Parity Technologies is an influential blockchain development company that offers a variety of open-source software solutions for creating and using decentralized technologies. Some of their solutions include Ethereum and Bitcoin clients, cross-chain technologies, smart contracts, testnets, and cryptocurrency wallets. The company was created by Gavin Wood, the co-founder of Ethereum.

Securitize is a security tokenization platform. The company is focused on compliance and regulatory issues, and their dashboard helps clients manage the entire life cycle of a token. Token issuers can manage all aspects of their tokens, including issues related to regulation, fractional ownership, and driving liquidity. To do this, Securitize has developed an innovative protocol for managing ownership of digital assets. Their Digital Securities (DS) protocol will support third party apps, and will help address all aspects of the digital security life cycle, as well as the interests of investors, exchanges, and other stakeholders.

ProximaX is developing a NEM-based platform with several on-chain and off-chain protocols. At its core, ProximaX is based on the NEM blockchain, and is designed to be an all-in-one platform for developing DApps. The platform has several parallel layers that are intended to provide decentralized storage, messaging, streaming, and content delivery services. The network is powered by the NEM-based XPX token. ProximaX intends on using a hybrid consensus mechanism for validating value transfers on these layers. Consensus will be driven with a combination of Proof-of-Importance (PoI), Proof-of-Storage (PoSt), and Proof-of-Bandwidth (PoB).