Meet The New Blockchain Unicorns of 2024

1) Ripple

Ripple offers blockchain solutions to transfer money globally with speed and certainty of settlement.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $15.00B (December 2019)

  • Country: United States

  • State: California

  • City: San Francisco

  • Started in: 2012

  • Founders: Arthur Britto, Chris Larsen, Jed McCaleb, Ryan Fugger

  • Number of employees: 500-1,000

You can find their website here.

2) Blockchain.com

Blockchain.com is the premier digital asset platform, the foundational technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $14.00B (February 2021)

  • Country: United Kingdom

  • State: England

  • City: London

  • Started in: 2011

  • Founders: Benjamin Reeves, Nicolas Cary, Peter Smith

  • Number of employees: 500-1,000

You can find their website here.

3) OpenSea

OpenSea is an NFT marketplace that enables users to discover, collect, and sell blockchain-based digital assets.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $13.30B (July 2021)

  • Country: United States

  • State: New York

  • City: New York

  • Started in: 2017

  • Founders: Alex Atallah, Devin Finzer

  • Number of employees: 100-250

You can find their website here.

4) Alchemy

Alchemy is a decentralized application development platform that enables businesses to create dependable decentralized applications.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $10.20B (October 2021)

  • Country: United States

  • State: California

  • City: San Francisco

  • Started in: 2017

  • Founders: Joseph Lau, Nikil Viswanathan

  • Number of employees: 50-100

You can find their website here.

5) KuCoin

KuCoin is a global cryptocurrency exchange that provides its users with digital assets and crypto services.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $10.00B (May 2022)

  • Country: Seychelles

  • State: Beau Vallon

  • City: Mahé

  • Started in: 2017

  • Number of employees: 501-1000

You can find their website here.

6) Digital Currency Group

Digital Currency Group builds and supports bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging insights, network, and access to capital.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $10.00B (November 2021)

  • Country: United States

  • State: New York

  • City: New York

  • Started in: 2015

  • Founders: Barry Silbert

  • Number of employees: 50-100

You can find their website here.

7) Chainalysis

Chainalysis is a financial services company that is dedicated to complying with regulations. They help businesses and government agencies detect, monitor, and analyze suspicious transactions by using blockchain forensics.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $8.60B (November 2020)

  • Country: United States

  • State: New York

  • City: New York

  • Started in: 2014

  • Founders: Jan Moller, Jonathan Levin, Michael Gronager

  • Number of employees: 250-500

You can find their website here.

8) Fireblocks

Fireblocks is a blockchain security service provider for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $8.00B (July 2021)

  • Country: United States

  • State: New York

  • City: New York

  • Started in: 2018

  • Founders: Idan Ofrat, Michael Shaulov, Pavel Berengoltz

  • Number of employees: 100-250

You can find their website here.

9) StarkWare

StarkWare Industries develops a full-proof stack in generating and verifying proofs of computational integrity in the blockchain.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $8.00B (November 2021)

  • Country: Israel

  • City: Netanya

  • Started in: 2018

  • Founders: Alessandro Chiesa, Eli Ben-Sasson, Michael Riabzev, Uri Kolodny

  • Number of employees: 50-100

You can find their website here.

10) Dapper Labs

Dapper Labs is a consumer-focused cryptocurrency company that builds blockchain games and supports digital collectables.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $7.60B (March 2021)

  • Country: Canada

  • State: British Columbia

  • City: Vancouver

  • Started in: 2018

  • Founders: Dieter Shirley, Mack Flavelle, Roham Gharegozlou

  • Number of employees: 100-250

You can find their website here.

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