F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem gravatar F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem

How can we encourage DeFi teams to build/deploy open finance solutions on Cardano in the next 6 months?

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21
Total Proposals
6
Funded Proposals
0
Completed Proposals
$ 250K
Available
$1.2M
Requested
$245.8K
Awarded

Wise Rabbit- Livestock Investment

$30,000 Requested

<p>Farmers & citizens suffer from a lack of liquidity & investment due to an unstable, inflationary currency, resulting in poor food security.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
over budget Requested 12% of the fund.
3.4 (15)

Tools for auto and home loans

$59,000 Requested

<p>Given the high variety in loan provisions throughout US states, how can we create standardized templates to work across jurisdictions?</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
over budget Requested 23.6% of the fund.
3.75 (12)

Pharo ACM

$1 Requested

<p>DeFi/Crypto/Catalyst/Cardano is not mainstream and it is difficult to onboard new people into the crypto markets.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
not approved Requested 0% of the fund.
1.11 (9)

Panther - Private Layer 2 Protocol

$120,000 Requested

<p>To create an interchain DEX that bridges Cardano to DeFi with interoperability, institutional support, and KYC / AML compliant privacy.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
not approved Requested 48% of the fund.
2.25 (12)

Oracle for CPI data

$85,000 Requested

<p>Mandatory for mass adoption of DeFi is CPI data on blockchain</p><p><br></p><p>Long term contracts like:</p><p><br></p><p>rental, lending, insurance need yearly price adopt</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
not approved Requested 34% of the fund.
1.67 (9)

Mosaic: DeFi Functionality for NFTs

$26,400 Requested

<p>It is exceedingly difficult to price, monetize and leverage expensive NFTs. There is no service offering adequate options for NFT collectors</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
not approved Requested 10.56% of the fund.
1.27 (15)

Maladex: Cardano Index Funds

$60,000 Received
$60,000 Requested

<p>Investors with the multitude of Cardano projects to choose from are unable to invest in all of them and control the risks involved.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
funded Awarded 24% of the fund.
4.48 (21)

Maladex: Algorithmic Swaps Protocol

$50,000 Received
$50,000 Requested

Solution: Maladex Algorithmic Automated Market Making (AAMM) sound and high capital efficiency concurrent protocol dynamically adjusting to market.

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
funded Awarded 20% of the fund.
4.72 (18)

Liquid Labor - Freelancer Contracts

$4,500 Requested

<p>The rapid transition to platform based products and services is creating additional layers of complexity at the detriment of the user.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
over budget Requested 1.8% of the fund.
1.76 (21)

Influence Quality Price & Image

$200,000 Requested

<p>1. Which of the product quality, price and brand image have a dominant influence on consumers' decision to buy Cardano Coin (ADA)?</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
not approved Requested 80% of the fund.
1 (9)

Indigo: Synthetic Assets on Cardano

$60,000 Received
$60,000 Requested

<p>Cardano's DeFi ecosystem will require a scalable Plutus smart contract protocol to efficiently & securely bring real world assets on-chain.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
completed Awarded 24% of the fund.
4.19 (21)

Fund unlimited social microlending

$6,500 Requested

<p>Microlending apps struggle to secure debt funding to lend out to their underbanked users as the financial system has tough entry barriers.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
over budget Requested 2.6% of the fund.
3.58 (12)

Fantasy Bidding with Staked Funds

$8,600 Requested

<p>Fans of certain NFT can't bid and win alone. Whales can dominate. Auctions happen all over but not by type. Fans need a 'place' to buy!</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
not approved Requested 3.44% of the fund.
1.58 (12)

Ensuro: A Decentralized Insurance

$50,000 Received
$50,000 Requested

Solution: Create a decentralized liquidity pool that acts as an insurance fund to back up parametric insurance products.

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
funded Awarded 20% of the fund.
4.07 (15)

DeFi for Cardano - Learning Portal

$18,000 Received
$18,000 Requested

<p>Devs and Entrepreneurs do not have a comprehensive understanding of the Cardano DeFi space and require the training and education to scale</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
funded Awarded 7.2% of the fund.
4.22 (9)

DeFi Bounty System

$24,500 Requested

<p>No freelance platform exists where a worker can be compensated in ADA for tasks, projects, or on a salary basis.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
not approved Requested 9.8% of the fund.
1.56 (9)

Decentralized Sous Sous Savings

$150,000 Requested

<p>Developing good savings habits when in an economically disadvantaged position is hard. The habit is hard to develop, but valuable to learn.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
not approved Requested 60% of the fund.
1.72 (18)

Community Oracle (free) Price Feeds

$25,000 Requested

<p>All projects need off-chain data feeds. These feeds are expensive and may prevent projects without adequate funding/support to launch.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
over budget Requested 10% of the fund.
3.71 (24)

Cardano Offline Developer's Kit

$22,500 Requested

<p>How do we increase the adoption of  Cardano's Blockchain  for DeFi Project Development in Internet-challenged regions?</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
over budget Requested 9% of the fund.
3.78 (9)

Algorand - Cardano DeFi bridge

$7,800 Received
$7,800 Requested

<p>There is a need for bigger blockchain interoperability</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
completed Awarded 3.12% of the fund.
2.52 (21)

AdaSwap - The next-gen DEX!

$150,000 Requested

<p>Cardano is not known yet as a DeFi player, not enough celebrities, media and coverage care about Cardano at the moment.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
not approved Requested 60% of the fund.
2.08 (24)