Winners Announced for the BNB Demo Day in Dubai

The  BNB Demo Day (formerly BNB Incubation Alliance – BIA) had a highly successful launch on April 29th, 2025 to coincide with Token 2049 in Dubai. 

Huge thanks to Aster, Google Cloud, ListaDAO, Soon, Tranchess, Jiritsu, and Wello for sponsoring the event. 

This high-energy event is designed to empower early-stage blockchain projects, create valuable networking opportunities, and celebrate the vibrant global Web3 community.

Announcing The Winners

The projects involved were judged by an esteemed panel of judges with representatives from, BNB Chain, YZi Labs, Presto Labs, Gate Ventures, Kraken, Faculty Group, CoinMarketCap, and Amber. Honourable guest, CZ, also joined as a judge. 

The projects were scored based on the following criteria:

• Sustainability of the project's operating model
• Overall excellence of the founding team
• Innovativeness of the underlying technology or model within its field.
• Potential contribution to the BNB Chain ecosystem.

As per these criteria, the following projects were selected as winners. Congratulations!

Event Summary

The event kicked off with keynotes and industry updates from BNB Chain and YZi Labs. 

Two expert-led panel discussions on crucial topics in blockchain development. 

The "Beyond the Farm: The Future of DeFi" panel included representatives from ListaDAO, Aster, Tranchess, and Wello shared how DeFi is evolving far beyond yield farming. 

The "From Protocol to People: Infrastructure That Connects" panel hosted leaders from Soon, Aspecta, Jiritsu, and Securitize who shared how DeFi, AI, and RWA are coming to life on BNB Chain.

After the project pitches were complete, CZ opened the floor to a candid Q&A session with the audience, diving into hot topics across Web3. On the future of BNB Chain, he emphasized the importance of talent over everything: “Strong builders and real products are what will make BNB Chain stronger, there are no shortcuts.” After listening to all the pitches, he stuck around, posing for photos, and making it clear he was genuinely impressed by the quality of projects being built on BNB Chain.  

Thanks to all the projects who pitched during Demo Day!

• TermMax – Decentralized fixed-income protocol, enabling users to access predictable yields through fixed-rate bonds on-chain.
• Aegis – Building a Bitcoin-backed, yield-bearing stablecoin called YUSD.
• Perme – Offers automated AI-powered DeFi vaults for yield optimization and risk management.
• FDN – Building a decentralized image and identity data platform for AI avatars, linking faces, images, and biometrics with blockchain-based rewards.
• DLife – Developing a decentralized human-layer platform to connect life science data to Web3.
• Tag AI – Building an AI-powered CommunityFi platform to manage and monetize online communities using Web3 incentives.
• AEON – Creating an omnichain payment and clearing layer for seamless crypto and fiat transactions.
• Swaps.io – Developing a DeFi marketplace for intent-based decentralized applications, focusing first on cross-chain swaps.
• Stitch AI – Building a decentralized memory and data marketplace for AI agents.
• Rice AI – Developing a decentralized AI foundry for robotics, enabling robots to share data and train models collectively on blockchain.

Congrats to all the winners! Keep up to date with Demo Day updates on our official X account.

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