What Is PolkaFoundry?

## Red Kite and Firebird develop independent growth strategies
**On March 1st, 2023, Red Kite and Firebird had officially announced that both brands will be focusing on growth strategies** that best suit their individual needs. As a result, $PKF tokens will belong to Red Kite. 

Read more about this announcement [here](https://medium.com/polkafoundry/announcement-red-kite-to-build-independent-growth-strategies-a442445391ac). 

## What is Red Kite?
Red Kite is a top-tier launchpad by PolkaFoundry (now Firebird) that allows investors to participate in pre-sales of carefully chosen Web3 projects.

As part of the PolkaFoundry ecosystem, Red Kite now utilizes the platform's native $PKF as an utility token. Investors can hold $PKF tokens to join pools on Red Kite and participate in secure and reliable token sale rounds of handpicked projects in crypto. 

## What makes Red Kite unique?
Red Kite Launchpad offers fairness for all participants with a lane-based swap system, an integrated vesting schedule, a reputation point-based tier-ranking system, and multi-chain support. As a result of recent market disruption, Red Kite now strives to become a pioneering, industry-leading Smart Launchpad with powerful and innovative solutions with the help of AI technologies. 

Following the independent growth strategy development announcement, Red Kite plans to gradually grow and expand our ecosystem, build DAO models, and add distinctive features to increase utilities for $PKF owners. 

## Who is the team behind Red Kite?
PolkaFoundry, a one-stop production hub for DeFi and NFT apps on Polkadot, was established in 2018 and rebranded as Firebird in October, 2022. 

Red Kite was built on PolkaFoundry and is powered by Icetea Labs - Asia’s leading Web3 incubator and powerhouse specialized in Web3 development, game discovery, and user engagement.

As a result, Red Kite is able to take advantage of the Icetea ecosystem's outstanding features while also receiving assistance from technical advisors, influential people, accelerator programs, and other sources.

## Red Kite token economics
* Token name: PKF token
* Token Symbol: PKF
* Total Supply: 200,000,000

PKF token is Ethereum's ERC-20 token. In the future, when Firebird blockchain launches the mainnet, PKF token holders can swap ERC-20 PKF token for native PKF coin at the rate of 1 for 1.

**Token Utility**
* Staking to participate in pools on Red Kite Launchpad
* Check out our [Help Center](https://help.redkitepad.com/overview/readme) 


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Red Kite is a cutting-edge launchpad that allows investors to participate in token pre-sales of carefully-chosen Web3 projects.

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Polkastarter is a decentralized fundraising platform empowering Web3 projects to launch and raise funds through multi-chain token pools whilst significantly growing their communities.

The platform supports initial dex offerings (IDOs) across major blockchains, including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Solana, Polkadot, Polygon, Avalanche and Celo.

The platform enables investors to secure early access to IDOs, NFTs and Gaming Web3 innovation. It is most commonly used by early-stage blockchain projects that want to raise capital and easily distribute their tokens at the same time.

Through Polkastarter, blockchain projects can easily create their own fixed-chain swap pools, which allow them to securely raise funds, while users can invest without risks, since swaps are automatically executed by smart contracts.

POLS is the native utility token of the Polkastarter platform. Its main utility is gaining access to pools and giving projects the option to give priority access to POLS holders. Users are incentivised to stake POLS, rewarding the most loyal members.

In Q4 2022, Polkastarter will release new community utility features, such as governance and POLS Power Boosters (increasing your allowlisting success). The platform first went live in December 2020, and has quickly grown to become one of the most commonly used platforms for initial DEX offerings (IDOs) operating on the Ethereum blockchain.

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Seedify.fund(SFUND) Seedify is a blockchain gaming-focused incubator and launchpad that empowers innovators and project developers through access to funding, community and partnership building, and a full support system to help drive the future of gaming and blockchain. Its ecosystem also includes an NFT launchpad for gaming and metaverse assets, along with the industry's first gaming-and-metaverse-asset-centric NFT marketplace, Seedify NFT Space.

Featuring an IGO launchpad with a tiered allocation mechanism, Seedify enables $SFUND holders to stake their tokens and earn staking rewards while gaining access to quality, procured blockchain gaming projects through private sales and initial game offerings. The launchpad's tier system consists of nine tiers. Tier 1 uses a lottery-based allocation process, while tier 2 to 9 participants enjoy guaranteed allocation.

Along with IGOs, stakers can also participate in initial NFT offerings (INOs) and initial metaverse offerings (IMOs) on Seedify's NFT Launchpad. Additionally, staking $SFUND, gives holders the opportunity to receive tokens from the projects that have been selected and supported by Seedify's incubation program.

Committed to bringing the opportunities offered through blockchain gaming and the play-to-earn model to billions around the globe, the Seedify team has established key relationships with numerous VCs and industry peers, to build an extensive support network for blockchain gaming and metaverse startups.

Interested game industry innovators submit their project proposal to the Seedify

Seedify acts as a launching pad for blockchain games and the disruptive play-to-earn gaming model. The gaming industry is gradually entering a new era — previously gamers may spend large sums of money on in-game items with no direct monetary benefits. However, they are now able to make money by earning in-game item non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and tokens, which is facilitated by the play-to-earn revolution.

Blockchain technology has not only opened up more opportunities for gamers and game developers, but it has also offered additional forms of benefits like transparency, ownership, incentive models and digital ownership through NFTs.

The team behind the Seedify project are pursuing a global goal: to acquaint gamers with the blockchain and increase the rate of technology adoption, attract a huge number of users, create more jobs and financial benefits.

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DAO Maker (DAO) is an incubator that provides growth technology and SaaS solutions for crypto startups. The goal of this project is to help startups secure venture capital funding by making it simpler for investors to locate projects in which they can securely invest via IDOs.

DAO Maker works by helping new projects build their communities and then converting these communities into value-adding members of a DAO using tokens.

Retail investors can invest in digital assets and stocks at an early stage through the platform’s investment system, DAO Pad. It’s designed to help crowdfund young protocols by appealing to small-scale investors.

In addition to this investment system, the company also incubates new projects, gives users social mining rewards, and offers advisory services and advice on how to run their companies.

Several successful projects have been launched through DAO Maker, including Orion Protocol, My Neighbor Alice, LaunchX, and DAFI Protocol. The platform also helped launch Seascape Network (CWS) and Infinity Pad (IPAD).

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The all-new ZKBase platform consists of three main parts: ZKSwap, the innovative Layer 2 AMM DEX utilizing ZK-Rollups technology, payment service ZKSquare, and an NFT minting center and marketplace called ZKSea. With an all-new-look user interface, NFT support, unlimited token listing, smoother withdrawal, optimized efficiency, and multi-chain support, ZKSpace aims to implement EVM-compatible ZK-Rollups and bring the community more layer 2-based products in the near future.

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SXP is the native utility token of the Solar blockchain. Users can stake it to secure the network and earn rewards, and pay transaction fees on the Solar blockchain. They can also help govern the Solar blockchain by proposing and voting on changes to the protocol, and earn rewards for providing liquidity. Additionally, Solar DApps use SXP as their primary currency.

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Phala Network is the Execution Layer for Web3 AI. By enabling AI to understand and interact with blockchains, it unlocks the barrier for the first billion users to join Web3.

Phala Network's multi-proof system is the answer to the AI execution problem. On top of the Phala Network, you can easily build tamper-proof and unstoppable AI Agents that are closely integrated with on-chain smart contracts by AI-Agent Contract

Agentize smart contracts: Create AI Agents for smart contracts using natural and programming languages.

Connect to the internet of multi-agents: Make your agents accessible by other cross-chain AI Agents.

Launch AI Agents and get incentivized: Own your agents and build a profitable token economy.

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Established in July 2020, TrustSwap is a diverse Web3 ecosystem creating secure infrastructure for blockchain builders and communities. The TrustSwap Launchpad is a leading Launchpad and IDO service, achieving the #1 spot on Cryptorank in 2023 for All-time High Returns and Average Returns. TrustSwap has launched over 55 projects with a collective fundraising of over $70 million.

TrustSwap is also the parent company of The Crypto App and Team Finance, which offer a suite of multi-chain services including crypto portfolio tracking, token and liquidity locks, minting, staking, and vesting-as-a-service.

SWAP token is the key to accessing guaranteed allocations in top-tier IDOs via the TrustSwap Launchpad. Staking more SWAP tokens longer increases your SWAP Score and unlocks higher allocations as well as other perks for top stakers.

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Dvision Network

Perpetual Protocol is a decentralized exchange (DEX) for futures on Ethereum and xDai. Traders can go long or short with up to 10X leverage on a growing number of assets like BTC, ETH, DOT, SNX, YFI and others. Trading is non-custodial, meaning traders always retain possession of their assets, and on-chain. Perpetual Protocol utilizes a virtual automated market maker (vAMM), which provides on-chain liquidity with predictable pricing set by constant product curves. Furthermore, Perpetual Protocol designed its vAMMs to be market-neutral and fully collateralized.

The declared vision of Perpetual Protocol is to create the world’s best, most accessible, and most secure decentralized derivatives trading platform. By building on our DeFi projects and allowing projects to build on Perpetual Protocol, the company embraces the “DeFi money lego” ethos. After hitting a number of milestones in its roadmap, such as launching staking pools and implementing limit and stop-orders, Perpetual Protocol plans to expand to other chains, introduce leveraged tokens, and launch dynamic liquidity in its pools.

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Biswap (BSW) is a decentralized exchange (DEX) for BEP-20 tokens on Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Biswap promises the lowest transaction fees of any BSC exchange at 0.1% and vows to be committed to innovation in DeFi through its high-quality products and services. Its referral system allows users to invite others and receive referral fees from farms, launch pools, swaps, and a lottery.

Biswap’s core products include the standard DEX functions like an AMM, liquidity pools, yield farming, an NFT marketplace, and an IDO launchpad. In its roadmap, Biswap targets the following:

Listing on major crypto exchanges

Improvements of its NFT marketplace

Cross-chain support

Limit orders

Lending & Borrowing

A personal user dashboard

A swap referral program

Furthermore, Biswap announced a $10 million global incentive program to collaborate with other BSC projects. Partners can expect a 90% fee reimbursement, farming pairs with BSW, a launch pool, marketing promotion, and grants for security audits and project development.

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Coin98 is a decentralized finance (DeFi) solution that allows users access to cross-chain swaps, staking and yield farming.

To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Coin98.

Coin98 aims to fulfill untapped demand in the industry and become a Gateway bridging TradFi users to any DeFi services on multiple blockchains. It accomplishes this mission through a full suite of products, including Coin98 Wallet, Coin98 Exchange, and Space Gate (cross-chain bridge).

Coin98 Wallet: Allows users to store, send, receive, manage crypto assets and connect to numerous dApps on multiple blockchains. It supports over 40 blockchains such as Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Solana, Polygon, Avalanche, Terra, etc on both mobile (iOS & android) and Chrome extension versions.

Coin98 Exchange: A multi-chain liquidity aggregator that supports assets across a variety of blockchains, including but not limited to Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Solana, Avalanche and Polygon.

Space Gate: A cross-chain bridge that enables swapping and transferring values across multiple networks.

The C98 token is the native utility token of the Coin98 platform and will be used to pay services fees, as staking incentives, for governance, and unique membership rights.

In the Coin98 roadmap, there are plans to develop a launchpad, a lending and borrowing platform, a megafarm, a derivatives market and an NFT marketplace.

In July 2021, Coin98 was a Binance Launchpad project.

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Karura is an all-in-one decentralized finance (DeFi) hub and stablecoin platform built on Kusama (KSM) and integrated into Polkadot (DOT). Karura was created by the Acala Network, which has won four Web3 Foundation grants and founded the Substrate Developer Academy.

To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Karura.

Both Karura and Acala are backed by multiple funds, including Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital and Hypersphere. Karura and Acala operate in parallel. Specifically, Karura is implementing DeFi on Kusama in the same way that Acala is offering DeFi on Polkadot. The network is built with almost the same codebase as Acala: the two platforms provide scalable, convenient and fast DeFi cross-chain ecosystems for Kusama and Polkadot.

Parachain Karura is a platform that allows users to create effective, low-cost and complex financial applications, saving time and increasing trading efficiency.

The platform itself provides a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by cross-chain assets (kUSD), a trustless staking derivative (liquid KSM), and an automated market maker (AMM) decentralized exchange (DEX) for unlocking liquidity and supporting financial innovation.

Karura is the decentralized financial hub of Kusama, a scalable multi-chain network for radical innovation and early-stage Polkadot deployments. Karura is the sister network to Acala. It hosts multichain liquid staking token (LST) protocols (such as liquid KSM - LKSM), an AMM decentralized exchange, and an app platform that is EVM-compatible and highly customizable (based on Substrate). Karura is secured by Kusama, and is the liquidity gateway of Kusama parachains, Acala and L1/L2 blockchains

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Efinity is a cross-chain NFT platform developed by Enjin and built on Polkadot. Efinity was created as the next generation blockchain for digital assets with the aim of adapting to the challenges of the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), according to the project.

The main specialization of the Efinity project is the NFT space. With the protocol, traders and gamers can create, distribute, transfer, sell and buy NFTs. Efinity aims to remove barriers to entry into the NFT space/decentralized gaming, and to simplify user experience and digital asset governance.

Efinity Token powers the entire Efinity ecosystem, EFI aims to prioritize the generation, transfer and purchase of tokens using an inter-chain infrastructure of protocols resulting in lower transaction fees. As for incentives, rewards on PoW blockchains with NFT functionality go to miners who create/trade tokens, thereby forming a community.

One of the long-term goals of Efinity is to become a hub for both fungible and non-fungible tokens, accepting tokens from any other chain, facilitating the pricing and exchange of NFTs, increasing transaction volume, and creating network effects.

In December 2021, the project won the Polkadot parachain auction, and in March 2022, Enjin launched their flagship parachain Efinity on the Polkadot Relay Chain — a blockchain platform that provides a decentralized parachain network where people havecontrol over their data and identity.

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MDEX is a new decentralized trading protocol that launched in January 2021.

MDEX is an automated market making (AMM) decentralized exchange protocol that operates on the concept of fund pools, sharing some similarities with standard DEXs, but differentiating itself from competitors by using a dual-chain model modeled on both the Ethereum network and the Huobi Ecological Chain (HECO), which gives it access to the liquidity of the Ethereum ecosystem.

A trading platform built on top of HECO, MDEX has an estimated cost for token swaps at $0.001 for each trade, with a transaction speed of three seconds.

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Bloktopia is a decentralized metaverse backed by and built on Polygon. In Bloktopia, a decentralized virtual reality skyscraper made up of 21 levels (as recognition to 21 million Bitcoin) acts as a central hub for users to have access to crypto information and immersive content in one place. The so-called Bloktopias can educate themselves in the basics or more advanced crypto learnings, earn revenue by owning virtual real estate, play games, build networks and more. Moreover, advertisers and sponsors can monetize the platform’s userbase through a dedicated NFT mechanism. By providing a VR experience for the crypto community, users can engage in an immersive environment according to Bloktopia’s four core pillars: learn, earn, play and create.

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Bifrost Network is an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain network designed to achieve interoperability and bring Web3 to Web2 users. Equipped with advanced cross-chain functionalities, Bifrost seamlessly connects various blockchain networks, including the Bitcoin Network, and allow DApps to utilize a range of promising cryptocurrencies from any supported blockchain networks. Bifrost Network leverages the interoperability by utilizing native BTC to DeFi services. BTCFi is an asset management service that uses Bifrost Network to provide wide range of use cases for native Bitcoins.

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Sologenic is disrupting the asset trading industry: Tokenized Securities, Crypto Assets & NFTs.

Sologenic.com and sologenic.org are two separate teams. Sologenic.org aka SOLO Core team’s focus is purely on the expansion of the Sologenic as a decentralized ecosystem while the sologenic.com team are working on the launch of an important use-case of the Sologenic ecosystem: Securities Tokenization

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Mines of Dalarnia (DAR) is an action-adventure game with a blockchain real-estate market. MoD is based on a simple and simultaneously captivating gameplay, where users can mine and combine in-game items, then utilize them to upgrade their characters (skills and equipment), thereby increasing their rank in the game. Players can go in search of rare artifacts / relics / minerals, complete quests, team up with other players to defeat monsters and unlock rewards.