The sector comprises blockchain networks that provide foundational infrastructure for transactions, smart contracts, and decentralized applications, with their own block production and settlement. This includes Layer 1 blockchains, Layer 2 solutions, Layer 3 networks, sidechains, application-specific chains, permissioned networks, and other blockchain architectures.

The sector comprises profiles focused on community building, networking, conferences, and gatherings within the Web3 ecosystem. This includes both community organizations and the organizers and platforms behind conferences, competitions, and gatherings of any format.

The sector comprises services, APIs, platforms, and tools that provide blockchain data, market intelligence, portfolio tracking, and analytics for the blockchain and Web3 ecosystem. This includes both Web3-native data providers and traditional data companies offering blockchain analytics products.

The sector comprises platforms that facilitate peer-to-peer or business-to-consumer transactions for physical goods, digital products, or services, utilizing blockchain technology for payments, verification, or decentralized operations, covering commerce in goods and services rather than trading of unique onchain digital assets. This includes both Web3-native marketplaces and traditional commerce platforms integrating cryptocurrency payments.

The sector comprises profiles whose primary mission is structured learning and skills development within blockchain and Web3 ecosystems, delivered through ongoing curricula, courses, certifications, and training programs rather than one-off events or gatherings. This includes both Web3-native education platforms and traditional institutions offering blockchain-focused programs.

The sector comprises organizations that develop technical standards, industry frameworks, best practices, and governance models for blockchain and Web3 ecosystems, serving member and ecosystem interests rather than offering commercial services. This includes standards bodies, industry associations, certification authorities, and collaborative initiatives focused on protocol development, regulatory frameworks, or ecosystem coordination.

The sector comprises foundational technologies, protocols, and services that enable the operation, scaling, and interoperability of blockchain networks and decentralized applications. This includes services such as network access, node operation, data indexing, offchain data delivery, cross-chain connectivity, and transaction validation.

The sector comprises profiles validating transactions and securing blockchain networks through computational mining using Proof-of-Work consensus mechanisms. This includes both Web3-native mining businesses and traditional operators offering mining infrastructure, equipment, or hosting services.

The sector comprises profiles enhancing the safety and resilience of blockchain networks, smart contracts, and decentralized applications through security auditing, threat monitoring, testing, and protection against attacks and vulnerabilities. This includes both Web3-native security firms and traditional cybersecurity companies offering blockchain security services.

Profiles that are founding members of the Avalanche Payments Collective

Partner

Part of the decentralised ecosystem

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Profiles featured in the Bluechip Report 2025

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Attendees who came the Bluechip 2025 Conference. https://conference.bluechip.org/

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The development of this product has come to an end but as it is publicly accessable, either onchain or a framework, the product may still be accessible. If the product is an event that has concluded, choose this option.

Trading platforms facilitating transactions in financial assets, including cryptocurrencies, equities, funds, and commodities through centralized order books and custody services. Users deposit funds into exchange- or broker-controlled accounts and trade against orders that are matched by the platform.

Comprehensive platforms combining real-time market data, onchain metrics, analytics, and visualization tools for cryptocurrency research and monitoring, without trade execution. Users build dashboards and analyze markets, protocols, and portfolios for investment research.

Decentralized networks coordinating physical infrastructure resources such as wireless connectivity, bandwidth, sensors, energy, or mobility hardware with token-based incentives. Participants contribute hardware to provide decentralized services while earning protocol rewards.

Platforms, educational programs, courses, certifications, and training resources that facilitate knowledge and skills development across blockchain, Web3, and cryptocurrency domains through structured learning experiences.

Decentralized protocols enabling secure message exchange between users and applications with privacy and censorship resistance. Users and applications communicate through encrypted channels without relying on centralized messaging providers.

Platforms enabling creation, minting, and primary issuance of non-fungible tokens without technical expertise. Creators upload artwork or content and mint NFTs with customizable properties, royalties, and distribution methods while the platform handles contract deployment.

Platforms enabling discovery, listing, and secondary trading of non-fungible tokens between users through auctions, fixed-price listings, or offers. Collectors browse collections, purchase NFTs from other holders, and resell items with royalties enforced at the point of trade.

Managed services operating and maintaining dedicated blockchain nodes on behalf of clients. Providers handle infrastructure provisioning, software updates, and ongoing operations while clients retain control over how their nodes are used.

Tools combining real-time transaction monitoring for regulatory compliance with investigation of illicit activity and compliance reporting. These platforms analyze transaction patterns, identify suspicious addresses, and provide risk scoring for regulatory adherence.

Infrastructure operating payment and settlement networks that move funds between validated participants, including stablecoin rails and closed business networks settling on public blockchains. These networks provide the underlying rails that applications and services build upon.

Software deployed by pool operators to coordinate resource pooling for mining, staking, or liquidity provision across multiple participants. These systems aggregate contributions from many users and distribute rewards proportionally based on participation.

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Platforms enabling users to earn staking rewards by delegating tokens or staking through managed validation services. Users deposit assets into delegation pools or validation programs while the service handles validator selection, operations, and reward distribution.

Comprehensive platforms providing trade execution and order management across multiple exchanges alongside real-time market data, charting, and technical analysis tools. Users place and manage orders through unified interfaces for professional trading workflows.

Network operators validating transactions and producing blocks under their own validator identity on proof-of-stake blockchains. These operators run and maintain their own validator infrastructure, earning protocol rewards and, where they accept delegations, commissions on delegated stake.

The asset has been superseded by a new token contract through a protocol migration, rebrand, or version upgrade. The old contract may still exist onchain but is no longer the canonical representation of the project's token.

Tokens or digital shares representing exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products that provide regulated exposure to digital assets, blockchain indices, or crypto-related strategies.

Tokens representing onchain ownership of equity in publicly listed or private companies, enabling blockchain-based trading and settlement of company shares.

Tokens representing fungible financial instruments subject to securities regulations, including tokenized fixed-income products, security token offerings, and structured investment vehicles.

This asset was launched via a certain product

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This product has records in product Country support and has been researched.

This product, due to the product type / classification, is not applicable to be collected. No information on product country support will be collected.

This product has not had any collection done on the product country support

Did research into the countries that these products support, but it was not clear. This research should be re-visited in the future.

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Links to public sources documenting a profile's closure, such as a shutdown announcement or similar evidence that the entity has ceased operating