
- 11 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Dune
On-chain analytics / data platform
Dune (Dune Analytics) is a blockchain data platform, operated by the Norwegian company Dune Analytics AS and founded in 2018, that turns raw on-chain activity into SQL-queryable tables.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- 2018
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 3 · checked 19 Oct 2026
dYdX
Perpetual DEX (app-specific blockchain) + company with associated token
dYdX is a decentralized exchange for perpetual futures that runs on dYdX Chain, a standalone proof-of-stake blockchain built with Cosmos technology, where validators maintain the order book and match trades.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- 2017
- Token
- DYDX
- Sources
- 11 · checked 19 Oct 2026
ether.fi
Liquid staking / restaking protocol + crypto card (non-custodial "neobank")
ether.fi is a crypto finance platform, operated by the Cayman Islands company Ether.Fi SEZC, that started as an Ethereum liquid staking protocol and now describes itself as a non-custodial crypto "neobank." Its two best-known products are the eETH and weETH staking tokens and the ether.fi Cash card, a Visa card issued by Third National that spends from stablecoins or borrows against crypto held in your ether.fi account.
- Sector
- Yield & lending
- Founded
- not stated
- Token
- ETHFI
- Sources
- 5 · checked 19 Oct 2026
FixedFloat
Instant exchanger (custodial swap service, no account required)
FixedFloat is an instant cryptocurrency exchanger that converts one coin into another without requiring an account.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- 2018
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 7 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Gauntlet
Protocol economics / risk advisory firm and DeFi vault curator
Gauntlet is a crypto financial-modeling firm, legally Gauntlet Networks, Inc., that started in 2018 and works in two roles: it advises DeFi protocols on risk parameters and incentives, and it curates onchain vaults that allocate depositors' assets across lending markets.
- Sector
- Business services
- Founded
- 2018
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 8 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Hyperliquid
Perpetual DEX / layer-1 blockchain with associated token (HYPE)
Hyperliquid is a layer-1 blockchain whose main application is a fully onchain exchange for perpetual futures and spot tokens, where every order, cancellation, trade and liquidation is recorded on the chain itself.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- 2023
- Token
- HYPE
- Sources
- 5 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Kraken
Centralized exchange
Kraken is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange operated by Payward, Inc., a privately held company whose copyright line dates the business to 2011.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- 2011
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 9 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Magic Eden
NFT marketplace + company with associated token
Magic Eden is a Solana-focused NFT marketplace operated by Euclid Labs, Inc., a US company founded in 2021, where users buy, sell and make offers on Solana NFTs from their own wallets and buy randomized Packs of collectibles.
- Sector
- NFT & consumer
- Founded
- 2021
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 12 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Marinade
Liquid staking / stake automation protocol (Solana)
Marinade (Marinade Finance) is a stake automation protocol on Solana that spreads a user's SOL across a selected set of validators and rebalances that stake every epoch.
- Sector
- Yield & lending
- Founded
- 2021
- Token
- MNDE
- Sources
- 3 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Morpho
Lending protocol (DeFi lending markets + curated vaults)
Morpho is a non-custodial onchain lending network in which lenders and borrowers interact through immutable smart contracts rather than a company balance sheet.
- Sector
- Yield & lending
- Founded
- 2021
- Token
- MORPHO
- Sources
- 11 · checked 19 Oct 2026
OpenSea
NFT marketplace and token trading platform (non-custodial)
OpenSea is a marketplace for buying, selling and creating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that, since its OS2 relaunch in 2025, also lets users swap fungible crypto tokens across many blockchains.
- Sector
- NFT & consumer
- Founded
- 2017
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 10 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Paxos
Stablecoin issuer and regulated blockchain infrastructure company
Paxos is a New York-based blockchain infrastructure company that issues dollar stablecoins and tokenized gold for itself and for partners, most visibly the Pax Dollar (USDP), PayPal USD (PYUSD), Global Dollar (USDG) and Pax Gold (PAXG).
- Sector
- DeFi & infrastructure
- Founded
- 2012
- Token
- USDP, PYUSD, PAXG
- Sources
- 12 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Pendle
DeFi yield-tokenization and rate-trading protocol (with associated token)
Pendle (Pendle Finance) is a permissionless DeFi protocol that splits yield-bearing tokens — liquid staking tokens, restaking tokens, yield-bearing stablecoins and similar assets — into a principal token (PT) and a yield token (YT) that trade separately until a fixed maturity date.
- Sector
- Yield & lending
- Founded
- 2021
- Token
- PENDLE
- Sources
- 2 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Rabby Wallet
Self-custody software wallet (browser extension and mobile)
Rabby Wallet is an open-source, self-custody crypto wallet for Ethereum and EVM-compatible networks, available as a browser extension and a mobile app.
- Sector
- Custody & wallets
- Founded
- 2021
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 7 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Rocket Pool
Liquid staking protocol (Ethereum) with governance/revenue token
Rocket Pool is a decentralized Ethereum staking protocol, live on mainnet since October 2021, that pools ETH from holders who receive a liquid token, rETH, with validators run by independent node operators who post their own ETH as a bond.
- Sector
- Yield & lending
- Founded
- 2016
- Token
- RPL
- Sources
- 10 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Safe
Wallet (smart-account multisig, self-custody) with associated token
Safe, formerly Gnosis Safe, is a self-custody smart-account wallet for Ethereum and other EVM networks.
- Sector
- Custody & wallets
- Founded
- not stated
- Token
- SAFE
- Sources
- 12 · checked 19 Oct 2026
TradingView
Trading tool / charting and market-data platform
TradingView is a browser, desktop and mobile charting platform and social network for traders, operated by TradingView, Inc. and founded in 2011.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- 2011
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 6 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Trezor
Wallet / hardware device
Trezor is a Czech maker of hardware wallets, operated by Trezor Company s.r.o. in Prague and part of the SatoshiLabs Group, that sells small offline signing devices for storing the private keys to bitcoin and other crypto assets.
- Sector
- Custody & wallets
- Founded
- 2013
- Token
- not stated
- Sources
- 14 · checked 19 Oct 2026
Uniswap
DEX protocol and interface developer
Uniswap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol: a set of smart contracts, first deployed on Ethereum on November 2, 2018, that lets anyone swap tokens against shared liquidity pools instead of an order book.
- Sector
- Exchanges & trading
- Founded
- 2018
- Token
- UNI
- Sources
- 11 · checked 19 Oct 2026
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