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Zilliqa is a high-throughput blockchain platform designed to handle high transaction volume. It uses sharding technology to improve network efficiency. It aims to provide a secure, fast and low-cost platform for businesses to build decentralized applications.

Frontier is a versatile non-custodial DeFi wallet for securely managing a wide range of cryptocurrency assets including non-fungible tokens, across more than thirty-five blockchains.

Livepeer is a decentralized video streaming platform that uses blockchain technology to provide a more efficient solution to video encoding, storage, and distribution services.

As the world's second-largest AMM platform, Curve gains popularity among users for its technology and development as well as its incentive-based financial ecosystem. In the newly released whitepaper of crvUSD stablecoin, Curve proposes a novel smooth liquidation mechanism, which greatly enhances its competitiveness and attractiveness, demonstrating the large potential to become the world's first AMM platform to issue stablecoins in the near future.

ZEC (Zcash) was launched on October 28, 2016, and belongs to the category of privacy coins in the cryptocurrency market. ZEC is the first blockchain system to use a zero-knowledge proof mechanism, which provides complete payment confidentiality while still maintaining a decentralized network on a public blockchain. Similar to BTC, ZEC has a total supply of 21 million. However, unlike BTC, transactions on ZEC automatically hide the sender, receiver, and amount on the blockchain, and only those with keys can see the content of transactions. Users have full control over their keys and can choose to provide them to others to view the information. ZEC can be seen as a branch of BTC, as it retains the original BTC model and is based on modifications to a version of the Bitcoin code.

As the first decentralized exchange (DEX) on Ethereum to support automatic market maker (AMM), Bancor supports instant and low-cost cryptocurrency transactions. In 2020, Bancor introduced unilateral staking and 100% impermanent loss solutions for AMM, allowing users to benefit from lower-risk solutions.

WOO Network is a deep liquidity network for large institutions and high-volume traders to trade in a dark pool platform using its CeFi and DeFi exchange services with zero trading fees.

1inch Network (1INCH) is a blockchain protocol that sieves through multiple decentralized exchange platforms for the best rates for traders without overpaying gas fees.

Proof of Authority is a permissioned consensus mechanism that uses identity as a stake to provide fast transactions and add blocks through the network.

Leased Proof of Stake is a variant of the PoS where users lease tokens to validators so that they can increase their mining power to produce blocks.

USDD is a TRC token launched on the TRON blockchain as an algorithmic stablecoin. Its aim is to provide financial freedom through mathematics and algorithms, similar to TerraUSD (UST) and Frax Finance (FRAX). The launch of USDD signifies TRON's entry into decentralized stablecoins. The TRON DAO aims to collaborate with other blockchain leaders to establish a decentralized USD exchange.

XMR, a privacy coin based on the CryptoNote protocol, was created in about 2013-2014. It is designed to achieve absolute anonymity through ring signatures and stealth addresses.

Loopring, also known as LRC, is a decentralized matching protocol that was launched in Q3 of 2017. It utilizes smart contracts and off-chain mechanisms for order matching and execution of transactions. The protocol operates on a zero-risk token exchange model, enabling multiple exchanges to compete for off-chain matching and on-chain settlement of similar orders, all powered by decentralized technology.

BONK is a new meme coin built on the Solana chain. The token has recently gained traction after drawing liquidity into the Solana ecosystem. Can the recent hype be sustained?

Flare Network is a high-performance decentralized cross-chain platform that delivers a set of native open protocols to build interoperable and composable apps.