Token Ventures

Investing, active participants in DeFi, exploring RWA & DePIN, and providing advisory. Enjoying it with a lot of fun. ☀️

[Token Ventures @token_ventures]

2026 isn't about hype. It's about utility. 🏗️

Technology is moving "under the hood" where it delivers immediate efficiency without the user even knowing it’s there.

Read our full 2026 Crypto Areas Watchlist to see which sectors we think will break out: https://t.co/IVePhDrRbz

[Teneo Protocol @teneo_protocol]

Today, we're launching the Live Web Data API by Teneo Protocol to the public.

One API that delivers public web pages live as clean Markdown or text, ready for AI agents and apps.

[Token Ventures @token_ventures]

Token Ventures will be at Breakpoint in London. 🔥

If you are building on Solana and want to talk to us, find us there. DMs are open.

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

🌍 83% of all projects at the Colosseum Crypto World’s Fair came from countries with a @superteam.

It’s years of meetups, hackathons, mentoring and late nights helping builders ship 🛠️ A huge thank you to every Superteam for this results.

Some numbers that show your work 🧵👇

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

1/ The @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair had 2,973 projects from 106 countries. 🎡 Over the last weeks I went through every category and shared my picks. Here they all are in one place 🧵👇

[Token Ventures @token_ventures]

@tom_piskule from our team will lead online investor 1v1 office hours as part of Build for Breakpoint, hosted by @SuperteamUK and @FoundationVent . Founders with a specific fundraising question can request a spot here 👇

https://t.co/eGSmOWdd99

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

The last category from the @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair: Gaming & NFTs. 🎮 From poker and chess to MMORPGs and onchain art. Here is my personal pick 👇

@Showdown_TCG - poker with action cards. Learn it in 5 minutes, play a game in 10. Free cards, no pay-to-win
@ProLeagueGG - esports for everyone: matchmaking, tournaments and instant payouts
@Elixir_Games - make a game with AI, no code needed, and launch it as a token. Players earn by playing
@PlayAlerith - a new fantasy MMORPG, like RuneScape meets WoW, built by 3 people over 3.5 years
@Riptfun - real trading card packs inside online casinos, and the casino does not have to handle the cards
@EdChess_io - play chess and earn crypto. 667K+ users and real revenue
@KachingVIP - a lottery mixed with predictions on sports, crypto and more
@leveragebattle - a 5-minute battle royale on the stock market
@WeirdWorldSol - walk to play. Capture real buildings on the map as you walk past them
@CypherPunksArt - 10,000 pixel punks fully onchain, one sold at auction every day until 2053
@Onix_Finance - turn your graded cards into a token, a pack game and a shop in minutes
flooor. fun by @vrnouns - an NFT marketplace that gives royalties back to holders every day
@minexsol - a real USD economy for Minecraft.

Honorable Mentions:
@bindaro_io
@BoredTownNFT
@Casa_NUA

Which gaming or NFT project did I miss? Tag it below👇

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

Next picks from the @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair. This time: Infrastructure, Security & Privacy.🛡️Here is my personal pick 👇

Security:
@coldstar_sol - turns any USB drive into an offline signer for Solana. Your keys exist for a split second, then they are gone
@hackhackai - AI security audits built by Solana auditors and checked with real exploit tests
@ProofOfExploit - smart contract audits for early Solana teams that are affordable and can be trusted
@iris_intel_app - shows who is really behind a wallet or a token, and follows stolen money across chains
Stakeward by @alexandr_zhibul - keeps your staked SOL safe, even if someone steals your wallet key

Privacy:
@VisionSwapSol - a private pool, live on Solana mainnet. Send and trade with no link back to you
@TiraiProtocol - private, quantum-safe transfers between Solana and Ethereum for institutions
Puddle by @staycloakedxyz - makes onchain privacy as easy as a normal crypto transfer
p!pon by @Yu_Ayato - prove facts from your ID card, like “over 20”, without showing your name or birthday
@arcane_finance - privacy and compliance in one stack for company payments, payroll and treasury
@Valiron_grade - identity and reputation for AI agents, so businesses know which agents to trust
@akcanetwork - a VPN for people under censorship.

Developer Infrastructure:
@nori_zk - Solana programs can read Ethereum data with ZK proofs, no oracle or multisig needed
SPIN by @payritHQ - payments without internet. Phones with bank apps in Africa connect over Bluetooth
@CatScope_io - fights MEV centralization on Solana with an open market for validator access
@predictefy - one API for 16+ prediction markets, including Polymarket and Kalshi
@pantahq - build your own prediction market app through one API
@tuwa_io - open-source toolkit for wallet login and tracking transactions on Solana and EVM
@soda_labs_ - any Solana wallet or program can own an address on other chains, with no bridge
Ballista by @jacobdotsol - save complex multi-step Solana transactions as templates you can use again
@raptor_trade - real-time Solana market data, very fast and much cheaper

Honorable Mention:
@bento_guard
@fhenix
@SolanaTestForge
@stardotfun

Which project should be on this list? Tag it below 👇

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

New week, new picks from the @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair. This time: Consumer Apps & SocialFi. 📱 Here is my pick of the most interesting apps👇

@cherrydotfun - a crypto wallet made for people new to crypto. #1 on Solana Mobile with 70K users
@PocketPullX - open trading card packs online. Every card is a real card in a vault
@YieldCircle - see which wallets really earn the best DeFi yield, and copy them with one tap
@shackxyz - buy and sell anything to anyone, with cash or crypto.
@Copus_io - readers, creators and advertisers all share one reward.
@looty_fi - the internet’s prize machine. Play to win real tokenized assets, or be the house
@NextVibeWeb3 - tap phones at events to prove you were there and who you met
@TradingBattles - trading competitions that never stop, 1v1 or with many players
@sizedotclub - trading as a game. Win short challenges to get cash or a funded account
@NextRare_cards - list your trading cards for sale and earn yield while you wait for a buyer
@ErodoroFi - a $1 pack that gives you a random upside bet on big stocks like NVDA or TSLA
@rbola_fun - take a photo of a rare car on the street and get it as a collectible card. The rarer the car, the rarer the card
@chainlesscripto - an investing app with 42K customers in Brazil
@WieldMoney - one app that feels like a bank. Your balance earns DeFi yield, backs a loan, and you spend it with a Visa card

SocialFi:
@zupyoficial - brands reward you for posting about them on Instagram
@makeo_fun - make a game or prediction app with its own economy from one prompt, and play it in a TikTok-style feed
@benchdotmarkets - shared accounts that turn trust between people into something you can trade
@peopledotfun - invest in the ideas of people you trust

Which one would you pick or add? 👀

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

Prediction markets don’t have their own category at the @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair. 🔮 But I saw so many strong teams building them that I decided to give them their own category anyway.

Here are my picks, plus the best from Markets & Token Launch 👇

@playhunchxyz - a market for everything. Anyone, a person or an AI agent, can open a market in one minute, even from an X post
@r8rate - trade people and opinions. Any opinion gets two sides and a live price, no end date needed
@tryvarla - borrow stablecoins against your prediction market bets, without selling them
@motionmkts - go long or short on attention. Trade people, companies and trends
@MentionedMarket - live word markets. Trade on what gets said
@Oddiefun - PM for livestreams. The chat types !oddie, AI opens the market, and the streamer earns from every pool
@truthdotmarkets - PM for conspiracy theories, decided by evidence
@tyrbets - one account for all PM. Bet on Polymarket, Kalshi and 20+ more, and every bet goes where it is cheapest
@b4opinion - opinion market, stake USDC on whether people agree with your take
@CrispPredict - trade live esports moments in short rounds, while the match is still going
@preditmarket - turn any trend or X post into a market in seconds
@probabldottrade - trade what an asset will cost if an event happens, and if it does not
@fudmarkets - long or short markets on any token and any timeframe, starting with 15-minute memecoin rounds
@Daejinxyz - anyone can launch their own prediction exchange, and creators earn 20% of the fees

@Hoookedpad - a launchpad where every token gets its own trading rules onchain. Pick from 39 ready rules, or describe one and AI writes it
@saplingdotcash - launch and trade memecoins on Solana straight from a Zcash wallet, in private
@JustSparkIdeas - a launchpad for solo founders. If the product does not work in 3 months, backers get their money back
@corium_so - a launchpad that rewards the buyers who finish the curve, not the snipers who start it
@hyfi_xyz - brings CEX liquidity for tokenized stocks onchain, at better prices
@ManicTrade - trade Higher or Lower on crypto, stocks and Polymarket events

Honorable Mention:
@InstinctsMRKT
@hedgeyourfun
@pfwafun
@yanomarkets

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

Next up: AI projects from the @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair hackathon 🤖 Here are the ones I liked most 👇

@overdotcomputer - a prop firm built for AI. Humans or AI agents get a funded account to trade tokenized stocks. There is no challenge fee, only a small daily fee. You keep 80% of the profit
@TryNoahAI: describe your idea in simple words and AI builds and launches the app on Solana. Then Growth Agents help you find users, and later you can open a market around your project
@hencemarkets: turn any idea into an index built by AI, and trade it
@lanesra_ai: shows crypto companies what ChatGPT and other AIs say about them
@Applied_will: turns real expert work into training tasks and private tests for AI labs
@bytearenafun: an AI agent plays new games from day one, streams them, and viewers predict what happens
@dopamynAI: growth for brands and creators, with real, checked outreach paid in USDC
@usehotbot: your own private team of trading bots
@leviathangpu: open network for AI training, with “Proof of Gradient”
@rep_hq: your checked context that you can carry everywhere, for people and AI agents
@reslabs_ai: NFC chips plus onchain identity for real, physical products
@xona_agent: a chat AI agent with its own Solana wallet
@yiedlai: AI investment strategies that come from a data science competition

Did I miss a project you like? Tell me below 👇

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

Stablecoins, payments and Fintech are one of the hottest topics in crypto right now, and the Crypto World’s Fair at @colosseum showed it. Here is my pick of the most interesting projects 👇

Stablecoins & Payments
@BRD_Digital – regulated Brazilian real stablecoin with yield from Brazilian bonds
@0xCurvy – privacy layer for stablecoin payments, one SDK for apps and wallets
@defaprimitive – turns real-world invoices into stable yield
@gloamtrade – private balances and payments that anyone can still verify
@norafinancexyz – Brazilian real stablecoin for neobanks, ramps and DeFi
@pollar_xyz – lets any Solana app charge users in their local currency
@ROZOai – pay for AI and dev tools with the crypto you already hold

Fintech
@Multihopper – private transfers on your own terms: you pick the path and the timing, and your funds are never mixed with anyone else’s
@AnodosFinance – self-custody money app that feels like a normal bank app
@apys_co – earn interest on stables and turn it into tokenized stocks
@aventivefinance – rewards tools to bring traders in and keep them
@deloraprotocol – move and convert any asset across chains with a few lines of code
@edenfi_onchain – money app for Africa and its diaspora
@trystable – stablecoin backed by US mortgage loans
@xplaceapp – spend with a card backed by your portfolio, without selling it

Honorable Mention:
PayMoji by @RonShanKyo
@looftaxyz
@Effisend_
@izuki_fi
@fairdotclub

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

DeFi is always one of the biggest categories at @colosseum hackathons, and the Crypto World’s Fair was no different 🎡

Here is my pick of the most interesting projects 👇
@ridemarkets - communities pool money and back traders they trust
@akashi_finance - one stablecoin vault for lending + RWA yield, with a junior part that takes losses first
@quaymarkets - an exchange where app users get better prices than bots
@AquaZero0 - one deposit gives liquidity to many AMMs at once
@atoma_fi - market-neutral USDC vaults on RWA perps
@butterflymrkt - options built on existing AMM liquidity
@caracal_fi - DEX for FX and tokenized assets, using real market prices
@whatthehookv4 - Uniswap v4 hook that gives MEV value back to LPs
@FrostOptions - reinsurance for funding rate risk
@kadexperps - perps on an index of graded trading cards
@KimiaProtocol - earn the funding rate without price risk
@lpagent_io - LP terminal and copy-LP, built on data from every LP wallet
@muralis_io - AI that builds and runs liquidity for tokens
@PercolatorTrade - perps for any token, built on Toly’s risk engine
@PerpsPadfun - memecoin launchpad where every coin has its own perp position
@polarislabxyz - one SDK that brings pro market makers to Solana
@0xT3tris - helps asset managers go onchain
@TowerExchange - stablecoin DEX aggregator
@vannaprotocol - one credit account for people and AI agents
@VexiProtocol - fully backed options on Robinhood Chain
@LoraFinance - yield on any tokenized stock
@fortellfi - prop firm for prediction markets and perps, traders keep 90%

Honorable Mention:
@zodial_xyz
@loyal_hq
@attndotmarkets
@bondoncredit
@tryrunner
@coffer_so

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

Next stop on my Crypto World's Fair tour: Real World Assets 🏛️ Here is my pick of the most interesting projects 👇

@anystock_xyz – one engine to price, check and trade stock tokens across 5 chains

@LockgateFinance – early exit for private credit investors

@agamafinance – earn yield on tokenized stocks, gold and treasuries without selling them

@craftsdev – raise money with equity-linked tokens, legal side included

@marcoequities – Hong Kong stocks and pre-IPO Asian tech, paid with stablecoins

@equitylayer – companies raise money and issue shares with KYC built in

@ReStockFun – pair live tokens with a tokenized stock and pay trading fees to holders

@treetino_corp – own a piece of clean energy hardware and get paid from power sales

@zona_io – borrow, trade and lend against stock tokens on Robinhood Chain

@DualMintRWA – fund real machines and get paid from what they earn

@BaseStonk – launch a token paired with a tokenized stock and share trading fees with holders

Honourable mention:
@hivebits_io
@JurassicFi

Which one would you pick or add? 👀

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

For the first time, @colosseum opened its hackathon to every blockchain 🎡

So how did the Crypto World’s Fair go? 2,973 projects 👇
- 1,876 built only on Solana
- 635 built on Solana + other chains
- 462 did not use Solana at all

The strongest chains after Solana: Base (481), Ethereum (365), Robinhood Chain (331), Arbitrum (329) and Hyperliquid (239).

Solana is still home for most builders, but it is no longer the only arena.

(One project can build on more than one chain, so it is counted for each.)

Which chain surprised you the most?

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

Next stop in the @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair hackathon 🎡 After DePIN, I took a look at two more categories: Enterprise & Compliance + Data & Analytics.

Here is my selection of the most interesting projects:
@NAUT_so - shows who decides at any crypto company, with a verified Telegram to reach them

@SegmentoAI - Google Analytics for Solana, showing what each KOL really brings to a project

@PlotArmorX - verifiable rights for film and entertainment IP, with ownership records on Solana

@reyelapp - AI customer success agents that find your real users and tell you what to ship next

@ConyrAI - real-time Solana intelligence that links wallets, traces funding and flags suspicious activity

@ForgeAI_gg - arena and benchmark where AI agents compete in games and strategy challenges

@myrad_hq - two-sided marketplace for verifiable human data

Which project would you add? Drop it in the comments 👇

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

The @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair hackathon received 2,973 project submissions! 🎡 Over the next few days, I will share a summary of each category. First up: DePIN.

Here is my selection of the most interesting projects you should keep an eye on: 👇🧵

@openroboto - robot training data with verifiable on-chain provenance and licensing
@uavdotfun - drone prototypes with a dApp that shares drone revenue with the community
@computecompany - verifiable AI chip where anyone can re-check every result, plus a market to rent it
Colpero from @luca_trevisani - one shared map for robots and drones, with camera-based position checks against GPS spoofing
@captur_go - Upwork for physical AI data collection
@sanfdn - live search API for AI agents, powered by a network of real browsers
@Evoracharge - GPU nanoclouds deployed at idle energy sources like biogas plants

Honourable mention:
@HaLoWaveNetwork
@DePin_Chest
@hydrx_protocol

Did I miss a project that deserves a spot? Drop it in the comments 👇

[Arcium @Arcium]

Today we're releasing Blackthorn in Private Alpha: The first Private AI inferencing stack that removes the CPU TEE from the trust chain.

Blackthorn can load and run any AI model privately with little performance overhead compared to plaintext inference.

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

I went through all 8,286 projects from five @colosseum Solana hackathons.
140 launched a token. Only 56, roughly 1 in 148, became a real success: a $1M+ FDV token, a proper funding round, or a working business or exit.

Top tokens: @ORESupply, @starpowerworld and @RateX_Dex plus @crediblefin , @weroamxyz , @PayAINetwork , @UmbraPrivacy , @NomuStores and @solrouterai

[MoonPay 🟣 @moonpay]

today MoonPay and @Paysafe are releasing a new Commerce experience designed to make paying with crypto easy for everyone

consumers spend tokens, merchants receive fiat

now live worldwide across the Paysafe partner network, powered by @MoonPayCommerce

[Tomas Piskule @tom_piskule]

@EBlockchainCon has just wrapped in Barcelona. A well-run two days.

I first attended in 2023, when the question on stage was still whether institutional adoption would arrive. This year nobody was asking that. The discussion had moved to the form it takes.

#EBC12