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blockchain infrastructure and decentralized applications

Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-29 → 2026-10-08), compared with the prior 5.3 months.

fintech · 95 members · Data as of 2026-10-11

These products provide developer APIs, smart contracts, and decentralized financial applications, with a notable concentration around the Stellar and EVM ecosystems. They are built for Web3 developers and fintech builders creating on-chain payment, savings, and compliance solutions. This cluster is distinguished by its emphasis on backend protocol tooling and smart contract infrastructure rather than standalone consumer crypto exchanges.

Metrics

Stage
heating
Recent count
74
Prior count
9
Total count
95
Momentum
300.00
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Attention
0.48
Crowding
0.34
Low crowding
0.66
Concentration
0.83
Low concentration
0.17
Opportunity
0.58

Source split

github
32 (0.43)
hn
15 (0.20)
ph
23 (0.31)
yc
4 (0.05)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.38

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
Blocsys PH 1 2026-10-09
Blockchain Game Development Company PH 1 2026-09-08
Blockchain Development Company PH 1 2026-10-06
Nexgn PH 1 2026-09-21
Oculix PH 1 2026-09-15
Fintech Legals LLC PH 1 2026-09-18
Doti PH 1 2026-09-15
V T Payments Advisory PH 1 2026-09-14
Paxful Clone Script PH 1 2026-09-10
AnonCircle PH 1 2026-09-29
ENTELΞKRON PH 1 2026-10-07
Secuby® PH 1 2026-09-11
U卡观察 (UCard Observer) PH 1 2026-10-02
finpeel.com PH 1 2026-09-30
Ositrustees PH 1 2026-09-30
Blockchain Consulting Services PH 1 2026-10-06
Jilo Intelligence PH 1 2026-09-28
YieldCircle PH 1 2026-10-06
Blue Lantern Security PH 2 2026-09-23
Counsl PH 2 2026-09-13
GlobalEntity PH 2 2026-09-15
VaultSplit PH 2 2026-10-03
Duceus PH 2 2026-10-08
Private Credit Tokenization PH 3 2026-09-12
Luca IQ - An API for U.S. tax calculation and e-filing YC 4 2026-07-31
Pay.sh HN 5 2026-05-06
Free, non-profit crypto AML screening HN 5 2026-08-21
LARP Capital HN 5 2026-09-22
Art Collect PH 5 2026-09-26
Orca HN 5 2026-08-13
Nutshot Simulator HN 5 2026-07-16
9 years building an open-source financial platform HN 5 2026-01-23
B2B Virtual Deal Rooms HN 5 2025-10-31
WavexAI HN 6 2026-09-22
Onionfutures.com: transferable contracts for future delivery of onions HN 6 2026-05-18
There's a full suite of open alternatives to BigTech hardware now HN 6 2025-12-17
SaaS payment integration in ~10 lines of code HN 7 2026-08-03
.github GITHUB 7 2026-09-15
LiquidBrain HN 7 2026-07-22
StudioLedger HN 8 2026-04-25
oslokrok GITHUB 8 2026-09-28
Paykit HN 8 2025-10-31
Donation.watch HN 8 2026-02-17
Miget HN 8 2026-07-29
Wealtii HN 8 2026-06-29
Chainstack Self-Hosted, hosting your own blockchain nodes made simple HN 9 2026-06-21
Trading on-chain with 0 gas: A <1ms DEX router at 0.50% fees HN 9 2026-09-17
Conifer: Local-first least cost routing system YC 10 2026-07-15
sentinel GITHUB 11 2026-09-22
liquid-bulk-creator GITHUB 11 2026-10-06