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DRW Holdings, LLC, typically referred to as DRW, is a proprietary trading firm based in Chicago. The firm was founded in 1992 by Don Wilson, an options trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and was named after his initials: DRW. [1]
Polygon is the blockchain platform which runs Polymarket, the world's largest prediction market. [15] In July 2022, Polygon participated in Disney's 2022 acceleration program to expand into augmented reality, NFTs, and AI. [16] [17] In October 2022, the Indian Police in Firozabad started using Polygon for reporting crimes. [17]
Polkadot is a decentralized, nominated proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is the DOT. It is designed to allow blockchains to exchange messages and perform transactions with each other without a trusted third-party.
Stellar, or Stellar Lumens (XLM) is a cryptocurrency protocol which allows transactions between any pair of currencies.. The Stellar protocol is supported by the nonprofit Stellar Development Foundation (though this organization does not have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status) [2] [3] which was founded in 2014.
Blockchain as a service (BaaS) is an enterprise-level software service [1] that allows businesses to use cloud-based solutions to build, host and use their own blockchain apps, smart contracts and functions on the blockchain infrastructure developed by a vendor.
Chainlink's decentralized oracle network is an open-source technology infrastructure that allows any blockchain to securely connect to off-chain data and computation resources. The network nodes fetch, validate, and deliver data from multiple sources onto blockchains to execute smart contracts.
First and most well-known blockchain of all; BTC is the most valuable token in terms of market share. [1] [2] Litecoin: Oct 8, 2011 Charlie Lee LTC PoW: Yes (scripts) Yes [1] [3] Peercoin: Aug 19, 2012 PPC PoW: Yes (scripts) No [1] [4] Primecoin: Jul 7, 2013 Sunny King XPM PoW: Work is finding long Cunningham chains of prime numbers: MazaCoin ...
1871 is a nonprofit digital startup incubator in the Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois. [1] It was founded in 2012 by J. B. Pritzker and is the flagship project of The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC), a nonprofit organization that helps entrepreneurs build high-growth, sustainable businesses that serve as platforms for economic development and civic leadership.