Project Spotlight 04/2026

TL;DR

- Cork: Programmable risk layer for RWA/LST hedging ($5.5M raise, a16z backed)

- Bitway: Onchain-to-TradFi yield gateway (ex-Binance team, $5.8M funding)

- JokeRace: Contest platform with $70K+ rewards for top creators

- Crunch: DeML network with 10K+ ML engineers mining on Bittensor

- Remora: Tokenized stocks/metals ETFs on Solana

- XPlace: Credit card protocol with XP rewards system

- ArcX: Cross-DEX perp trading ($10B+ volume, 5-15ms execution)

- Fira: Fixed-rate lending ($220M TVL in 1 week)

- Konnex: Robotics market turning robot labor into onchain liquidity

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Which theme dominates 2026: Infrastructure, TradFi bridges, or AI/robotics?

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