Crypto Companies Directory

Petra is a non-custodial software wallet built exclusively for the Aptos blockchain, available as a browser extension, mobile app, and web interface. The wallet supports asset management, token swaps, native APT staking, and DeFi interactions across Aptos protocols, with built-in transaction transparency and Ledger hardware wallet integration. Users can secure accounts via private key, seed phrase, or social login through Google and Apple, with no seed phrase required for the web wallet variant. Petra was developed by Aptos Labs, the core engineering team behind the Aptos L1, and is pre-installed on the JamboPhone as the default Aptos-compatible wallet. It merged with Aptos Connect to offer a unified self-custodial web wallet experience accessible across devices.

PetRock Capital is a venture capital firm focused on blockchain and Web3 investments, backing projects across DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and Web3 infrastructure. The firm takes an active investment approach, providing portfolio companies with product strategy, token design guidance, growth and marketing support, and access to a network of funds, advisors, and institutional partners. Its portfolio includes projects such as Raydium, Metaplex, Solend, SolanaFM, Star Atlas, Nillion, and Nosana, reflecting a concentration in the Solana ecosystem alongside broader multi-chain exposure. PetRock Capital positions itself as an Asia Pacific-focused blockchain fund, aiming to bridge portfolio teams into key regional markets.

Pi42 is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange operating in India that offers futures and options contracts denominated in Indian Rupees (INR). The platform provides leveraged trading on digital assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with maximum leverage ratios of 150x. The exchange's primary technical feature is direct INR settlement of contracts, which eliminates the need for currency conversion between INR and USD and simplifies compliance with India's cryptocurrency taxation framework. This settlement mechanism avoids the 1% Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) that applies to spot cryptocurrency transactions under Indian tax law. Pi42 operates a trading infrastructure supporting multiple currency pairs in both INR and USDT denominations.

Placeholder is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 that focuses exclusively on early-stage crypto networks and companies. The firm is managed by partners Joel Monegro and Chris Burniske, with Brad Burnham as venture partner, Mario Laul as Head of Research, and Shelly Gogol as General Manager. Placeholder invests across a broad range of crypto-native sectors including L1 blockchains, DeFi protocols, wallets, and Web3 infrastructure, with a portfolio of over 75 companies and networks including Solana, Ethereum, Celestia, Monad, Jito, and zkSync. The firm publishes original research on topics such as cryptoasset economics, validator incentive design, and blockchain network metrics, reflecting a thesis-driven investment approach.

Planet Hares is a Web3 metaverse gaming platform centered on a rabbit-themed virtual world called the Hareverse. The platform supports PC, mobile, and VR devices. The ecosystem includes NFT assets for avatars, land, wearables, weapons, and spaceships. Players can engage in multiple modes including PVP, PVE, guild versus guild (GVG), exploration, and mini-games. The platform operates a multi-token economy comprising HI, HARES, HAC, and GCT tokens. Core economic mechanisms include staking functionality, an in-game decentralized exchange called X-Change, a marketplace for asset trading, and a mine system that generates passive revenue.

Planet IX is a blockchain-based strategy game that operates on the Base network. The platform utilizes a virtual representation of a planet where participants manage land parcels and develop territories. The system architecture is built around a decentralized economy where players engage in resource management through various gameplay modules. Core features include the acquisition of digital land and the deployment of specialized drones designed to harvest resources. These elements are integrated into a broader framework that allows for the construction and optimization of geographic holdings within a competitive environment.

Planetarium Labs is a Web3 game studio best known for Nine Chronicles, a fully decentralized, serverless RPG where players can play, mine, and govern the game world using blockchain technology. The company also develops a Web3 Toolkit — a core library enabling fully decentralized, peer-to-peer games with native multi-platform support.

Plaza Finance is a DeFi protocol on Base mainnet that issues two structured crypto-backed tokens: bondETH, a decentralized bond that pays quarterly USDC coupons, and levETH, a liquidation-proof leveraged ETH token. The protocol draws on ETH liquid staking and restaking collateral from partners such as EtherFi, Renzo, Kelp, and Rocket Pool, with Chainlink oracles and Gelato automation underpinning its mechanics. It targets users seeking fixed-income-style crypto exposure or leveraged ETH positions without liquidation risk, positioning itself as on-chain structured products infrastructure. The project raised a Pre-Seed round (amount undisclosed) with backing from Anagram, Interop Ventures, Cosmostation, Ambush Capital, Informal Systems, and Skip.

Poloniex is a centralised cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2014 in the U.S. that offers spot trading, margin trading, futures (perpetual contracts settled in USDT), and P2P fiat-to-crypto purchasing. The platform supports a wide range of altcoins and was notably the first exchange to list ETH/BTC trading pairs in 2015, contributing to early Ethereum price discovery. Product offerings include automated trading bots (spot grid, futures grid), copy trading, a token launchpad (LaunchBase), and an earn/yield product. A 'Super Membership' tier introduced in 2026 offers zero-fee trading across markets for $1/month, and the exchange has integrated with APENFT for NFT marketplace access.

PolyGun is a Telegram-based trading bot that interfaces with Polymarket, an on-chain prediction markets platform. The bot enables users to browse available markets, execute buy and sell orders, and replicate positions from selected wallets through its copy trading mechanism, all within the Telegram messaging interface. The copy trading feature allows users to automatically mirror positions from specified wallets. The bot operates as a Telegram application and includes integrations with multiple cryptocurrency projects.

Ponder is an open-source TypeScript framework for indexing EVM smart contract data, built as a self-hosted, vendor-agnostic alternative to The Graph Protocol's subgraph infrastructure. It offers hot reloading for local development, end-to-end type safety without code generation, and benchmarks approximately 10x faster sync speeds and significantly smaller database footprints compared to The Graph. The framework targets Web3 developers who need reliable, maintainable on-chain data pipelines without vendor lock-in, and supports one-click deployment to any Node.js environment with horizontal scaling and zero downtime. Ponder is developed and maintained by Cantrip, Inc., and is distributed under an open-source license with its source code hosted on GitHub.

PooCoin is a charting and analytics platform built specifically for tokens on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), allowing users to view real-time price charts for any BEP-20 token, including those held in a connected wallet. The platform offers features such as multi-chart views, a token swap interface, portfolio tracking via wallet connection, and a Telegram price bot for on-the-go monitoring. It also operates an advertising marketplace where BSC projects can promote their tokens directly to the PooCoin user base. The platform has its own native token (POOCOIN) and offers a premium tier with enhanced features, targeting retail DeFi traders and BSC ecosystem participants.

Poolz Finance is a decentralized launchpad that facilitates early-stage token sales (IDOs) across multiple blockchains including Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Avalanche, Base, Arbitrum, and others. The platform has completed over 200 token launches and raised more than $50 million, with users staking the native $POOLX token to gain tiered access to IDO allocations. A notable feature is its IDO refund model, which offers downside protection to participants, and 61.54% of circulating $POOLX supply is currently locked. The platform positions itself at the intersection of AI and Web3, vetting early-stage projects and connecting them with retail participants and institutional backers.

Portal Ventures is a crypto-focused venture capital firm that leads pre-seed checks into protocol-based businesses, typically before product-market fit. The firm specializes in business model design, go-to-market strategy, and fundraising support for early-stage crypto founders. Its portfolio includes Bitcoin-native projects (Arch Network, Bima, Horizon), DeFi infrastructure (Concrete, Den), decentralized compute (Exabits), and ZK-based L1s (Nockchain), among others. The team includes Evan Fisher (formerly Insight Partners and Goldman Sachs) and Catrina Wang (formerly Protocol Labs, Apple, and Hivemind Capital), who also designed the Wharton School's crypto curriculum.

Portofino Technologies is a digital asset market maker and OTC trading firm founded in 2021 by Léonard Lancia, a former Citadel Securities systematic options market-making desk head. The firm provides liquidity services to crypto exchanges, blockchain token projects, and institutional investors, with a focus on high-frequency, algorithmically driven market making across fragmented digital asset markets. Its product suite includes market making, OTC execution for large block trades, and treasury management services covering yield generation, lending, and risk reduction. The senior team draws heavily from high-frequency trading backgrounds at firms such as Citadel Securities, IMC Trading, Goldman Sachs, and Citi.

Primitive Ventures is a crypto-focused multi-strategy investment firm that has been active since 2018, backing blockchain protocols, DeFi projects, and onchain infrastructure across both Eastern and Western markets. The firm is fully partner-owned with no outside LP capital, operating an evergreen book that allows for long-term, patient deployment. Its portfolio includes over 50 projects spanning L1/L2 infrastructure (Cosmos, Optimism, Monad, StarkWare), DeFi protocols (Ethena), data and analytics tools (Nansen, Messari), and CeDeFi plays such as a participation in SharpLink Gaming's $425M PIPE. The team operates across Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, and San Francisco, positioning itself as a bridge between Asian and Western crypto ecosystems.

Privacy Pools is an Ethereum-based DeFi protocol that enables compliant on-chain privacy for token transfers using zero-knowledge proofs. The protocol allows users to deposit and withdraw assets while cryptographically proving their funds are not linked to sanctioned or illicit activity, addressing the regulatory tension that led to Tornado Cash's shutdown. It supports 21 pools across Ethereum and OP Mainnet, covering assets including ETH, USDC, USDT, DAI, wBTC, wstETH, and several stablecoins. The project is backed by Ethereum veterans and has received notable investment, with its design rooted in a co-authored paper by Vitalik Buterin on privacy-preserving compliance.

Privado ID is a decentralized digital identity platform spun out of Polygon, providing privacy-preserving identity infrastructure built on zero-knowledge proof technology. Its core product enables verifiable credentials and self-sovereign identity for use cases including KYC compliance, age verification, national ID systems, and content authenticity, without exposing underlying personal data. The platform targets application developers, identity wallet builders, and credential providers seeking to integrate privacy-first identity management into blockchain and web3 applications. Privado ID has extended its scope into human and AI identity verification through a network called Billions, positioning it at the intersection of decentralized identity and AI agent authentication.

Proleo.io is a public relations and marketing agency that provides services to cryptocurrency, blockchain, Web3, and NFT projects. The agency offers crypto public relations, influencer marketing, content creation, community management, and initial coin offering or token launch campaign services designed for the digital asset sector. Its clients include blockchain startups, decentralized finance protocols, NFT brands, and fintech companies. The agency has been listed in industry directories including Clutch and GoodFirms.

Proto is a Bitcoin mining hardware and software company operating as a subsidiary of Block, Inc. (formerly Square). Its core product line consists of the Proto Rig, a purpose-built Bitcoin ASIC mining machine, and Proto Fleet, a mining management software platform designed to monitor and control mining operations at scale. The products target professional and institutional Bitcoin miners seeking integrated hardware and software solutions from a single vendor. Proto is wholly owned by Block, Inc., the payments and financial services company co-founded by Jack Dorsey, giving it the backing of a publicly traded technology firm with deep ties to the Bitcoin ecosystem.

PulseX is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on PulseChain, functioning as an automated market maker (AMM) forked from Uniswap. It allows users to swap PRC20 tokens at a 0.29% fee, with 76% of fees distributed to liquidity providers and 21% used to buy and burn its native token PLSX, creating a deflationary supply mechanism. The protocol targets PulseChain users and ERC20 holders who bridge assets from Ethereum, offering yield farming via LP token deposits into incentivized pools governed by a PLSX-holder DAO. PulseX positions itself as the primary liquidity venue on PulseChain, leveraging the chain's sub-cent transaction fees and approximately 3-second confirmation times to compete with Ethereum-based DEXs on cost and speed.

PunkPredictor is a valuation and analytics platform designed for CryptoPunks NFTs. It provides fair-value estimates for individual NFTs, real-time alerts on listings below estimated fair value, and portfolio tracking functionality. The platform uses a proprietary model to estimate fair market value based on trait composition and market conditions, calibrated against historical sales data. Core components include a wallet performance scorecard, a lending section, an API for programmatic access to listing data, and a dashboard displaying undervalued listings. The platform is intended for active traders and collectors of CryptoPunks seeking valuation analysis beyond floor-price metrics.

Puzzle is a non-custodial wallet designed for the Aleo blockchain, functioning as a Chrome extension and a mobile application for iOS and Android. Its architecture allows users to manage digital assets and sign transactions while maintaining control over their private keys. A core feature of the protocol is the integrated Arcade, which provides an interface for interacting with various earning opportunities and decentralized applications within the wallet environment. The software is engineered to support privacy-preserving interactions, specifically targeting users of gaming and NFT projects built on the Aleo network. By integrating these services directly into the wallet interface, the platform serves as a primary access point for the ecosystem. The design prioritizes accessibility and user engagement with decentralized protocols. It functions by connecting users to Aleo applications through a secure interface that handles asset management and interaction logic without requiring third party custody of funds.

PVARA (Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority) is a statutory government body established under the Virtual Assets Act 2025 to license, supervise, and regulate virtual assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) in Pakistan. The authority issues No Objection Certificates (NOCs) as a prerequisite for crypto businesses to register with the Financial Monitoring Unit and incorporate locally, with full VASP licenses issued subsequently. PVARA's regulatory mandate encompasses broker-dealers, custodians, exchanges, and derivative service providers. The authority enforces anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) compliance requirements aligned with FATF standards. PVARA operates as an independent regulatory authority under the Pakistani government and oversees both domestic and international crypto firms operating within Pakistan's jurisdiction.