Eric Chen

Bitway is a fully Bitcoin-compatible Layer 1 blockchain with a self-custody, Bitcoin-native lending system.

Contango is a DEX that provides DeFi traders with expirable futures without order books or liquidity pools. When a trader opens a position, the protocol borrows on the fixed-rate market, swaps on the spot market, and then lends back on the fixed-rate market. Contango offers physical delivery and minimal price change for large trades.

Paper is a crypto payment processing company that enables users to create wallets with their email addresses and purchase NFTs with credit cards (or crypto wallets) across the Polygon, Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche blockchains. This provides non-crypto consumers with a "frictionless" bridge to access the marketplace.

Lemma is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol with two products: a "leveraged" basis trading vault and USDL, a stablecoin that is fully decentralized, 100% capital efficient and USD-pegged. Lemma uses a market-neutral derivatives position to issue a stablecoin and generate a sustainable yield. It will issue LEMMA tokens to manage governance for the stablecoin. Holders will be able to set risk parameters, prioritize the roadmap, and propose new features, among other things.

Common is a cross-functional governance and community management platform for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). It provides users with an all-inclusive platform to create, manage, and govern on-chain communities. Members of these communities have access to the tools necessary for discussing, voting, and making collaborative funding decisions.