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Seven projects have been selected for the first cohort of our $10 million Telegram Growth Hub , jointly launched by our venture capital arm OKX Ventures, The Open Platform (TOP) and Folius Ventures.

Investment expands our Ventures arm's commitment to TON ecosystem, following recent launch of $10M Telegram Growth Hub The $5M investment is aimed at establishing a network of experienced builders to develop best practices for TON applications

Our investment arm OKX Ventures today made an investment in Corn , marking a significant step toward introducing Bitcoin utility in the Ethereum ecosystem. Powered by Arbitrum and integrated with Coinbase, Corn enables BTC holders to easily access the best of Ethereum DeFi. With a unique, secure and sustainable way to maximize Bitcoin’s potential, Corn has already reached significant milestones as it's the first Ethereum L2 network that uses a hybrid tokenized Bitcoin (BTCN) as its gas token, and the first Bitcoin-secured network by Babylon with liquidity support for BTC LSTs.

Supporting projects that drive user onboarding, trading innovations and new mini-app experiences within the TON ecosystem. Our investment arm OKX Ventures , The Open Platform (TOP) and Folius Ventures today announced the launch of a $10 million Telegram Growth Hub. Designed to boost innovation in TON blockchain and expand Telegram's mini-app ecosystem, the Telegram Growth Hub will fund and support projects that enhance user engagement on TON.

We're happy to announce our investment in Space and Time (SxT) . SxT is the verifiable compute layer for AI and blockchain that combines tamperproof onchain and offchain data to deliver enterprise use cases to smart contracts and large language models (LLMs).

Today, we're happy to announce our strategic investment in GoPlus , a cutting-edge platform dedicated to enhancing security in the blockchain ecosystem. This investment aligns with our commitment to supporting innovative technologies that drive the crypto and blockchain industries forward.

Continued focus on infrastructure construction in Industries such as Bitcoin ecosystem Following the 2024 Bitcoin halving, macroeconomic conditions and central bank policies are poised to exert a heightened influence on Bitcoin due to its strong correlation with the stock market. The prevailing high interest rate environment, combined with potential future rate cuts, will play a pivotal role in shaping global liquidity and impacting the price of Bitcoin and other risk assets.

We're proud to announce our strategic investment in Monad Labs , which is developing a developer-forward smart contract platform that is poised to revolutionize the decentralized digital landscape. This investment underscores our commitment to supporting innovative projects at the forefront of blockchain technology and decentralized ecosystems.

We're pleased to announce that we have invested in Bitlayer , the first Bitcoin security-equivalent Layer 2 based on BitVM. Bitlayer aims to scale the Bitcoin network’s transaction capability. Advocating for the Taproot and BitVM technologies, Bitlayer has adopted the Discreet Log Contract (DLC) framework to handle more conditional financial applications securely.

We at are pleased to announce that we have invested in Bedrock , a multi-asset liquid restaking protocol. This strategic move brings institutional-grade infrastructure to an expansive audience, ensuring both security and transparency to cater to the requirements of larger clients and institutions.

Singapore, January 24, 2024 – OKX Ventures , the investment arm of leading crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX, today announced that it has led a strategic investment in Orbiter Finance , a decentralized cross-Layer 2 (L2) protocol. Currently, Orbiter Finance is undergoing transformative product enhancements and is developing a zero knowledge (ZK) technology-based, omni-chain rollup on Ethereum.

Singapore, February 7, 2024 -- OKX Ventures , the investment arm of leading Web3 technology company OKX , today published its latest ' 2024 Forecast ' report. The report predicts a significant user growth driven by blockchain games in 2024, especially with the integration of high-profile ("triple-a") blockchain games easing traditional gamers into the Web3 space.In addition to GameFi, the '2024 Forecast' emphasizes the transformative influence of the AI sector in the Web3 landscape.

Singapore, February 9, 2024 – OKX Ventures , the investment arm of leading crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX, is pleased to announce its investment partnership with Bitmap Tech , the team behind Merlin Chain, a native Bitcoin Layer 2.

Hong Kong, February 8, 2024 -- OKX Ventures , the investment arm of leading crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX , today announced a seed investment in DEXTools , the leading DeFi analytics platform. The investment establishes a partnership between DEXTools and OKX, who are dedicated to advancing blockchain innovation, and sets the stage for DEXTools analytics to be integrated to the OKX Web3 Platform. 

Today, we're excited to announce our strategic investment, through our investment arm, OKX Ventures, in DeBox , a decentralized social networking platform for Web3 communities and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs).

Today, we're excited to announce that our investment arm, OKX Ventures , has joined a US$50 million Series A funding round for Eclipse , a pioneering Ethereum Layer 2 solution utilizing the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM).

Today, we're proud to announce that our investment arm, OKX Ventures , is leading the latest investment round in UXLINK , a Web3 social platform. UXLINK combines a Web3 gateway, a social DEX and infrastructure with the goal of facilitating mass adoption.

Today, we're proud to announce that our investment arm, OKX Ventures , has invested in DLC.Link, the first native Bitcoin cross-chain protocol. This groundbreaking project leverages Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) to enable Bitcoin to be used in DeFi protocols while being held in self-custody wallets.

By Jeff Ren, founder of OKX Ventures At OKX, we’ve always believed that access, transparency, and freedom are the cornerstones of the future financial system. That’s why we’re excited to share that OKX has joined the Global Dollar Network as a core partner, alongside some of the most respected names in finance and crypto including Worldpay, Kraken, Anchorage Digital, Paxos, Robinhood, and 30+ additional partners.

SINGAPORE, December 6, 2023 -- OKX Ventures, the investment arm of leading crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX , today announced that it has joined the Ethereum Climate Platform (ECP) as a launch partner, underscoring its commitment to sustainability and decarbonization in the Web3 ecosystem.

We are delighted to announce our strategic investment in Thruster, one of the fastest-growing DeFi protocols within the Blast ecosystem. By participating in the successful US$7.5 million seed round led by Pantera Capital, OKX Ventures reaffirms its pivotal role as a key supporter of groundbreaking projects and visionary founders in the blockchain sphere.

Unlocking the infinite potential of Crypto and AI: OKX Ventures' strategic investments in io.net, MyShell, and other cutting-edge projects Over the past decade, widespread adoption of the Internet and the rapid pace of digitalization have resulted in an unparalleled abundance and utilization of vast volumes of data. On the other hand, technological advancements in cloud computing and distributed computing technologies have made it more accessible and cost-effective to handle massive amounts of data, thereby providing abundant resources for training and optimizing AI models.* These enabled the development of increasingly intelligent and sophisticated systems, and fueled advancements in the field of AI. Particularly in the domains of deep learning, natural language processing (NLP), and computer vision, these advancements continue to propel the growth of AI to new heights.

Hong Kong SAR, December 13, 2023 — OKX Ventures , the investment arm of leading crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX, has announced its investment in Mocaverse , a Web3 ecosystem project developed by , to co-build Mocaverse projects on OKX's newly announced zkEVM Layer-2 network, X Layer, highlighting a shared commitment to scaling the global blockchain ecosystem and fostering a more interconnected Web3 world.

Authored by Kiwi Yao, researcher at OKX Ventures and edited by Kelvin Lam, CFA The path to a thriving Bitcoin Ecosystem in 2024 through technological innovations Executive summary OKX Ventures has published its 2024 outlook for the Bitcoin Ecosystem — an area that OKX Ventures is heavily involved in and committed to building in the future.